[教育]愚人節(jié)英文介紹ppt

1、April fool's day,just for fun,,,April　fools　day　 愚人節(jié) 　April fools day is a day to play jokes on others, no one knows how this holiday began but people think it first started in France. 　 In the 16th century,

2、people celebrated new years day from march 25 to April 1. in the mid—1560s king Charles ix changed it from march 25 to January 1. but some people still celebrated in on April 1, so others called them April fools. 　　

3、 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

4、!” 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 cucko

5、o bird. 　 In the America, people play small jokes on their friends and any other people on the first of Aprol. they may point down to your shoe and say, “ your shoelace is untied.” if you believe them and look do

6、wn to see, you are an April fool then.,關(guān)于愚人節(jié)的來源有各種不同的說法，有人說與一群不愿接受公歷紀(jì)年的法國保守者有關(guān)；也有人說它來源于紀(jì)念豐收女神的女兒被誘拐到地獄；還有人說，這個節(jié)日始于英國一個名叫“愚人村”的天才村民；另一些說法則認(rèn)為春天的天氣變化無常，因此人們在春分前后可以選擇某一日顛倒乾坤，以荒誕的鬧劇來迎接春神的到來……,origin,As it was called years ago

7、, All Fools' Day is observed in many countries around the world. The origin of April Fool's Day remains clouded in obscurity. But what is clear is that the tradition of a day devoted to foolery had ancient roots.

8、 As we look back in time, many ancient predecessors of April Fool's Day are found.,A  French legendary  （傳說 ） The most widespread theory about the origin of April Fool's Day links the Gregorian calenda

9、r reform. In 1582 France became the first country to switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. This meant that the beginning of the year was moved from the end of March to January 1. If someone failed to keep up

10、 with the change and continued to celebrate the New Year between March 25th and April 1st, various jokes would be played on him. This story might explain why April 1st specifically became the date of the modern holiday.,

11、Mythological roots There have been quite a few attempts to provide mythological explanations for the rise of April Fool's Day. One story dates back to Roman mythology, particularly the myth of Ceres (the Goddess of

12、 grain and the harvest) and Proserpina. In Roman mythology Pluto, the God of the Dead, abducted Proserpina and brought her to live with him in the underworld. Proserpina called out to her mother Ceres for help, but Ceres

13、, who could only hear the echo of her daughter's voice, searched in vain for Proserpina. The fruitless search of Ceres for her daughter was commemmorated during the Roman festival of Cerealia and believed by some to

14、have been the mythological antecedent of the fool's errands popular on April 1st.,British folklore linked April Fool's Day to the town of Gotham. According to the legend, it was traditional in the 13th century fo

15、r any road that the King travelled over to become public property. People in Gotham didn't want to lose their main road and spread a false story to stop the King. A messenger was sent to Gotham after King John learne

16、d the people's trick. But when the messenger arrived in Gotham he found the town was full of lunatics who were engaged in foolish activities such as drowning fish or attempting to cage birds in roofless fences. The K

17、ing fell for the hoax and declared the town too foolish to warrant punishment. And ever since then, April Fool's Day has supposedly commemmorated their trickery.,develop,The 18th century, “April fool‘s day” custom to

18、 Britain. Later, as the British immigration and spread to the United States. With the passage of time, this custom has become an international festival, in Europe, North America, many countries are popular. On that day,

19、 people can not stick to one pattern USES "relaxed" once. Of course the technique is to fool people pattern 100. By April fool, about in different countries give different titles.,Most people call them "Ap

20、ril fools." But sometimes, some countries have other titles. In the French people ShangDangZhe called "April fish," probably because in April, the most likely to take the bait fish go; In Britain's Sco

21、tland, would be called "cuckoo", the likelihood is to show a stay birds,Every year on April 1, is many western nations of one of the most happy people, because this day is world famous “April fool‘s day”.,celeb

22、ration,This day, people can play their own rich imagination, coaxing, teasing, fool others. And, no matter what to do so after the consequences, people appear shall also any legal liability.,Now this festival also began

23、in our Chinese popular, especially among the college students. Consequently, April fool‘s day is not only westerners thing, also influence to the east.,celebration,celebration,Some interesting in Fool’s day Fool’ April f

24、ool‘s day , people often organize family reunion, the rooms are decorate with daffodils and Daisy,celebration,Typical traditional practices is to arrange the fake environment, decorate the room like “Christmas” or Christ

25、mas” decorate the room as same as “ New Year”, Year” entertain guests and then congratulate on their "merry Christmas" or "happy New Year", making people feel interesting.,celebration,What do children

26、 usually do on April Fool’s Day?,False errands These types of pranks are best played on newcomers at work Some popular ones include sending someone to the maintenance room to ask for a rubber hammer and glass nails o

27、r asking someone to go to another department for ten meters of shoreline,Hot Seat Put some hot substance， such as Deep Heat， on a toilet seat and watch people leave the bathroom only to turn around and quickly run back

28、 in again,Table Tricks When nobody is looking fill up a sugar bowl with salt and watch as the victim puts a few spoons in their coffee Most ketchup users will shake the bottle before putting it on their food Loosen the

29、top on a bottle of ketchup and watch as the shaker covers himself in the stuff,Phone pranks Just about everyone knows a good phone prank A classic one involves getting a few friends to call the same number over a period

30、 of one hour asking for a Mr Smith Just when the victim starts to get really angry about all these people calling looking for a Mr Smith call one more time and say， "Hi This is Mr Smith Are there any messages for me

31、?" Other phone pranks are based on names that sound like something else For example， you could call the zoo and ask for a Mr Albert Ross,Time Difference This is a favourite in college dorms When your roommate is a

32、sleep reset his/her alarm clock so that it is an hour slower,The end,Thank you,celebration,What do children usually do on April Fool’s Day?,False errands These types of pranks are best played on newcomers at work Some

33、popular ones include sending someone to the maintenance room to ask for a rubber hammer and glass nails or asking someone to go to another department for ten meters of shoreline,Hot Seat Put some hot substance， such

34、as Deep Heat， on a toilet seat and watch people leave the bathroom only to turn around and quickly run back in again,Table Tricks When nobody is looking fill up a sugar bowl with salt and watch as the victim puts a few

35、spoons in their coffee Most ketchup users will shake the bottle before putting it on their food Loosen the top on a bottle of ketchup and watch as the shaker covers himself in the stuff,Phone pranks Just about everyone

36、knows a good phone prank A classic one involves getting a few friends to call the same number over a period of one hour asking for a Mr Smith Just when the victim starts to get really angry about all these people calling

37、 looking for a Mr Smith call one more time and say， "Hi This is Mr Smith Are there any messages for me?" Other phone pranks are based on names that sound like something else For example， you could call the zoo