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篇1：愚人节来历英文介绍
April Fools' Day 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 16 th century, people celebrated New Year's Day from March 25 to April 1. In the mid—1560s King Charles IX changed it 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 this , 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 friends 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.
愚人节的由来版本一： 每年4月1日,是西方也是美国的民间传统节日——愚人节.愚人节起源于法国.1564年,法国首先采用新改革的纪年法——格里历(即目前通用的阳历),以1月1日为一年之始.但一些因循守旧的人反对这种改革,依然按照旧历固执地在4月1日这一天送礼品,庆祝新年.主张改革的人对这些守旧者的做法大加嘲弄. 聪明滑稽的人在4月1日就给他们送假礼品,邀请他们参加假招待会．并把上当受骗的保守分子称为“四月傻瓜”或“上钩的鱼”. 从此人们在4月1日便互相愚弄,成为法国流行的风俗.18世纪初,愚人节习俗传到英国,接着又被英国的早期移民带到了美国. 愚人节时,人们常常组织家庭聚会,用水仙花和雏菊把房间装饰一新.典型的传统做法是布置假环境,可以把房间布置得象过圣诞节一样．也可以布置得象过新年一样,待客人来时,则祝贺他们“圣诞快乐”或“新年快乐”,令人感到别致有趣. 4月1日的鱼宴.也是别开生面的.参加色宴的请帖,通常是用纸板做成的彩色小鱼.餐桌用绿、白两色装饰起来．中间放上鱼缸和小巧玲珑的钓鱼竿,每个钓竿上系一条绿色飘带,挂着送给客人的礼物——或是一个精巧的赛璐珞鱼,或是一个装满糖果的鱼篮子.不言而喻,鱼宴上所有的菜都是用鱼做成的. 在愚人节的聚会上,还有一种做假菜的风俗.有人曾经描述过一个典型的愚人节菜谱：先是一道“色拉”,莴苣叶上撒满了绿胡椒,但是把叶子揭开后,才发现下面原来是牡蛎鸡尾酒；第二道菜是“烤土豆”,其实下面是甜面包屑和鲜蘑；此后上的菜还有用蟹肉作伪装的烧鸡和埋藏在西红柿色拉下面的覆盆子冰淇淋.饭后,客人还可以从丸药盒里取食糖果. 不过愚人节最典型的活动还是大家互相开玩笑,用假话捉弄对方.有的人把细线拴着的钱包丢在大街上,自己在暗处拉着线的另一端.一旦有人捡起钱包,他们就出其不意地猛然把钱包拽走.还有人把砖头放在破帽子下面搁在马路当中,然后等着看谁来了会踢它.小孩们会告诉父母说自己的书包破了个洞,或者脸上有个黑点．等大人俯身来看时,他们就一边喊着“四月傻瓜”.一边笑着跑开去.总之,每逢愚人节这一天,动物园和水族馆还会接到不少打给菲什(鱼)先生成莱昂(狮子)先生的电话,常常惹得工作人员掐断电话线,以便减少麻烦. 如今的愚人节在美国已主要是淘气的男孩子们的节日了. 版本二： 据说,愚人节起源于一个很有名的希腊神话传说. 农业女神得墨忒尔,在希腊是个妇孺皆知的神祗.她具有无边的法力,可以使土地肥沃,五谷丰登,也可以令田园荒芜,万物凋零.在希腊众神中,她也是尊崇的女神之一.