April Fool’s Day, 愚人节？万愚节？幽默节？你怎么叫它都可以！小编猜想愚人节的本意是在春分期间，天气多变像是大自然给人类开玩笑，现在已经演变成大家互开玩笑的好日子。如果你在这天被人狂虐，不要太当真哦！

April Fools’Day is a day to play jokes on others. No one knows how this holiday began but people think it first started inFrance.

愚人节是大家互相开玩笑的日子。谁也不知道这个节日是从什么时候开始的，不过人们普遍认为它起源于法国。

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

庆祝愚人节最早是在1582年，在法国。当时法国新年是从3月25日一直持续到4月1日。16世纪60年代中期，国王查理九世把新年从3月25日变为1月1日，而还有一些人在4月1日过新年，这些人就被称作四月傻瓜了。



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“Poisson d’Avril!”

每个国家用不同的方式过愚人节。在法国，人们称“愚人”为“April Fish”。他们是这样开玩笑的：把一张裁成鱼形的纸用胶带粘到朋友的后背上，当有人发现的时候，他们就会喊：“Poisson d’Avril!”

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.

在英国，只能在早上搞恶作剧。如果你被耍了，那你就是“面条”。在苏格兰，愚人节要持续2天，被耍的人被称为“AprilGowk（布谷鸟）”。




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.

在美国，四月一日这天人们和朋友们或其他人开玩笑。他们会指着你的鞋子说：“你的鞋带开了。”如果你相信了并低头去看，你就是“四月愚人”了。



Here are some jokes for you to have fun with your friends.

1. Why are people tired on April Fools’ Day?

Because they have just had a long March.

2. What weather do mice and rats fear?

When it’s raining catsand dogs.

3. When do dogs refuseto follow their masters?

When their masters go to the flea market.

4. What question can never be answered by “yes”?

Are you asleep?

5. What tree is always very sad?

Weeping willow.

6. When can you get water with a net?

When water is turned into ice.

7. Why is the pig always eating?

He’s making a hog of himself.

8. What’s the longest word in the world?

Smiles. Because there’s a mile between the letter “s”.

9. What question is that to which you must always answer “yes”?

“What does y-e-s spell?”

10. Where were you when the power was cut off?

In the darkness.