愚人节英文介绍课件

1、April fools day,just for fun,Aprilfoolsday 愚人节 April fools day is a day to play jokes on others, no one knows how this holiday began but people think it first started in France. In the 16th century, people celebrated new years day from march 25 to April 1. in the mid1560s king Charles ix changed it

2、from march 25 to January 1. but some people still celebrated in on April 1, so others called them April fools. each country celebrates April fools day differently. in France, people call the April fools “April fish”. they tape a paper fish to their friends backs to fool them. when he or she finds th

3、is , they shout “April fish!” In England, people play jokes only in the morning. you are a “noodle” if someone fools you. in Scotland, April fools day is 48 hours long. they call an April fool “April Gowk”. Gowk is another name for a cuckoo bird. In the America, people play small jokes on their frie

4、nds and any other people on the first of Aprol. they may point down to your shoe and say, “ your shoelace is untied.” if you believe them and look down to see, you are an April fool then.,关于愚人节的来源有各种不同的说法，有人说与一群不愿接受公历纪年的法国保守者有关；也有人说它来源于纪念丰收女神的女儿被诱拐到地狱；还有人说，这个节日始于英国一个名叫“愚人村”的天才村民；另一些说法则认为春天的天气变化无常，因此

5、人们在春分前后可以选择某一日颠倒乾坤，以荒诞的闹剧来迎接春神的到来,origin,As it was called years ago, All Fools Day is observed in many countries around the world. The origin of April Fools Day remains clouded in obscurity. But what is clear is that the tradition of a day devoted to foolery had ancient roots. As we look back in tim

6、e, many ancient predecessors of April Fools Day are found.,A French legendary （传说 ） The most widespread theory about the origin of April Fools Day links the Gregorian calendar reform. In 1582 France became the first country to switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. This meant that the beg

7、inning of the year was moved from the end of March to January 1. If someone failed to keep up with the change and continued to celebrate the New Year between March 25th and April 1st, various jokes would be played on him. This story might explain why April 1st specifically became the date of the mod

8、ern holiday.,Mythological roots There have been quite a few attempts to provide mythological explanations for the rise of April Fools Day. One story dates back to Roman mythology, particularly the myth of Ceres (the Goddess of grain and the harvest) and Proserpina. In Roman mythology Pluto, the God

9、of the Dead, abducted Proserpina and brought her to live with him in the underworld. Proserpina called out to her mother Ceres for help, but Ceres, who could only hear the echo of her daughters voice, searched in vain for Proserpina. The fruitless search of Ceres for her daughter was commemmorated d

10、uring the Roman festival of Cerealia and believed by some to have been the mythological antecedent of the fools errands popular on April 1st.,British folklore linked April Fools Day to the town of Gotham. According to the legend, it was traditional in the 13th century for any road that the King trav

11、elled over to become public property. People in Gotham didnt want to lose their main road and spread a false story to stop the King. A messenger was sent to Gotham after King John learned the peoples trick. But when the messenger arrived in Gotham he found the town was full of lunatics who were enga

12、ged in foolish activities such as drowning fish or attempting to cage birds in roofless fences. The King fell for the hoax and declared the town too foolish to warrant punishment. And ever since then, April Fools Day has supposedly commemmorated their trickery.,develop,The 18th century, “April fools

13、 day” custom to Britain. Later, as the British immigration and spread to the United States. With the passage of time, this custom has become an international festival, in Europe, North America, many countries are popular. On that day, people can not stick to one pattern USES relaxed once. Of course

14、the technique is to fool people pattern 100. By April fool, about in different countries give different titles.,Most people call them April fools. But sometimes, some countries have other titles. In the French people ShangDangZhe called April fish, probably because in April, the most likely to take

15、the bait fish go; In Britains Scotland, would be called cuckoo, the likelihood is to show a stay birds,Every year on April 1, is many western nations of one of the most happy people, because this day is world famous “April fools day”.,celebration,This day, people can play their own rich imagination,

16、 coaxing, teasing, fool others. And, no matter what to do so after the consequences, people appear shall also any legal liability.,Now this festival also began in our Chinese popular, especially among the college students. Consequently, April fools day is not only westerners thing, also influence to

17、 the east.,celebration,celebration,Some interesting in Fools day Fool April fools day , people often organize family reunion, the rooms are decorate with daffodils and Daisy,celebration,Typical traditional practices is to arrange the fake environment, decorate the room like “Christmas” or Christmas”

18、 decorate the room as same as “ New Year”, Year” entertain guests and then congratulate on their merry Christmas or happy New Year, making people feel interesting.,celebration,What do children usually do on April Fools Day?,False errands These types of pranks are best played on newcomers at work Som

19、e popular ones include sending someone to the maintenance room to ask for a rubber hammer and glass nails or asking someone to go to another department for ten meters of shoreline,Hot Seat Put some hot substance， such as Deep Heat， on a toilet seat and watch people leave the bathroom only to turn ar

20、ound and quickly run back in again,Table Tricks When nobody is looking fill up a sugar bowl with salt and watch as the victim puts a few spoons in their coffee Most ketchup users will shake the bottle before putting it on their food Loosen the top on a bottle of ketchup and watch as the shaker cover

21、s himself in the stuff,Phone pranks Just about everyone knows a good phone prank A classic one involves getting a few friends to call the same number over a period of one hour asking for a Mr Smith Just when the victim starts to get really angry about all these people calling looking for a Mr Smith

22、call one more time and say， Hi This is Mr Smith Are there any messages for me? Other phone pranks are based on names that sound like something else For example， you could call the zoo and ask for a Mr Albert Ross,Time Difference This is a favourite in college dorms When your roommate is asleep reset

23、 his/her alarm clock so that it is an hour slower,The end,Thank you,celebration,What do children usually do on April Fools Day?,False errands These types of pranks are best played on newcomers at work Some popular ones include sending someone to the maintenance room to ask for a rubber hammer and gl

24、ass nails or asking someone to go to another department for ten meters of shoreline,Hot Seat Put some hot substance， such as Deep Heat， on a toilet seat and watch people leave the bathroom only to turn around and quickly run back in again,Table Tricks When nobody is looking fill up a sugar bowl with salt and watch as the victim puts a few spoons in their coffee M