愚人节-清明节.ppt

April fool’s day 关于fool play the fool/act the fool : to act like the idiot or foolishly fool around : to spend time doing nothing useful Fools haste is no spead : make an April fool of sb : fools erand : a fruitless mission or undertaking fools paradise : happiness founded on a illusion （胡闹，办傻事） （虚度光阴，游手好闲） 欲速则不达 把某人当作愚人节恶作剧的对象 （徒劳无用的工作） （虚幻的美梦，不可实现的希望） play the fool/act the fool : to act like the idiot or foolishly fool around : to spend time doing nothing useful Fools haste is no spead : make an April fool of sb : fools erand : a fruitless mission or undertaking fools paradise : happiness founded on a illusion （胡闹，办傻事） （虚度光阴，游手好闲） 欲速则不达 把某人当作愚人节恶作剧的对象 （徒劳无用的工作） （虚幻的美梦，不可实现的希望） Read a passage about April Fool’s Day. Take notes on the information that you think important to help you finish a cloze exercise based on what you’ve read. 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, 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. 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!” 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. In 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. April Fools Day The History Unlike most of the other non-foolish ho