节日介绍

愚人节

April Fool's Day

4月1日是西方的愚人节，但它并未被任何国家认定为法定节日。

愚人节较普遍的说法是16世纪起源于法国。在18世纪流传到英国，后来又被早期的移民带到了美洲，慢慢地成为欧美流行的节日。在这个节日，人们可以和老师、家人和朋友开玩笑，如告诉他们一些善意的谎言(white lie)等等。

April Fool's 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, which was introduced to England, and later to America by the early settlers from Great Britain. It is a popular holiday in the Western countries, but it is not recognized as an official holiday in any country. But on this day, people can play jokes on their teachers, folks and friends, such as telling them some white lies and so on.

Learn the following by heart:

[来看我]1.play a joke/jokes on sb.开某人的玩笑：

The boys played a joke on James. They hid his shoes and he couldn't find them.

男孩们跟詹姆斯开了个玩笑。他们把他的鞋藏起来，詹姆斯找不到。

Let's play a joke on the teacher and lock the door so that she can't get in.

让我们跟老师开个玩笑，把门锁上不让她进来。

[来看我][来看我]2.introduce … to… 把……介绍给……；引进：

He introduced me to an Indian boy at the party.

他在聚会上介绍我认识了一个印度男孩。

The first lecture introduces students to the main topics of the course.

第一堂课是让学生了解这门课的主要内容。