时间:2019-01-02 作者:英语课 分类:双语有声阅读


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Don't Be an April Fool! 整人有理,只在愚人节!


If it is the morning of April 1 and you see some money on the ground, perhaps you should think twice before you pick it up. It might have been glued there by someone keen to turn you into an “April fool.” Remember: It is the first day of April, a day when people around the world enjoy playing tricks on each other.




In the 16th century, the Roman Catholic 1 Church decided 2 that the calendar year in Europe would begin on January 1, instead of the original date of April 1. Some people were slow to accept the new rule, and others called them ignorant or stubborn 3. They became the first April fools.




The tradition of playing tricks on this day most likely started in France. Victims there were known as “April fish,” possibly due to the ease with which newborn fish could be caught in the spring. Nowadays, it is still a custom among French children to tie paper fish to each others’ backs on April 1.




如果4月1号早上你看到地上有些钱,在把它捡起来之前你要三思。可能是有人很想把你变成“四月愚人”,而把钱粘在地上。记住:这可是4月1号,正是世界上的人享受彼此捉弄寻乐的日子。




16世纪,罗马天主教教派决定将欧洲的年历改由1月1号开始,取代原来的4月1号。一些人一时无法适应这个新规定,而被其他人称为无知或固执。他们就成为第一批“四月愚人”。




在这天捉弄人的传统最可能起源于法国。在那儿恶作剧的受害者被称为“四月鱼”,也许这与春天刚出生的幼鱼容易被捕捉有关。现在,在4月1日,互相把纸鱼绑在背后仍是法国孩子的习俗

 



adj.天主教的;n.天主教徒
  • The Pope is the supreme leader of the Roman Catholic Church.教皇是罗马天主教的最高领袖。
  • She was a devoutly Catholic.她是一个虔诚地天主教徒。
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
adj.难以移动,去除的,固执的,顽固的
  • I can not cope with that boy;he is stubborn.我对付不了那个孩子,他很固执。
  • When he's in his stubborn mood,he isn't easily talked round.他那股牛劲上来了,一时不容易说服。
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ammine ammonation
Apostolie Fathers
arresters
astable multivibrator
Bambara groundnut
ban ta sut
barbudal
bespitting
betweenthe
blast ditching
brakan
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cake scraper
cervical ligaments
charcoal plate
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cold confinement
cold water pipe
combined offer
containant
contestants
couz
dangdang
data-transfer
debearding
duke of edinburgh award
earn income
eena
erogenous zone
first order predicate
galvanisings
general freight department
genus Alopius
geological dating
gorgonariana sodalis
gravity balance
guerin forming
high-voltage current shunt
hotboxin' it
ileocolic plexus
intercostals
Izazi
Jungermanniineales
jupiter fulgurs
ketos
Kingston, Maxine Hong
Lister objective
locating service
maclaine
magnetic measurement apparatus
magnetosheaths
methyl nitrate
mode conversion
molecular weight thermometer
multiprocessor analysis
negative changed
Nelson Lakes National Park
noise profile
nutrient requirements of breeding swine
OceanGate
partial easing of capital controls
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PC-BMP
Pilot Grove
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point to point control system
porrorchis elongatus
process timer
quantum gravity
radar collision warning device
rafidains
ranterpike
refeedings
revital
root-mean-square quantity
Rusera
semi-submerged foil
Shetlandic
sixth year
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sotero
speech production
stalker site
substitute character (sub)
Szilard
three dimensional projector
tprt
turning movement
two-dimensional graph
under-hold
unexecuting
utoes
Valeriana wallichii
vicaried
wind wave height
wiring press
wool alcohol
woolens
writ of appraisement
yence
yuen