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1、愚人节的来历和习俗双语介绍AprilFool'sDay愚人节WhilepopularintheU.S.,theAprilFool'sDaytraditionisevenmoreprevalentinEuropeancountries,suchasFranceandGreatBritain.Althoughtherootsofthetraditionaltrickingsareunclear,theFrenchandtheBritishbothhaveclaimsontheoriginofthecelebration.愚人节的习俗在美
2、国是很流行的,在欧洲国家如法国和英国就更是如此了.虽然这种愚弄人习俗的起源不甚清楚,但法国人和英国人却都声称这种庆祝活动是由他们开始的.OnetheoryholdsthatthefirstAprilFool'sDaywasonApril1oftheyearwhenKingofFranceinstitutedthenewcalendar.ThisnewsystemplacedthedaythathadformerlybeenthefirstdayofanewyearonApril1.Manypeoplewerereluctanttoa
3、djusttothenewcalendarandcontinuedtocelebrateNewYear'sDayonwhathadbecomethefirstdayofApril.Thus,theybecomethefirstAprilfools.OthersbegantogivegaggiftsonthedaytomockthefoolishnessofthosewhocontinuedtocelebratenewyearonApril1.有一种说法是,第一个愚人节始于法国新历法实行那年的4月1日,在这一天法国国王宣布实行新历法.
4、这种新历法将过去的新的一年第一天定在4月1日.很多人却不愿意按新的历法行事,还继续在根据新的历法已经是4月的第一天庆祝新年,于是他们就成了第一批愚人.另一些人开始在这一天送恶作剧的礼物来取笑那些继续在4月1日庆祝新年的人.AnEnglishstoryabouttheday,however,holdsthatitbegansometimeduringthe1200s.Atthetime,KingJohnofEnglandwasinthehabitofmakingaroadoutofnearlyeverypathhewalkedregu
5、larly.Thecitizensofoneparticularfarmvillagewereawareofthis.Toavoidhavingtheirgreenmeadowsandpasturesdisturbedwithoneoftheking'sroads,theybuiltafencethatpreventedthekingfromwalkingthroughtheircountryside.Thekingsentagroupofmessengerstoinformthevillagersthattheymustremov
6、ethebarrier.Uponhearingthatthekingwasplanningtodothis,however,thevillagersdevelopedaplanoftheirown.Whencommunityoflunatics,withpeoplebehavinginabizarremanner,throwingthingsandrunningaroundwildly.Themessengers,alarmedatwhattheyhadfound,reportedtoKingJohnthatthesepeoplew
7、eresomadastobebeyondpunishment.So,thevillagerssavedtheirfarmlandbytrickingtheKing.InGreatBritain,traditiononlyallowsAprilFool'stricksfrommidnighttonoononApril1.Thosewhotrytoplaytricksintheafternoonbecomethefoolsthemselves.关于这一天,英国的一个故事则说它是始于13世纪的某一天.那时,英格兰的约翰国王习惯于将他经常走
8、的几乎每一条小道都修成一条路.有一个乡村的居民知道了这个情况.为了保护他们绿色的草地和牧场免受国王修路所造成的破坏,他们修了一道篱笆来阻挡国王在他们的乡间穿行.国王派了一队使者去通报村民们必须拆除障碍.在听到国王打算这么做时,村民们也