万神宙斯是她的弟弟,也是她的丈夫.仅仅这个身份,就足以使众神在她的脚下俯首帖耳了. 但是,这位权势无比的女神的生活并非十全十美.宙斯凭借着神王的地位,到处拈花惹草,闹出了许多风流韵事,给得墨忒尔带来了无穷无尽的烦恼.能够让她享受生活乐趣的,还是她和宙斯生的女儿佩尔塞福涅,一个聪慧、美丽、天真、活泼的姑娘,和她在一起,任何人都不会悲伤和忧愁. 这一天,冥王哈得斯驾车巡视西西里岛,恰好被在云端中走过的爱与美女神阿芙罗狄忒看到了,同时让她看到的,还有正在田野里散步的佩尔塞福涅,以及她的伙伴女战神雅典娜,狩猎女神阿尔忒弥斯. 一看到这几个人,阿芙罗狄忒就气不打一处来.这几个男女,从来不议论爱情,也不谈婚论嫁,眼睛里可还有她爱神的地位吗?雅典娜和阿尔忒弥斯是出名的贞洁女神,又都以武艺高强,神通广大,闻名神界天国,还是不惹为好.但对佩尔塞福涅这小丫头,可就不必客气了. 于是,头上晃动着神圣光环的阿芙洛蒂德唤过自己的儿子?小爱神厄罗斯,对他说：“看看吧,这几个人是怎洋对待爱情的?如果人和神都学他们的样,我们还怎样统治这个世界?来,给哈得斯射上一箭,让他疯狂地爱上佩尔塞福涅!” 厄罗斯是个百发百中的神射手.他弯弓劲射,一技无形的情欲之箭,正扎进哈得斯的心窝.然后,他便跟随着阿芙洛蒂德,扬长而去,静等着看好戏了. 果然,哈得斯中箭后,对佩尔塞福涅产生了刻骨铭心的爱.但他明白得很,这个远近闻名的美人儿,绝不会情愿放弃阳光明媚的大地和天空,跟他到阴暗的冥府中去.因此,他找到自己的兄弟?众神宙斯,请求他作主将女儿嫁到冥府. “这个么……我作不了主”,众神的主宰沉思着说,“你也知道,得墨忒尔难缠得很.不过,你要是有本事把佩尔塞福涅抢走,我倒不反对.” 得到了神王的默许和暗示,哈得斯满心欢喜,他立刻返回冥土,做好抢亲的准备. 一天,佩尔塞福涅在田野里正欲弯腰采摘一朵野花时,大地突然裂开了一条宽宽的地缝.随后,一辆闪闪发光的金车,冲上了地面,驾车的就是威风凛凛的冥王.他不由分说,一把抱起佩尔塞福涅,放到他身边的座位上,一声吆喝,马车便以迅不可及的速度沉入地下.裂开的大地倏然合上了,依然是阳光灿烂,绿草如茵,除了天空中还回荡着佩尔塞福涅的呼救声外,好像什么也没发生过.得墨忒尔在很遥远的地方,听到了女儿撕心裂肺般的呼救声.但当她以最快的速度飞回来时,女儿已经不见了.她只知道女儿被“强盗”劫走了,但是,这个强盗是谁,却一点蛛丝马迹也寻不出来.那些知道佩尔塞福涅下落的神灵们,全都缄口不言.他们知道这件事的背景,宙斯和哈得斯都不是好惹的,谁也不想引火烧身.有几个神祗被*问急了,也是东西南北瞎扯一通.女神按照他们的指点,没头苍蝇般乱闯乱撞,不用说,这些都成了徒劳无功的跋涉. 然而,对女儿的爱,促使得墨忒尔永无休止地找下去.无论哪个神说了什么,她都确信不疑.虽然后来的事实证明,那些都是彻头彻尾的谎言.无奈之下,她在深不可测的埃特纳火山口点燃了两支松木火把,把整个世界照得一片通明.从那时起,无论黎明女神还是黑夜女神,都未见她坐下来休息片刻. 就这样,得墨忒尔走遍了世界上的每一个角落.但是,她的女儿就像被风卷走了,被太阳晒化了,或者变成了水汽和浮云似的,仍然踪影全无.众神对她也逐渐由同情转为厌恶.因为这个“女疯子”为寻找女儿,搅得世界上没有片刻安宁.他们越加拿她开起心来,忽而指向东南,忽而指向西北,无非是想把她支走,过几天太平日子. 最后,得墨忒尔只得拖着疲倦的身子,返回了西西里岛,佩尔塞福涅失踪的地方.奔波了这许多天,连罪魁祸首是谁都不知道,女神的气恼可想而知.