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1、-范文最新推荐- 愚人节英语介绍文章 4月1日就是西方的节日愚人节，我们整理了一些有关愚人节的英语文章，供大家学习。1.april fools day or all fools day, though not a holiday in its own right, is a notable day celebrated in many countries on april 1. the day is marked by the commission of hoaxes and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends
2、and neighbors, or sending them on fools errands, the aim of which is to embarrass the gullible. in some countries, april fools jokes (also called “april fools”) are only made before midday. 1 it is also widely celebrated on the internet. 2.origin the origin of this custom has been much disputed. man
3、y theories have been suggested. what seems certain is that it is in some way or other a relic of those once universal festivities held at the vernal equinox, which, beginning on old new years day, the 25th of march, ended on the 1st of april. it has been suggested that europe derived its april-fooli
4、ng from the french 2. france was one of the first nations to make january 1 officially new years day (which was already celebrated by many), by decree of charles ix. this was in 1564, even before the adoption of the gregorian calendar (see julian start of the year). thus the new years gifts and visi
5、ts of felicitation which had been the feature of the 1st of april became associated with the first day of january, and those who disliked or did not hear about the change were fair game for those wits who amused themselves by sending mock presents and paying calls of pretended ceremony on the 1st of
6、 april. french and dutch references from 1508 and 1539 respectively describe april fools day jokes and the custom of making them on the first of april. though the 1st of april appears to have been anciently observed in great britain as a general festival, it was apparently not until the beginning of
7、 the 18th century that the making of april-fools was a common custom. in scotland the custom was known as “hunting the gowk,” i.e. the cuckoo, and april-fools were “april-gowks,” the cuckoo being there, as it is in most lands, a term of contempt. in france the person fooled is known as poisson davri
8、l. this has been explained from the association of ideas arising from the fact that in april the sun quits the zodiacal sign of the fish. a far more natural explanation would seem to be that the april fish would be a young fish and therefore easily caught. the french traditionally celebrated this ho
9、liday by placing a dead fish on the back of friends. today the fish is substituted by a floppy kerk. 3.well-known hoaxes alabama changes the value of pi: the april 1998 newsletter of new mexicans for science and reason contained an article claiming that the alabama legislature had voted to change th
10、e value of the mathematical constant pi to the “biblical value” of 3.0. this claim originally appeared as a news story in the 1961 sci-fi classic “stranger in a strange land” by robert a. heinlein. spaghetti trees: the bbc television programme panorama ran a famous hoax in 1957, showing the swiss ha
11、rvesting spaghetti from trees. they had claimed that the despised pest the spaghetti wevil had been eradicated. a large number of people contacted the bbc wanting to know how to cultivate their own spaghetti trees. 1.wife talking to her husband (who reads newspaper all day): i wish i were a newspape
12、r so ill be in your hands all day. husband: i wish that too, so i could change you daily 2.a little boy asked his father: daddy, how much does it cost to get married? the father replied: i don t know son. i m still paying! 3.at midnight father saw that his married son leaving home. he asks him: what
