《愚人节英语讲》PPT课件.ppt

The Origin of April Fools Day,April Fools Day is traditionally a day to play practical jokes on others, send people on fools errands, and fool the unsuspecting. No one knows how this holiday began but it was thought to have originated in France.,传统上来讲，愚人节这一天，人们可以相互搞恶作剧，骗人跑腿，欺骗不知情的人。没人知道这个节日是怎么来的，但人们普遍认为它源自法国。,庆祝愚人节最早是在1582年，在法国。当时法国新年是在3月25日，一直持续到4月1日。,When New Years Day as changed from March 25 to January 1st in the mid-1560s by King Charles IX, there were some people who still celebrated it on April 1st and those people were called April Fools.,16世纪60年代中期，国王查理九世把新年从3月25日变为1月1日，而还有一些人在4月1日过新年，这些人就被称作四月傻瓜了。,Pranks performed on April Fools Day range from the simple, (such as saying, “Your shoes untied!), to the elaborate. Setting a roommates alarm clock back an hour is a common gag. The news media even gets involved.,愚人节那天的恶作剧有的很简单（比如，说句“你鞋带开了！”），有的却是精心设计的。把室友的闹钟往后调一小时是常见的。甚至新闻媒体都来凑热闹。,For instance, a British short film once shown on April Fools Day was a fairly detailed documentary about “spaghetti farmers“ and how they harvest their crop from the spaghetti trees. Whatever the prank, the trickster usually ends it by yelling to his victim, “April Fool!“,比如，在愚人节那天，曾经有一部英国短片较为详细地记录了“种意大利面的农民”，以及他们如何从意大利面树上收获意大利面。不管是什么恶作剧，搞恶作剧的人通常在最后会对被搞的人喊一句:“四月傻瓜！“,Now, do you want to play jokes on others？,Ready?,Go!,You take a screenshot of your friends desktop, set it as their wallpaper, and move all their desktop icons into a separate folder (dont delete them; that would be over the line). Which means all they see on the screen will be the wallpaper.,1. Wallpaper prank 电脑桌面恶作剧,给你朋友的电脑桌面截屏，把它设置成墙纸，然后把所有的桌面图标移动到一个单独的文件夹里，这就意味着他在屏幕上看到的所有东西都将是墙纸而已。,2. Install the Blue Screen of Death screen-saver on someones computer.,把别人的电脑屏保换成蓝屏死机图。,3. Place a small piece of Post-it note over the ball under someones computer mouse so that it wont work.,在别人的鼠标底部贴一小片即时贴，这样鼠标就不再工作了。,After your roommate (or girlfriend or whoever) goes to sleep, change all the clocks back an hour or four.,4. Change the clocks 调一下钟表,在你的室友（女朋友或者随便谁）睡着的时候，把室内所有的时钟都调慢一到四个小时。,5. Borrow someones cell phone and change the language setting to a foreign language.,借某人的手机，把语言设置为一种外语。,JOKE 1 A little boy asked his father: Daddy, how much does it cost to get married? The father replied: I don t know son. I m still paying! JOKE 2 Wife talking to her husband (who reads newspaper all day): I wish I were a newspaper so Ill be in your hands all day. Husband: I wish that too, so I could change you daily,Lets enjoy some jokes,Tradition only allows April Fools tricks from midnight to noon on April 1. Those who