April Fool's Day-英语作文1500字

　　【参考译文】：四月愚人节是一个传统节日，开别人的玩笑，发送人的傻瓜的跑腿，欺骗不知情的。没有人知道这个节日是怎么开始，但它被认为起源于法国。

　　最接近的时间点，可确定为今年初的传统是在1582，在法国。新年是在三月二十五日庆祝，庆祝活动一直持续到四月一日。当新年改从三月二十五日到一月一日在1560年的国王查尔斯九世，有一些人仍然在四月一日庆祝，这些人被称为“四月傻瓜。

　　在四月的愚人节恶作剧的范围从简单的完成，（比如说，“你的鞋带解开！），以精心设计的。把室友的闹钟回来一小时是一个普通的把戏。新闻媒体也参与其中。例如，曾经有一部英国短片在四月愚人节，是一个相当详细的纪录片“意大利农民”以及他们是如何从面条树上收割庄稼。不管是什么恶作剧，目的是骗子通常对受害人喊道，“四月傻瓜！”

　　四月愚人节是一个“有趣”的仪式。谁也不用买礼物，或采取“重大”到一家高级餐馆吃饭。没有人会从工作或学校。这只是一个有趣的假期，但假期的其中一个必须永远保持警惕，因为他可能成为下一个四月的傻瓜！

　　每个国家庆祝四月的愚人一样。在法国，四月愚人节被称为“四月鱼”（四月）。法国傻瓜的朋友带了一条鱼，朋友们的支持和一些发现这一招，他们大叫“四月！”。

　　在英国，把戏只能在早上玩。如果你被耍了，你是一个“面”。在苏格兰，四月的愚人节是48小时的人被称为“四月布谷鸟”，这是布谷鸟的另一个名字。在苏格兰的四月愚人节的第二天被称作Taily日，专门涉及臀部的恶作剧。Taily节的礼物后子孙后代是依然热闹的“踢我”的标志。

　　【正文】：

　　April Fool's Day is traditionally a day to play practical jokes on others, send people on fool's errands, and fool the unsuspecting. No one knows how this holiday began but it was thought to have originated in France.

　　The closest point in time that can be identified as the beginning of this tradition was in 1582, in France. New Year's was celebrated on March 25 and celebrations lasted until April 1st. When New Year's Day as changed from March 25 to January 1st in the mid-1560's by King Charles IX, there were some people who still celebrated it on April 1st and those people were called April Fools.

　　Pranks performed on April Fool's Day range from the simple, (such as saying, "Your shoe's untied!), to the elaborate. Setting a roommate's alarm clock back an hour is a common gag. The news media even gets involved. For instance, a British short film once shown on April Fool's Day was a fairly detailed documentary about "spaghetti farmers" and how they harvest their crop from the spaghetti trees. Whatever the prank, the trickster usually ends it by yelling to his victim, "April Fool!"

　　April Fool's Day is a "for-fun-only" observance. Nobody is expected to buy gifts or to take their "significant other" out to eat in a fancy restaurant. Nobody gets off work or school. It's simply a fun little holiday, but a holiday on which one must remain forever vigilant, for he may be the next April Fool!

　　Each country celebrates April Fool's differently. In France, the April Fool's is called "April Fish" (Poisson d'Avril). The French fool their friends by taping a paper fish to their friends' backs and when some discovers a this trick, they yell "Poisson d'Avril!".

　　In England, tricks can be played only in the morning. If a trick is played on you, you are a "noodle". In Scotland, April Fools Day is 48 hours long and you are called an "April Gowk", which is another name for a cuckoo bird. The second day in Scotland's April Fool's is called Taily Day and is dedicated to pranks involving the buttocks. Taily Day's gift to posterior posterity is the still-hilarious "Kick Me" sign.