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单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Happy April Fools Day,英国的一个故事则说它是始于,13,世纪的某一天。那时,英格兰的约翰国王习惯于将他经常走的几乎每一条小道都修成一条路。有一个乡村的居民知道了这个情况。为了保护他们绿色的草地和牧场免受国王修路所将造成的破坏,他们修了一道篱笆来阻挡国王在他们的乡间穿行。国王派了一队使者去通报村民们必须拆除障碍。在听到国王打算这么做时,村民们也想出了自己的办法。当使者到达时,他们看到这儿的人像一群疯子似的,样子怪诞,乱扔东西,四下疯跑。使者们惊讶于他们所看到的情景,向约翰国王报告说,这些人疯得厉害根本没法处罚。村民们就这样骗过了国王,保护了自己的农田。,在英国,在,4,月,1,日只允许从半夜到中午的这段时间可以搞愚人恶作剧,到下午还这么做的人自己就成了愚人了。,愚人节的传说,The Origin of April Fools Day,愚人节又称万愚节。已经有几百年的历史了。关于他的起源,众说纷云。其中 最为流行的说法认为愚人节起源于法国。十六世纪的法国,人们在,4,月,1,日这天过 新年,互赠礼物,举办晚会,庆祝新年。 当时的庆祝方法与现在相差无几。,April Fools Day has several hundred years of history. About its origin, one of the most popular saying hold it first started in France. In sixteenth-century France, on April 1st, people celebrate New Years day, exchanging gifts, having a party. Then the ways of celebration are used until now.,1564,年,法国首先采用新改革的纪年法格里历,以,1,月,1,日为一年之始。但一些因循守旧的人反对这种改革,依然按照旧历固执地在,4,月,1,日这一天送礼品,庆祝新年。,1582,年,法国国王查理九世再次决定采用一种新的历法,-,格高利历法,新年改在,1,月,1,日。在新历法的推行过程中,各地仍有一些人或是不原意接受新历法,或是不知道这一日期的更改,仍然在,4,月,1,日这天过新年。,主张改革的对这些守旧者的做法大加嘲弄。聪明滑稽的人在,4,月,1,日就给他们送假礼品,邀请他们参加假招待会,并把上当受骗的保守分子称为,“,四月傻瓜,”,或,“,上钩的鱼,”,。从此人们在,4,月,1,日便互相愚弄,成为法国流行的风俗。,18,世纪初,愚人节习俗传到英国,接着又被英国的早期移民带到了美国。,愚人节的介绍,愚人节时,人们常常组织家庭聚会,用,水仙花,和,雏菊,把房间装饰一新。典型的传统做法 是布置假环境,可以把房间布置得像过,圣诞节,一样也可以布置得像过新年一样,,待客人来时,则祝贺他们,“,圣诞快乐,”,或,“,新年快乐,”,,令人感到别致有趣。,4,月,1,日的,鱼宴,。也是别开生面的。参加鱼宴的,请帖,,通常是用纸板做成的,彩色小鱼,。餐桌用绿、白两色装饰起来,中间放上鱼缸和小巧玲珑的,钓鱼竿,,每个钓竿上系一条绿色飘带,挂着送给客人的,礼物,或是一个精巧的赛璐珞鱼,或是一个装满,糖果,的鱼篮子。,不言而喻,,,鱼宴上所有的菜都是用鱼做成的,。,在愚人节的聚会上,还有一种做,假菜,的风俗。有人曾经描述过一个典型的愚人节,菜谱,:先是一道,“,色拉,”,,莴苣叶上撒满了绿胡椒,但是把叶子揭开后,才发现下面原来是,牡蛎,鸡尾酒;第二道菜是,“,烤土豆,”,,其实下面是甜面包屑和鲜蘑;此后上的菜还有用蟹肉作伪装的烧鸡和埋藏在西红柿色拉下面的覆盆子,冰淇淋,。,饭后,客人还可以从药丸盒里取食糖果。,愚人节的庆祝,Enjoy the video, do children usually do on April Fools Day?,Children enjoy playing jokes on each other. When they “fool” someone they say “April Fool” to them. The most common kind of joke is to say something like “Your dress is hanging down at the back”. When you turn round they say “April Fool”.,整蛊图片,The respected BBC news show Panorama announced that thanks to a very mild winter and the virtual elimination of the dreaded spaghetti weevil, Swiss farmers were enjoying a bumper spaghetti crop. It accompanied this announcement with footage of Swiss peasants pulling strands of spaghetti down from trees. Huge numbers of viewers were taken in. Many called the BBC wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti tree. To this the BBC diplomatically replied, place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best.,The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest,1957,年愚人节,BBC,新闻中说,瑞士的面条树大丰收,农民都在树上收割面条。大量观众上当受骗,打电话来咨询面条树的种植方法。,BBC,对此的回复是:把一根面条插在番茄酱里,然后就等着吧。,瑞士面条树,Enjoy the video:, Fools Day,All Fools Day,愚人节快乐!,Happy April Fools Day,!,愚人节,非常愚蠢的一天 !,Fools Day. Very silly day !,在愚人节,这天,人们经常互相恶作剧。,On April Fools Day people often play pranks on each other.,Do you receive,messages,like these?,Do you receive gifts like these?,Role-play,愚人节的玩笑,只能开到中午,12,点之前,这是约定俗成的严格规矩。过了中午还找乐子的人是一个比被他取笑的人还大的傻瓜。过了钟点还开玩笑的人会立刻碰钉子,自找没趣儿。,有一首小诗是这样描述的:,愚人节,已过十二点,,你,这个傻瓜,来得晚。,待到来年愚人节,,你,将是最大个,的笨蛋,!,愚人节时间,Thank You,
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