13、 are you doing? the son replied: dad i am fed up with my life! my newly marriage is not going well, my wife and my mom keep fighting with each other! i have to pay bills for my in-laws, and i hate this life! i want to go far from here, i want to taste every joy of life, and i want to have every fun
14、of life! father said: wait! i am coming with you 4.a woman goes to england to attend a 2-week company training session. her husband drives her to the airport and wishes her to have a good trip. the wife answered: thank you honey, what would you like me to bring for you? the husband laughed and said:
15、 an english girl! the woman kept quiet and left. two weeks later he picked her up in the airport and asked: so honey, how was the trip? the wife: very good, thank you. the husband: and, what happened to my present? the wife: which present? the husband: what i asked for: the english girl? the wife: o
16、h, that! well, i did what i could; now we have to wait a few months to see if its a girl! 5.a couple goes to an art gallery. they find a picture of a naked woman with only her privates covered with leaves. the wife doesn t like it and moves on, but the husband keeps looking. the wife asks, “what are
17、 you waiting for? “ the husband replies, “autumn. “ 6.a man is sitting reading his newspaper when the wife sneaks up behind him and whacks him on the head with a frying pan. “what the hell was that for? “ he asks. “that was for the piece of paper in your trouser pockets with the name mary ellen writ
18、ten on it, “ she replies. don t be silly, “ he says. “two weeks ago when i went to the races,mary ellen was the name of one of the horses i bet on. “ she seems satisfied at this, and she apologizes. three days later he s again sitting in his chair reading when she nails him with an even bigger fryin
19、g pan, knocking him out cold. when he comes around, he asks again, “what the hell was that for? “ “your fucking horse just phoned. “ 7.wife to husband: you were so drunk last night that you insulted your boss. husband: piss on him! wife: you did and he fired you! husband: fuck him! wife: i did and y
20、ou can go back to work tomorrow. 8.a couple drove several miles down a country road with intense silence. not a word was said to each other. an earlier discussion had led to an argument and neither wanted to concede his position. as they passed a barnyard of mules and pigs, the wife sarcastically as
21、ked, “relatives of yours? “ “yep, “ the husband replied, “in-laws “. 4月1日便是一年一度的愚人节了，难得的一次整人可以不被责难的日子，不准备个花样也不好哟！顽皮的十二星座朋友们会怎样过这个愚人节呢？白羊座这个节日很有趣，可整人不负责任，羊儿肯定是提早一个月就开始想主意了，4月1日这天，羊儿肯定是一本正经，不过还未开口，其它人都已被吓跑了。郁闷！金牛座都说我小气，那好啊，今天我请大家吃饭，怎么，笑我老掉牙，必胜客，晚上七点，反正今天是愚人节，爱去不去，去了也没有那回事，我晚上还要去朋友的饭局呢！怎么电话老是打不通，害得我等到人
22、家打烊。双子座今天可以天经地义地说谎了，是整蛊合法化，劣行可以尽情发挥了，哈哈，先去逗一逗那个新来的mm吧！哇，原来她早就对我有意思了，嘿嘿，先放她一码，等晚上约会时再好好涮涮她，反正今天是愚人节。巨蟹座今天是愚人节，一定要小心，什么话都不能相信。老板找我谈话，要给我升职加薪，早就盼着这一刻了，赶紧打电话给女朋友，怎么回事呀，她怎么说我老土啊？狮子座怎么今天没人来上班呢？为了避免愚人节上当受骗，特放假一天，我说这个你们也信啊？今天可是愚人节哎！老板你说什么？扣我奖金，别逗了，今天是愚人节，你是领导，不便开玩笑吧？处女座不能让别人觉得我没有娱乐精神财富，处女座会在前一天晚上想一些小把戏捉弄旁人，
23、可惜这些小把戏都是早已被别人用滥了的，晕！不玩了，还是晚上去参加同学们的聚餐吧，看看他们都会有什么好的招数。天秤座平时优雅的天秤也想在愚人节这天表现一把，可惜不太会一本正经的骗人，于是张牙舞爪地跑到你身后大喊一声，吓人一跳，拜托了朋友，今天是愚人节，不是鬼节。天蝎座神秘的蝎子是在这一天里最让人感到恐惧的，尽管他可能一整天都会默不作声，但他笑迷迷地走到你面前说话时，可要当心了，他不动作则已，一有动作定是会令人大张嘴巴的。不过蝎子也不要太过哟！射手座射手座的人幽默热情，显得有些浮躁鲁莽，没有什么太多的坏心眼，不过天生就很善于搞怪的射射们就算是临时发挥出来的招数，也足以令人防不胜防。摩羯座摩羯座平时显得最为稳重，一天到晚的一本正经，不拘言笑，但不要以为他没有娱乐精神，实际上他才是愚人的高手呢，老实人说谎，往往是最有效果的。水瓶座瓶子们平时就爱捉弄人，他才不管什么愚人节不愚人节呢，不过今天的瓶子可能会显得安稳一些，较平时低调了许多，算了，既然大家的戒心都这么强，还是等明天再补上吧！双鱼座鱼儿不会有什么鬼点子，但是这一天的鱼儿会显得格外紧张，对周围的人和事都倍加小心，他的原则是爱人之心不可有，防人之心不可无，但是在充满了温情与浪漫的谎言面前，鱼儿还是会不小心被捉弄的。 9 / 10