英文版愚人节ppt.ppt

* Name Name April Fools Day 愚人节的介绍 April Fools Day is celebrated on April 1st every year. Its origins are uncertain. Show you several origins. The Gregorian calendar reform (格里高利历即阳历) 1582 France Reform The Julian calendar (儒略历) The Gregorian calendar Someone failed to keep up with the change. Send him on a fools errand . Try to trick him into believing something false. The Change of New Years Day Roman Mythology Ceres Jupiter Proserpina Daughter Pluto The king and ruler of the Olympian gods The Goddess of grain and the harvest the God of the Dead The Underworld abduct (诱拐) Pluto Mom, help me!!! Ceres Search in vain for her Proserpina The mythological antecedent of the fools errands Christian Mythology Noahs Ark Sending the dove was on a fools errand. Christian Mythology Jesus Pilate 彼拉多(古罗马犹太总督) Herod 赫洛德 Sending a man from Pilate to Herod -- an old term for sending someone on a fools errand The Turn of The Seasons The weather becomes fickle (变幻无常的) . As if Nature is playing tricks on man. Sunny Wet Cloudy Snowy Thank You For Your Listening * * *