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An April Fool is defined as: "One who is sportively imposed upon by others on the
first day of April."
 Let's look and see what
the Bible says
 "Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will
despise the wisdom of thy words."
~Proverbs 23:9~
"For a dream
cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice [is known] by
multitude of words."
~Ecclesiastes 5:3~
 Let's look and see what the celebrities
say
"The first of April, some do say, Is set
apart for All Fools' Day. But why the people call it so, Nor I, nor they
themselves do know. But on this day are people sent On purpose for pure
merriment."
~Poor Robin's
Almanac (1790)~
"The first of April is the day we
remember what we are the other 364 days of the year."
~By Mark
Twain~
Remember these
words on April Fool's day
April 1st can be filled with 'giggles and
smiles', it is okay to have fun...
but don't do things to "hurt" other
people. Treat others as you would want them to treat you...now go and have
a bit of harmless fun."
Let's learn some words
and expressions
 1〉關(guān)于fool
Fool: one who
counterfeits folly; a professional jester or buffoon in
dramas （我們常見(jiàn)的fool即“傻瓜”，但如果讀莎士比亞的戲劇如King
Lear《李爾王》，你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)國(guó)王身旁常常有一個(gè)"Fool"。這時(shí)可要記住哦，F(xiàn)ool在這里可不是傻子而是絕頂聰明的“宮廷小丑”，他拿自身的滑稽或外顯的愚蠢和瘋癲作為護(hù)身符，說(shuō)出一般人不敢或不愿說(shuō)出來(lái)的真話。）
play
the fool/act the foll : to act like the idiot or
foolishly（胡鬧，辦傻事）
fool around
: to spend time doing nothing useful
（虛度光陰，游手好閑）
Fool's haste is no
spead : 欲速則不達(dá)
make an April fool of sb :
把某人當(dāng)作愚人節(jié)惡作劇的對(duì)象
fool's erand : a fruitless mission or undertaking （徒勞無(wú)用的工作）
fool's paradise : happiness founded on a illusion （虛幻的美夢(mèng)，不可實(shí)現(xiàn)的希望）
2〉關(guān)于“玩笑，騙局”的表達(dá)
hoax: an attempt to trick an audience
into believing that something false is real;an outrageous claim that is
publicly exposed as a lie or deception
（根據(jù)英文釋義，漢語(yǔ)中的“騙局”與hoax很貼切，常常指公眾群體受到愚弄。在西方，媒體往往在愚人節(jié)這天制造一些出格的hoax給公眾開(kāi)玩笑）。
例句：I hoaxed you into believing that the mouse has
eaten the cat （我騙你相信老鼠吃了貓）。
prank: a mischievous trick
（惡作劇，與hoax相比，prank更側(cè)重于朋友之間或熟人之間的玩笑或惡作劇。搞惡作劇的人常常被稱(chēng)作prankster）
例句：He likes playing pranks on the fellows
around （他喜歡搞些惡作劇給周?chē)娜耍?
practical joke : 與“verbal
joke”（耍嘴皮開(kāi)玩笑）相對(duì)應(yīng)，practical joke更側(cè)重于行動(dòng)。當(dāng)然，既然已有古訓(xùn)“Action speaks louder than
words”，那么practical joke一定不是小兒科式的低級(jí)玩笑，它需要搞惡作劇的人多費(fèi)些心思，使玩笑更高明一點(diǎn)。
例句：The first day of April is devoted to practical
jokes （人們喜歡在愚人節(jié)開(kāi)玩笑）。
3〉關(guān)于“魚(yú)”
feel like a fish out of water :
猶如魚(yú)而離水，感到生疏，不能適應(yīng)環(huán)境
drink like a fish : 酗酒,
牛飲
All is fish that comes to his net :
來(lái)者不拒
Never offer to teach fish to swim
: 不要班門(mén)弄斧
The best fish swim near the
bottom : 珍貴的東西不能輕易得到
Never fry a fish
till it's caught : 不要操之過(guò)急
April fish :
愚人節(jié)被愚弄的人，法國(guó)人愚弄他們朋友的方式就是在朋友的背后貼上一條紙做的魚(yú)，當(dāng)有人發(fā)現(xiàn)這個(gè)惡作劇時(shí)，他們就會(huì)大笑著喊:“Poisson
d'Avril”（四月魚(yú)）！這一說(shuō)法緣于四月份的魚(yú)剛剛孵化出來(lái)，很容易上鉤被捉。
(英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津陳蓓編輯） | 