于是,她便把一肚子的怨气,都撒到了西西里农人身上.她杀死了岛上所有的耕牛,命令土地坚如钢铁,封住地里的种子,让所有的植物都枯黄凋零.把这个地域辽阔的大岛弄得赤地千里,饿殍遍地. 宙斯见她闹得太不像话,就“好心”地劝她再到别处看看,别拿无辜的农民出气.得墨忒尔不知其中有诈,再一次踏上了东西逛的征途.这一下了可不得了,不知多少地方,由于女神的愤怒,变得颗粒无收,到处都弥漫着饥馑和灾荒的绝望气氛. 当她明白自己又上了丈夫一个大当时,才静下心来,想一想到底该怎洋办,无意中她抬起头来,看到了驾着金车,在茫茫太空巡行的太阳神赫利俄斯.猛然想到,只有他高高在上,普照一切,明察秋毫,天底下发生的任何事情,都不可能逃过他的双眼.这才手执火把,飞到赫利俄斯面前,请他指点迷津. 伟大的太阳神怜悯女神的遭遇,又无需畏惧冥王的权势.而且,他也不愿意得墨忒尔再这样大闹下去,让众神看笑话,让老百姓受难,便把哈得斯抢亲的情况,仔细描述了一番.得墨忒尔恍然大悟,但为时已晚.此时此刻,佩尔塞福涅在哈得斯的威*利诱下,已然成了尊贵的冥后,无法再到地上和母亲团聚了.何况,得墨忒尔再神通广大,也没本事把女儿从哈得斯手中硬夺过来. 得墨忒尔知道自己受了众神的欺骗、愚弄,愤懑和气恼又加深了一层.她干脆下了一道命令,让全世界的植物一起凋零,所有的庄稼全部枯死,大地上不允许出现一丝绿色.自己则躲到一个偏僻的地方,不再露面. 这一来,天上地下全部乱了套.老百姓没有粮食吃,每天都有成千上万人饿死.成群结队的亡魂拥入冥府,吵吵闹闹,把哈得斯弄得心烦意乱,狼狈不堪.众神也因为得不到人间的祭祀和礼物,一个个饿得面黄肌瘦.宙斯没办法,只好让佩尔塞福涅每年有1/3时间住在冥府,2／3时间则返回人世,侍奉她的母亲.以后,每当佩尔塞福涅留居冥土时,得墨忒尔便愁眉不展,大地也是一片萧条.而女儿一旦和她团聚,女神便喜笑颜开,世界也重现草木复苏,群芳争艳的勃勃生机. 很明显,在这个故事里,得墨忒尔是一个十足的傻瓜.她不知道爱神的把戏,不知道丈夫和哈得斯的同谋,事件发生后,又被众神支得团团转,屡屡受骗上当,被人戏弄.此后,人们便设立了愚人节,用善意的谎言,告诫那些自以为聪明的人,不要由于轻信,干出贻笑大方的蠢事. 除上述这个故事外,关于愚人节的起源,还有另外一种传说.在中世纪时,多数基督教国家都使用儒略历,把3月25日到4月1日作为新年节日来庆祝.按习俗4月1日这天,人们要互赠礼物致贺.公元1752年,格里高利历开始颁行,新年移到了1月1日.但人们旧俗难改,仍愿意在4月1日向别人送贺礼,这个“新年”,本身就是虚假的了.后来,有些爱恶作剧的人,干脆把礼物也变成虚假的.说是送一盒点心,里边可能是块石头.声言前去拜访,却让主人干等半天.受骗的人不甘心,也照方抓药,进行报复,久而久之,就形成了愚人节. 今天,愚人节已经发展成为一个国际性节日,差不多在整个欧洲和北美都流行.苏格兰称这一天的受骗者为“布谷鸟”,似乎和农业女神仍有些关系.法国人则叫作“四月鱼”这大概是因为小鱼在四月刚孵出,糊里糊涂地见饵就吞,容易上钩的缘故吧! 随着时间的推移,愚人节作弄人的手法,也是花样翻新,新意百出.如：新婚的妻子可能会收到告发丈夫不忠的信件,碌碌无为的公务员会接到提升的调令,儿子会接到父亲去世的电报.某年4月1日,英国《每日镜报》登出一帧照片,一个面容酷似某国总统的男人,一手挽着一个几乎全裸的美女.凡此种种,如果你都信以为真,就上了大当.当然,如果你真受了愚弄,也不必像得墨忒尔女神那样大光其火,拿出点“绅士”风度,一笑置之,才符合愚人节与人为善的真谛.
