茶話會第24期:愚人節特別節目

Love makes a wit of the fool.
When in love，a fool is careful with rhetoric.
傻瓜在戀愛，說話也學乖。

A fool's head never whitens.
Fools are worryfree, therefore they always look young
傻子沒心事，到老不白頭。

A fool may sometimes speak to the purpose.
A wise man may sometimes play the fool.
愚者千慮亦有一得
智者千慮必有一失

（MUSIC：Fool Again——Westlife）

Is there a crib in your stomach?
　　When my sister-in-low Leach was expecting her second child, her son Brain would sometimes touch his mother’s tummy to feel the baby move.
One day, while touching her stomach and not feel anything, he asked, “How come the baby isn’t moving?”“The baby is sleeping.” replied his n thought a moment and then said, “You mean you got a crib in there too?”

（MUSIC：Touch——Maria Arredondo）

懷孕 pregnant
She is "expecting". (她在“待產”中。)
She is "in a delicate condition". (她正“懷孕中”。)
She is "well-along". (她“心滿意足”。)
She is about to have a "blessed event". (她不久會有“喜事”。)
She is about to be "in a family way".(她不久就要走向“家庭之路”。)
She is "in trouble". (她“有了麻煩”。)

foolish 無頭腦的、缺乏常識的、缺乏判斷能力的
He is foolish to throw away such a chance.
他真蠢，丟掉了這麼一個機會。
stupid 智力差的、反應遲鈍的
Henry is too stupid to understand such a complicated problem.
亨利太笨了，他不理解這麼複雜的問題。
Silly 頭腦簡單的、不懂事的、傻頭傻腦的
It was silly of you to trust him.你真傻竟相信了他。

stupid——缺乏正常理解力，智力, 說明蠢，大多數情況下含貶義
foolish——缺乏常識
silly——則側重無知的，可笑的

實戰演練：
他不是個傻孩子，相反，他很聰明。
He is not a boy; on the contrary, he is quite intelligent.
Key：stupid.

（MUSIC：Mary Had a Little Lamb——Twins）

Each country celebrates April Fools' Day differently.
In France, people call the April Fools “April Fish”. They tape a paper fish to their friends' backs to fool them. When he or she finds this , they shout “April Fish!”
In England, people play jokes only in the morning. You are a “noodle” if someone fools you.
In Scotland, April Fools' Day is 48 hours long. They call an April Fool “April Gowk”. Gowk is another name for a cuckoo bird.
In the America, people play small jokes on their friends and any other people on the first of April. They may point down to your shoe and say, “ Your shoelace is untied.” If you believe them and look down to see, you are an April Fool then.

（MUSIC：Don’t You Forget——Era）