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参加鱼宴的帖，通常是用纸板做成的彩色小 鱼。餐桌用绿、白两色装饰起来．中间放上 鱼缸和小巧玲珑的钓鱼竿，每个钓竿上系一 条绿色飘带，挂着送给客人的礼物——或是 鱼形工艺品，或是一个装满糖果的鱼篮子。 How to celebrate April Fool’s Day? 愚人节恶作剧 (tricks) 愚人节 -- 愚人不过12点 愚人节这天玩笑只能开到中午12点之前，这是约定俗 成的严格规矩。过了中午还找乐子的人是一个比被他 取笑的人还大的傻瓜。过了钟点还开玩笑的人会立刻 碰钉子，自找没趣儿。有一首小诗是这样描述的： 愚人节已过十二点，你这个傻瓜来得晚。待到来年愚人节，你将是个大笨蛋 ! Language points 1.?April?Fool’s?Day?is?a?celebration?that?takes place?in?different?countries?around the?world. ?愚人节一种发生在世界上不同国家的庆祝活动。 take place 意为“发生；进行；举行；产生”。 4. Many April Fool’s jokes may end up being not very funny.许多愚人节笑话可能以不是很有趣而告终。 end up doing sth.意为“以 ...... 结束，以 ...... 告终”。 例：I must make good use of my spare time, or I will end up doing nothing. 我必须充分利用空闲的时间,否则我的生 命将会在无所事事中告终。 5. He asked her to marry him. 他向她求婚。 marry sb. 意为“嫁/娶某人”。 get married to sb. 意为“嫁/娶某人;与某人结婚”，为短暂性词组。 be married to sb. 意为“嫁/娶某人；与某人结婚”，是延续性词组。 例： She married John last year. = She got married to John last year. = She has been married to John for one year. 她去年嫁给了John。 Sample writing My lucky day I will always remember the date February 28, 2014. This was the luckiest day of my life. When I woke up that morning, the sky was very dark. I took the early bus to school as usual. As soon as I arrived at school, it started to rain very heavily. Many students were late 10,000 people had phoned the TV station to find out how to get this water. Many April Fool’s jokes may end up being not very funny. A famous TV star once invited his girlfriend onto his show on April Fool’s Day. He asked her to marry him. The lady was so happy because she really wanted to get married. However, when she said “yes”, he replied, “April Fool!” That little joke didn’t have a very happy ending. The TV star lost his girlfriend and his show was canceled. One of the world’s most famous tricks, however, happened in October rather than April. In that month in 1938, actor Orson Welles announced on his radio program that aliens from Mars