轻松实用美语 第5课:开心四月不需要理由 (1)

开心四月不需要理由 (1)

嘉宾：Greg 高慕鸿
主题：开心四月不需要理由,玩玩笑笑更健康！
G:So did you study for the test today? I was up all night studying for it,I hope I'll get a good grade.
J:Test? What test? We didn't know we have a test today.
G:Ahh,ahh,ahh, April Fools!I was just yanking you chain!The test is next week.
J:Oh, thank heavens,you scared me! What's the April Fools' day, anyway?
G:April Fools' day is traditionly held on 1st of le play practical jokes on their friends and love ones, just like I did to you.
J:Does the whole road celebrate it?
G:A lot of countries do,for example, New Zealand,Ireland,UK and ca, only play joke until noon. Sometimes, news papers play hoax on morning other countries,like America,France and Italia,the jokes last all day.
J:So how did this crazy holiday start? What's the history behind the April Fools' day?
G:The actual original April Fools' day is kinda grey area, the earliest association between 1st April and the foolishest can be traced back to the year 1392.
J:Cool! Can you tell me something hoaxes that you heard about?
G:In 1957,BBC run a great hoax about "a tree grows noodles on it"r that all the people called the television station wanting to know how do they grow their own noodle tree.
J:That'sinteresting.I think you'd better watch you back today, I determine to seek revenge.
G:Well,good luck,you never fool me.

1、April Fools! 愚人节
2、yank someone's chain 拿你开涮
3、Thank heavens! 谢天谢地
4、practical joke 恶作剧之吻
5、hoax 愚弄
6、origin 起源
7、grey area:not certain or clear 暧昧不明
8、watch your back 当心
9、seek revenge 伺机报复
10、trace back to 追溯到

1、What April Fool’s joke did Xiao Gao play on Jing Jing?
2、Is April Fool’s Day only celebrated in America?
3、In 1957, what kind of joke did BBC news play?

1、He tells her there's a test today,but in actually not.
2、no
3、a tree grows noodle on it