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1、TopTenAprilFool'sDayJokesTomarkAprilFool'sDay,here'sourtoptenAprilFool'sjokesofalltime.Pleasenote:they'reallreal.Really.1.SanSerriffeBackinthehazy,distantdaysof1977,theannualjaperyofAprilFool'sDaywasfarfromafixtureintheUK'snewspapers.ButthenTheGuardianranaseven-pagefeatureontheremoteislandnation
2、ofSanSerriffe,intheIndianOcean–completewithdescriptionsofitstwomainislands,UpperCaisseandLowerCaisse,itscapitalBodoni,anditsruler,GeneralPica.Ofcourse,itwasallanelaboratejoke,withmostofthenamesbeingpunningreferencestotypographer'sterminology.Buthugenumbersofpeoplefellforit–aidedperhapsbythefactt
3、hatthepaperropedinmanylegitimateadvertisers,includingGuinnessandKodak,toplayalongwiththegag.TheGuardian'sofficeswitchboardwasfloodedwithphonecallsfromgulliblepeoplewantingmoreinformationonthefictitiousislands.TheSanSerriffejokeisnotablenotonlyforsparkingtheBritishpress'sfondnessforApril1tomfoole
4、ry,butalsoforbeingthemostsustaineduntrutheverprintedbytheGuardianthatwasn'ttheresultofaspellingerror.Words:Japery:joke,prank,gag,hoaxfixture:thingthatisfirmlyestablishedandappearsunlikelytoleaveaplacefeature:terminology:technicaltermsofaparticularsubjectfallfor:ropein:legitimate:genuine,seriousg
5、ullible:tomfoolery:foolishorsenselessbehaviorTheGuardian（英国）卫报2.SpaghettiTreesIftheideaofareputablenewspaperliketheTheGuardianpullingtheirlegswastoomuchforpeoplein1977,twentyyearsearlierthethoughtthattheBBC–intheauthoritativepersonaofPanoramapresenterRichardDimbleby–wouldtellpeoplefibsmusthavese
6、emedlikecommunistcrazytalk.Whichprobablyexplainswhy,whenPanoramaranashortsegmentabouthowSwisspeopleharvestedspaghettifromtreesin1957,hundredsofpeoplewrotebackaskinghowtheycouldgrowtheirownspaghettitrees.Intheirdefence,it'sworthbearinginmindthata)spaghettiwascomparativelyalientomostBritishkitchen
7、sin1957,andb)peopleareincrediblystupid.Words:pullone’slegs:authoritative:persona:characterofapersonaspresenedtoothersorasotherspercieveit面具人格，伪装人格presenter:host/hostessofaprogramfib:untruestatementesp.aboutsthunimportantsegm
