輕鬆實用美語 第5課:開心四月不需要理由 (1)

開心四月不需要理由 (1)

嘉賓：Greg 高慕鴻
主題：開心四月不需要理由,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! 愚人節
2、yank someone's chain 拿你開涮
3、Thank heavens! 謝天謝地
4、practical joke 惡作劇之吻
5、hoax 愚弄
6、origin 起源
7、grey area:not certain or clear 曖昧不明
8、watch your back 當心
9、seek revenge 伺機報復
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