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1、附录二短文翻译练习附录二：短文翻译练习英译汉：1.TheHistoryofAprilFools’DayHowdoyouthinkAprilFools’Dayoriginated?Wasthereahistoricepidemicofspringfever-tomfooleryinatinyFinnishtownintheearly1800s?DidaNewYorkerin1910findacockroachinhiscoffeecupanddecidetorecreatetheexperience
2、forsthisofficemate,therebysparkingafamousApril1lawsuit?Inaconvincingtestimonialtothesayingthattruthisstrangerthanfiction,we’lltellyouthestory,oratleastpresentthemostviabletheoryofhowAprilFools’Daycametobe.thOnceuponatime,backin16-centuryFrance,beforec
3、omputers,peoplecelebratedNewYear’sDayonMarch25,theadventofspring.Itwasafestivetime.TheypartiedsteadilyuntilApril1.In1564,whenthecalendarreformedandbecameGregorian（格里高利历，即阳历）,KingCharlesIXproclaimed,perhapspompously,thatNewYear’sDayshouldbecelebratedon
4、January1insteadofinthespring.Diehardconservativesresistedthechange(orperhapsdidn’thearaboutitduetotheabsenceofe-mail)andcontinuedtocelebrateNewYear’sfromMarch25toApril1.Duringthisperiodofspringfestivity,themoreflexibleFrenchmockedtherigidrevelersbysen
5、dingthemfoolishgiftsandinvitationsto2non-existentparties.ThevictimofanAprilFools’Dayprankwascalleda“poissond’avril”,oran“Aprilfish”,becauseatthattimeofyear,thesunwasleavingthezodiacalsignofPisces（双鱼座）.thAprilFools’DayhititsstrideinEnglandinthe18centur
6、y,andwasbroughttocolonialAmericabytheEnglish,Scottish,andFrench.......WemayneverlearnthetrueoriginofAprilFoolsDay.However,thedeeperquestionfacingus4todayis,“What’sthebestgagIcanpulloff?”2.TheSphinxLaius,kingofThebes,waswarnedbyanoraclethattherewasdang
7、ertohisthroneandlifeifhisnew-bornsonshouldbesufferedtogrowup.Hethereforecommittedthechildtothecareofaherdsmanwithorderstodestroyhim;buttheherdsman,movedwithpity,yetnotdaringentirelytodisobey,tiedupthechildbythefeetandlefthimhangingtothebranchofatree.I
8、nthisconditiontheinfantwasfoundbyapeasant,whocarriedhimtohismasterandmistress,bywhomhewasadoptedandcalledOedipus,orSwollen-foot.ManyyearsafterwardsLaiusbeingonhiswaytoDelphi,accompaniedonlybyoneattendant,metinanarrowroadayoungmanalsodrivingina
