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1、AprilFool'sDay愚人节一、来历和故事Unlikemostoftheothernonfoolishholidays,thehistoryofAprilFool'sDay,sometimescalledAllFool'sDay,isnottotallyclear.Therereallywasn'ta"firstAprilFool'sDay"thatcanbepinpointedonthecalendar.Somebelieveitsortofevolvedsimultaneouslyinsever
2、alculturesatthesametime,fromcelebrationsinvolvingthefirstdayofspring.Theclosestpointintimethatcanbeidentifiedasthebeginningofthistraditionwasin1582,inFrance.Priortothatyear,thenewyearwascelebratedforeightdays,beginningonMarch25.ThecelebrationculminatedonA
3、pril1.WiththereformofthecalendarunderCharlesIX,theGregorianCalendarwasintroduced,andNewYear'sDaywasmovedtoJanuary1.However,communicationsbeingwhattheywereinthedayswhennewstraveledbyfoot,manypeopledidnotreceivethenewsforseveralyears.Others,themoreobstinate
4、crowd,refusedtoacceptthenewcalendarandcontinuedtocelebratethenewyearonApril1.Thesebackwardfolkwerelabeledas"fools"bythegeneralpopulace.Theyweresubjecttosomeridicule,andwereoftensenton"foolserrands"orweremadethebuttofotherpracticaljokes.Thisharassmentevolv
5、ed,overtime,intoatraditionofprank-playingonthefirstdayofApril.ThetraditioneventuallyspreadtoEnglandandScotlandintheeighteenthcentury.ItwaslaterintroducedtotheAmericancoloniesofboththeEnglishandFrench.AprilFool'sDaythusdevelopedintoaninternationalfunfest,s
6、otospeak,withdifferentnationalitiesspecializingintheirownbrandofhumorattheexpenseoftheirfriendsandfamilies.InScotland,forexample,AprilFool'sDayisactuallycelebratedfortwodays.Theseconddayisdevotedtopranksinvolvingtheposteriorregionofthebody.ItiscalledTaily
7、Day.Theoriginofthe"kickme"signcanbetracedtothisobservance.Mexico'scounterpartofAprilFool'sDayisactuallyobservedonDecember28.Originally,thedaywasasadremembranceoftheslaughteroftheinnocentchildrenbyKingHerod.Iteventuallyevolvedintoalightercommemorationinvol
8、vingpranksandtrickery.PranksperformedonAprilFool'sDayrangefromthesimple,(suchassaying,"Yourshoe'suntied!),totheelaborate.Settingaroommate'salarmclockbackanhourisacommongag.Whatevertheprank,thetricksterusuallyendsitb