篇2：愚人节英文介绍
愚人节英文介绍
愚人节英语是：Fools' Day
下面是用英文介绍 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 16 th century, people celebrated New Year's Day from March 25 to April 1. In the mid―1560s King Charles IX changed it 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 this , 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 friends 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.
篇3：关于愚人节英文介绍
April Fool’s Day 愚人节
1st April is a day to be careful, or you could easily get tricked by someone. It’s April Fool’s Day, a “for-fun-only” observance, a day when people traditionally like to try to make a fool of someone else and laugh at them.
Origins(愚人节起源)
There are lots of theories surrounding the origins of the day. As we look back in time, many ancient predecessors of April Fool’s Day are found.
A French legendry 法国关于愚人节的传说
The most widespread theory about the origin of April Fool’s Day links the day to the calendar reform in France.
In 1582 France became the first country to switch from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. This meant that the beginning of the year was moved from the end of March 25th and April 1st, various jokes would be played on him. This story might explain why April 1st became the date of the modern holiday.
Mythological roots 关于愚人节的神话起源
There have been quite a few attempts to provide mythological explanations for the rise of April Fool’s Day.
One story dates back to Roman mythology, particularly the myth of Ceres and Proserpina. In Roman mythology Pluto, the God of the dead, abducted Proserpina called out to her mother Ceres for help. But Ceres, who could only hear the echo of her daughter’s voice, searched in vain for Proserpina. The fruitless search of Ceres for her daughter was commemorated during the Roman festival of Cerealia and believed by some to have been the mythological antecedent of the fool’s errands popular on April 1st.
British folklore 英国民间传说
British folklore links April Fool’s Day to the town of Gotham. According to the legend, it was traditional in the 13th century for any road that the King travelled over to become public property. People in Gotham didn’t 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 people’s trick. But when the messenger arrived in Gotham he found the town was full of lunatics who were engaged 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 Fool’s Day has supposedly commemorated their trickery.
Anthropological explanations 人类学的解释
Anthropological and cultural historians provide their own explanations for the rise of April Fool’s Day. According to them, the celebration traces its roots back to festivals marking the springtime.
Spring is the time of year when the weather becomes fickle, as if Nature is playing tricks on man, and festivals occurring during the spring traditionally mirrored this sense of whimsy and surprise. They often involved temporary inversions of the social order. Normal behavior no longer governed during the brief moment of transition as the old world died and the new cycle of seasons was born. Jokes, trickery, and the turning upside down of status expectations were all allowed.
In addition, the linkage between April Fool’s Day and the springtime is seen in another story that traces the origin of the custom back to the abundance of fish to be found in French streams during early April when the young fish had just hatched. These young fish were easy to fool with a hook and lure. Therefore, the French called them “Poisson d’Avril” or “April Fish”. Soon it became customary to fool people on April 1st, as a way of celebrating the abundance of “foolish” fish.
Celebrated 庆祝活动
In France today, April first is called “Poisson d'Avril.” French children fool their friends by taping a paper fish to their friends' backs. When the “young fool” discovers this trick, the prankster yells “Poisson d'Avril!” (April Fish!)
In Scotland, April Fool's Day is actually celebrated for two days. The second day is devoted to pranks involving the posterior region of the body. It is called Taily Day. The origin of the “kick me” sign can be traced to this observance.
