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Hello！大家四月的第一天

愚人节快乐呀~！

还能点进来的也是超级真爱粉了~！

话说，我们年年在过愚人节

貌似也都根本不知道

关于愚人节的起源

因为...它根本没有国际固定版本呀

欧洲的许多国家都有

自己的专属版本

希腊人认为愚人节来源于古希腊神话

法国人认为是来源法国国王设新历

那都不是事儿~

反正学英语的我们

只管听英国人怎么说呀~

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◆英国愚人节来源◆

　　An English story about the day, however, holds that it began sometime during the 1200s.

　　关于愚人节这一天，英国的一则故亊却认为它始于13世纪的某一天。

　　At the time, King John of England was in the habit ofmaking a road out of nearly every path he walked regularly.

　　那时，英格兰的约翰国王习惯于将他经常走的几乎每条小道都修成一条路。

　　The citizens of one particular farm village were aware of this.

　　有一个乡村的居民觉察到了这一点。

　　To avoidhaving their green meadows and pastures disturbed with one of the king’s roads.

　　为了保护他们绿油油的草地和牧场免受国王修路所造成的破坏，

　　they built a fence that preventedthe king from walking through their countryside.

　　他们筑了一道篱笆来阻挡国王在他们的乡间穿行。

　　The king sent a group of messengersto informthe villagers that they must remove the barrier.

　　国王派遗了一队使者去通报村民们必须撤掉障碍。

　　Upon hearing that the king was planning to do this, however, the villagers developed a plan of their own.

　　在听到国王正要打算这么做时，村民们也想出了自己的办法。

　　When the messengers arrived, they found what appeared to be a community of lunatics,

　　当使者到达的时候，他们看到这里的人像一群疯子似的，

　　with people behaving in a bizarre manner, throwing things and running around wildly.

　　举止古怪，乱扔东西，并且四下疯跑。

　　The messengers,alarmed atwhat they had found,reported to king John that these people were so mad as to be beyond punishment.

　　此情此景令使者们惊恐万分，后来赶紧向约翰国王报告说，这些人疯疯癱癲的，根本没办法处置。

　　So, the villagers saved their farmland by tricking the King.

　　村民们就这样骗过了国王，保护了自己的农田。

　　In Great Britain,tradition only allows April Fool’s tricksfrom midnight to noon on April 1.

　　在英国，按习俗在4月1曰这—天只允许从子夜到中午的这段时间搞恶作剧，

　　Those who try to play tricks in the afternoon become the fools themselves.

　　到下午还这么做的人自己就成了愚人了。

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◆ 其他相关常用词汇◆

trap n.圈套，陷阱

　　prank n. 恶作剧，戏谑

　　hoax n. 愚弄人，恶作剧

an April fool愚人节被愚弄的人

play jokes on sb 玩耍，闹着玩，开（玩笑）

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