高考英語節(jié)日素材及愚人節(jié)語篇填空課件

愚人節(jié)的冷知識2022年4月1日Ⅰ

Origin

AprilFools’DayorAllFools’Dayisonedayoftheyearwhenyou’reallowedtomercilesslyprank(惡作劇)yourfriends,familyandco-workers.Howexactlydidthisdaycomeabout?Wedon’tactuallyknowforsurewhatstartedthecelebrationofAprilFools’Day.Referencescanbefoundasearlyasthe1500s,buttheseaccountsareinfrequentandnotverydetailed.Ⅰ

Origin

Themostpopulartheoryisthatitbeganaround1582inFranceduringthereformationofthecalendar.BeforeFranceadoptedtheGregoriancalendar(公歷制),theycelebratedNewYearsfor8days,beginningonMarch25th,andendingonApril1st.Whentheyswitchedthecalendarsystem,theeighthdaymovedfromApril1sttoJanuary1st.Ⅰ

Origin

Becausetheydidn’thaveInternet,phones,socialmediaoramailsystem,alotofpeopledidn’thearaboutthischangeuntilyearslater.Thosewhodidn’thearaboutthechangecontinuedtocelebrateNewYearsinApril.Othersrefusedtocelebrateitoutofrebellion(反抗).Thosewhohadbeeninformedofthechangeandadjustedtheircalendarsbegantomakefunofthesefoolswhowereuninformedorrebellious.Thisharassment(煩擾)evolved(逐步形成)intoatraditionofplayingpranksonthefirstdayofApril,andthenspreadtoothercountries.Ⅰ

Origin

However,AprilFools’DaywasalreadyestablishedinEngland,whichdidn’tswitchcalendarsystemuntil1752.Alsopeoplearealreadyengaginginpranksandlight-heartednessaroundthistimeoftheyear,longbeforetheFrenchswitchedtheircalendarsystems,suchasinthecaseoftheancientRomanfestivalofHilaria(嬉樂節(jié)).Ⅰ

Origin

However,AprilFools’DaywasalreadyestablishedinEngland,whichdidn’tswitchcalendarsystemuntil1752.Alsopeoplearealreadyengaginginpranksandlight-heartednessaroundthistimeoftheyear,longbeforetheFrenchswitchedtheircalendarsystems,suchasinthecaseoftheancientRomanfestivalofHilaria(嬉樂節(jié)).ⅡModerncelebrations

ModerncelebrationsofAprilFools’Dayhaveslightlydifferenttraditions,dependingonthecountryyouarein.Buttheyallhavethesimilarthemeofprankingorhumiliating(使丟臉)individuals.InFrance,theytrytotapeanimageoffishtoyourbackwithoutyounoticing.AndinPortugal,theythrowflouratyou.InEngland,youareonlysupposedtopullajokeuntilnoon,andifyoupullajokeafternoon,youarecalledanAprilFool.AndintheUnitedStatesandBritain,evenpopularmediaoutletsandcompanieshavebeenknowntogetinvolvedinthefun.ⅡTypicalexamples

In1996,TacoBellannouncedthatithadpurchasedtheLibertyBellfromthecityofPhiladelphia,anditwasgoingtorenameitasTacoLibertyBell(塔可貝爾獨立鐘).In1992,NPR(美國全國公共廣播電臺)

claimedthatRichardNixonwouldberunningagainforpresident.Britishpublication,theguardian,famouslyprankedthepublicin1977,whentheysaidthatasemicolon(分號)shapedislandintheIndianOceanhadbeendiscovered.Thishoax(騙局)iscreditedforlaunchingthetrendofAprilFools’DaypranksbyBritishtabloids(小報).塔可貝爾公司是美國的連鎖快餐店，主要商品是塔可和墨西哥玉米卷餅（TacoandBurrito）Ⅲ

語法填空whenstartedThebeginningeighthuntil/tillhadbeeninformed/wereinformedtomakeslightlyindividualsⅣ

Pranks

★1957年的愚人節(jié)，BBC（英國廣播公司）報道說，在瑞士有人成功種植出意大利面樹，報道中還搭配了樹上掛著面條的照片，以增加這個玩笑的可信度。Ⅳ

Pranks

★能傳播氣味的電視：BBC在某年的愚人節(jié)宣布開始試驗通過電視傳播氣味。后來據(jù)報，確實有人聯(lián)系BBC，稱他們聞到了從電視機中傳來的香味。Ⅳ

Pranks

★比薩斜塔：一個荷蘭媒體曾經(jīng)報導，意大利著名的比薩斜塔已經(jīng)倒塌。Ⅳ

Pranks

★2002年，加拿大電臺主持人打給微軟總公司，并自稱自己是加拿大總理克雷蒂安，要求與比爾·蓋茨通電話。Ⅴ

CommonAprilfool’sroutines

Yourshoelaceisuntied.

Haha,yourflyisopen!哈哈，你的褲子拉鏈沒拉！

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CommonAprilfool’sroutines

Hey!Youdroppedyourwallet.

Look!Thereissomemoneyonthefloor.Ⅵ

Endingwords(如果對方成功被你整了，在你感受了整人的喜悅之后，別