Mexico and many Spanish-speaking countries have Innocent's Day, on December 28, to make “innocent” a person with jokes and hoaxes. The origin for the pranking is derived from the Catholic feast day Day of the Holy Innocents for the infants slaughtered by King Herod at the time of Jesus' birth.
The New York April Fools' Day Parade was created in 1986 to remedy a glaring omission in the long list of New York's annual ethnic and holiday parades. These events fail to recognize the importance of April 1st, the day designated to commemorate the perennial folly of mankind. In an attempt to bridge that gap and bring people back in touch with their inherent foolishness, the parade annually crowns a King of Fools from the parading look-alikes.
Gag gifts 恶作剧的礼物
What kind of pranks do people play on April Fool’s Day?
Starving students
A good prank for most university's is to print up a bunch of fake leaflets advertising a non-existent restaurant that has cheap eats and offers free food with the coupons printed on the leaflets. Most colleges have a student union, so the leaflets can be dropped off there and pinned up on various bulletin boards around campus.
When this is done, you can sit back and watch the marks wandering around looking for their free lunches.
Go Fish, Goldfish
When you are at someone's house and they are having a party or people over, go to their main bathroom and put about a dozen goldfish in their toliet. This prank is hilarious because people won't know what to do. They either go to the bathroom and flush the fish or they let them stay in there until someone scoops them out and they will end up with a dozen goldfish!
Sticky Glue
You'll need a little bit of lightly sticky glue for this one--I suggest simply using a glue stick and smearing it. Put the glue on someone's seat--imagine the trouble they'll have getting up!
April Fool’s Day 愚人节
1st April is a day to be careful, or you could easily get tricked by someone. It’s April Fool’s Day, a “for-fun-only” observance, a day when people traditionally like to try to make a fool of someone else and laugh at them.
Origins(愚人节起源)
There are lots of theories surrounding the origins of the day. As we look back in time, many ancient predecessors of April Fool’s Day are found.
A French legendry 法国关于愚人节的传说
The most widespread theory about the origin of April Fool’s Day links the day to the calendar reform in France.
In 1582 France became the first country to switch from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. This meant that the beginning of the year was moved from the end of March 25th and April 1st, various jokes would be played on him. This story might explain why April 1st became the date of the modern holiday.
Mythological roots 关于愚人节的神话起源
There have been quite a few attempts to provide mythological explanations for the rise of April Fool’s Day.
One story dates back to Roman mythology, particularly the myth of Ceres and Proserpina. In Roman mythology Pluto, the God of the dead, abducted Proserpina called out to her mother Ceres for help. But Ceres, who could only hear the echo of her daughter’s voice, searched in vain for Proserpina. The fruitless search of Ceres for her daughter was commemorated during the Roman festival of Cerealia and believed by some to have been the mythological antecedent of the fool’s errands popular on April 1st.
British folklore
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篇4：万圣节来历英文介绍
Halloween, or Hallowe’en, is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, ghost tours, bonfires, costume parties, visiting “haunted houses”, carving Jack-o'-lanterns, reading scary stories and watching horror movies. Irish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century. Other western countries embraced the holiday in the late twentieth century. Halloween is celebrated in several countries of the Western world, most commonly in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Ireland, Puerto Rico, Japan, New Zealand, and occasionally in parts of Australia. In Sweden the All Saints' official holiday takes place on the first Saturday of November.
Halloween has its origins in the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain. The festival of Samhain is a celebration of the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture, and is sometimes regarded as the “Celtic New Year”. Traditionally, the festival was a time used by the ancient pagans to take stock of supplies and slaughter livestock for winter stores. The ancient Gaels believed that on October 31, now known as Halloween, the boundary between the alive and the deceased dissolved, and the dead become dangerous for the living by causing problems such as sickness or damaged crops. The festivals would frequently involve bonfires, into which bones of slaughtered livestock were thrown. Costumes and masks were also worn at the festivals in an attempt to mimic the evil spirits or placate them.
篇5：万圣节来历英文介绍
万圣节,是国际性节日庆祝10月31日。万圣节的活动包括糖果、鬼怪旅游,篝火,化装舞会,参观闹鬼的景点,雕刻火焰般双眼的-lanterns,阅读和看恐怖片的可怕的故事。爱尔兰移民带版本的传统到北美在十九世纪。其它西方国家接受了二十世纪后期的节日。万圣节是西方世界的几个国家,最常见的是在美国、加拿大、爱尔兰、波多黎各、日本、新西兰、英国,偶尔在澳大利亚的部分。在瑞典度假的所有圣徒的官员在11月的第一个星期六。
万圣节源自凯尔特人的萨温节。在古凯尔特人的信仰里，新的一年于11月1日开始，或称萨温节(Samhain)。正如比较短的白天象征新一年的开始，日落亦象征新一天的开始;所以每年收割的节日于10月31日晚上开始。不列颠群岛的德鲁伊教徒会燃点农作物作为祭品，而当他们围着火堆跳舞时，太阳季节便会完结而萨温 节随即开始。凯尔特人相信死亡之神Samhain在10月31日的晚上会和鬼魂一起重返人间，寻找替身。因此他们点燃火炬，焚烧动物以作为死亡之神的献礼。还会用动物的头或皮毛做成的服饰打扮自己，发出古怪的声音，使死亡之神认不出自己，避过灾难。这就是今天万圣节化妆舞会的由来。
篇6：愚人节的来历英语介绍
“The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year.”――Mark Twain
How do you think April Fools' Day originated? Did some joker in biblical times decide to switch the frankincense and the myrrh? Was there a historic epidemic of spring fever-tomfoolery in a tiny Finnish town in the early1800s? Did a New Yorker in 1910find a cockroach in his coffee cup and decide to recreate the experience for his officemate, thereby sparking a famous April 1lawsuit?In a convincing testimonial to the saying that truth is stranger than fiction, we'll tell you the story, or at least present the most viable theory, of how April Fools' Day came to be.
Once upon a time, back in 16th-century France, before computers, people celebrated New Year's Day on March 25,the advent of spring. It was a festive time. They partied steadily until April 1.In 1564,when the calendar reformed and became Gregorian, King Charles IX proclaimed, perhaps pompously, that New Year's Day should be celebrated on January 1instead of in the spring. Diehard conservatives resisted the change (or perhaps didn't hear about it due to the absence of e-mail)and continued to celebrate New Year's from March 25to April 1.During this period of spring festivity, the more flexible French mocked the rigid revelers by sending them foolish gifts and invitations to non-existent parties. The victim of an April Fools' Day prank was called a “poisson d'avril,” or an “April fish,” because at that time of year, the sun was leaving the zodiacal sign of Pisces. April Fools' Day hit its stride (avoiding the banana peel)in England in the 18th century, and was brought to colonial America by the English, Scottish, and French. No fooling.
April Fools' Day:
An Unsolved History 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)
OK, who started it? Did the first Fools come from France, England, Mexico, Sweden or India? The truth, as in any good mystery, lies hidden in the shadows of time. Some say that April Fools Day began in many parts of the world at the same time, in celebration of the spring equinox. Pranks were a big part of even the most boring equinox parties, everywhere from Sweden to India. Others argue that the modern April Fool's Day followed the adoption of are formed calendar in France circa 1564.
In medieval times, the octave of New Year's began on March 25with the eight days of festivities ending on April 1.With the reform of the calendar under Charles IX, New Year's Day was moved from April 1to January 1.Due to the slowness of “sandal-net” communication back then and general resistance to change, the January 1date was not fully accepted for several years. T hose traditionalists who clung to April 1as New Year's Day were scoffed at as “fools” and sent fake party invitations and prank gifts. Widespread observance in England began in the 18th century. The English, Scotch and French introduced the custom to their colonies in America. One of our forefathers' favorite jokes was to send someone on a “fool's errand.” For example, one might have been asked to go out and obtain a copy of “The History of Adam's Grandfather,” or bring back some “sweet vinegar.” In Scotland, April Fools' Day is 48 hours long. The second day is called Taily Day and is dedicated to pranks involving the buttocks. Taily Day's gift to posterior posterity is the still-hilarious “Kick Me” sign. The “foolish” tradition is celebrated in Mexico, too, but on a different day and for different reasons.“ El Dia de los Inocentes,” which is December 28,was set aside as a day for Christians to mourn Herod's slaughter of innocent children.
Over time, the tone of that “unluckiest of days” has evolved from sadness to good-natured trickery. Even the media join the fun, often running bogus news stories and radio reports. We may never learn the true origin of April Fools Day.
However, the deeper question facing us today is, “What's the best gag I can pull off?”
It's Another New Year……but for what reason?
“Happy New Year!” That greeting will be said and heard for at least the first couple of weeks as a new year gets under way. But the day celebrated as New Year's Day in modern America was not always January 1.
The celebration of the new year is the oldest of all holidays. It was first observed in ancient Babylon about 4000years ago. In the years around BC,Babylonians celebrated the beginning of a new year on what is now March 23,although they themselves had no written calendar.
Late March actually is a logical choice for the beginning of a new year. It is the time of year that spring begins and new crops are planted. January 1,on the other hand, has no astronomical nor agricultural significance. It is purely arbitrary.
The Babylonian new year celebration lasted for eleven days. Each day had its own particular mode of celebration, but it is safe to say that modern New Year's Eve festivities pale in comparison.
The Romans continued to observe the new year on March 25,but their calendar was continually tampered with by various emperors so that the calendar soon became out of synchronization with the sun.
In order to set the calendar right, the Roman senate, in 153BC,declared January 1 to be the beginning of the new year. But tampering continued until Julius Caesar, in 46BC,established what was come to be known as the Julian Calendar. It again established January 1 as the new year. But in order to synchronize the calendar with the sun, Caesar had to let the previous year drag on for 445days.
Although in the first centuries AD the Romans continued celebrating the new year, the early Catholic Church condemned the festivities as paganism. But as Christianity became more widespread, the early church began having its own religious observances concurrently with many of the pagan celebrations, and New Year's Day was no different. New Years is still observed as the Feast of Christ's Circumcision by some denominations.
During the Middle Ages, the Church remained opposed to celebrating New Years. January 1has been celebrated as a holiday by Western nations for only about the past 400years.
Other traditions of the season include the making of New Year's resolutions. That tradition also dates back to the early Babylonians. Popular modern resolutions might include the promise to lose weight or quit smoking. The early Babylonian's most popular resolution was to return borrowed farm equipment.
The Tournament of Roses Parade dates back to 1886.In that year, members of the Valley Hunt Club decorated their carriages with flowers. It celebrated the ripening of the orange crop in California.
Although the Rose Bowl football game was first played as a part of the Tournament of Roses in 1902,it was replaced by Roman chariot races the following year. In 1916,the football game returned as the sports centerpiece of the festival.
The tradition of using a baby to signify the new year was begun in Greece around 600BC.It was their tradition at that time to celebrate their god of wine, Dionysus, by parading a baby in a basket, representing the annual rebirth of that god as the spirit of fertility. Early Egyptians also used a baby as a symbol of rebirth.
Although the early Christians denounced the practice as pagan, the popularity of the baby as a symbol of rebirth forced the Church to reevaluate its position. The Church finally allowed its members to celebrate the new year with a baby, which was to
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篇7：用英文介绍愚人节
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 16 th century, people celebrated new year's day from march 25 to april 1. in the mid―1560s king charles ix changed it 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 this , 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 friends 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.
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篇8：关于愚人节的英文介绍
1.april fools' day or all fools' day, though not a holiday in its own right, is a notable day celebrated in many countries on april 1. the day is marked by the commission of hoaxes and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends and neighbors, or sending them on fools' errands, the aim of which is to embarrass the gullible. in some countries, april fools' jokes (also called “april fools”) are only made before midday. [1] it is also widely celebrated on the internet.
2.origin
the origin of this custom has been much disputed. many theories have been suggested.
what seems certain is that it is in some way or other a relic of those once universal festivities held at the vernal equinox, which, beginning on old new year's day, the 25th of march, ended on the 1st of april.
it has been suggested that europe derived its april-fooling from the french [2]. france was one of the first nations to make january 1 officially new year's day (which was already celebrated by many), by decree of charles ix. this was in 1564, even before the adoption of the gregorian calendar (see julian start of the year). thus the new year's gifts and visits of felicitation which had been the feature of the 1st of april became associated with the first day of january, and those who disliked or did not hear about the change were fair game for those wits who amused themselves by sending mock presents and paying calls of pretended ceremony on the 1st of april. french and dutch references from 1508 and 1539 respectively describe april fools' day jokes and the custom of making them on the first of april.
though the 1st of april appears to have been anciently observed in great britain as a general festival, it was apparently not until the beginning of the 18th century that the making of april-fools was a common custom. in scotland the custom was known as “hunting the gowk,” i.e. the cuckoo, and april-fools were “april-gowks,” the cuckoo being there, as it is in most lands, a term of contempt. in france the person fooled is known as poisson d'avril. this has been explained from the association of ideas arising from the fact that in april the sun quits the zodiacal sign of the fish. a far more natural explanation would seem to be that the april fish would be a young fish and therefore easily caught.
the dutch celebrate the 1st of april for other reasons. in 1572, the netherlands were ruled by spain's king philip ii. roaming the region were dutch rebels who called themselves geuzen, after the french “gueux”, meaning beggars. on 1 april, 1572, the geuzen seized the small coastal town of den briel. this event was also the start of the general civil rising against the spanish in other cities in the netherlands. the duke of alba, commander of the spanish army could not prevent the uprising. bril is the dutch word for glasses, so on 1 april, 1572, “alba lost his glasses”. dutch people find this joke so hilarious they still commemorate the first of april.
the french traditionally celebrated this holiday by placing a dead fish on the back of friends. today the fish is substituted by a floppy kerk.
chaucer's story, the nun's priest's tale, written c.1400, takes place on 32 march; that is, 1 april; it is chanticleer and the fox, a story of two fools.
3.well-known hoaxes
alabama changes the value of pi: the april newsletter of new mexicans for science and reason contained an article claiming that the alabama legislature had voted to change the value of the mathematical constant pi to the “biblical value” of 3.0. this claim originally appeared as a news story in the 1961 sci-fi classic “stranger in a strange land” by robert a. heinlein.
spaghetti trees: the bbc television programme panorama ran a famous hoax in 1957, showing the swiss harvesting spaghetti from trees. they had claimed that the despised pest the spaghetti wevil had been eradicated. a large number of people contacted the bbc wanting to know how to cultivate their own spaghetti trees.
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篇9：英文介绍春节的来历
the chinese new year is now popularly known as the spring festival because it starts from the begining of spring (the first of the twenty-four terms in coodination with the changes of nature). its origin is too old to be traced. several explanations are hanging around. all agree, however, that the word nian, which in modern chinese solely means “year”, was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a new year.
one legend goes that the beast nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a great many people with one bite. people were very scared. one day, an old man came to their rescue, offering to subdue nian. to nian he said, “i hear say that you are very capable, but can you swallow the other beasts of prey on earth instead of people who are by no means of your worthy opponents?” so, it did swallow many of the beasts of prey on earth that also harrassed people and their domestic animals from time to time.after that, the old man disappeared riding the beast nian. he turned out to be an immortal god. now that nian is gone and other beasts of prey are also scared into forests, people begin to enjoy their peaceful life. before the old man left, he had told people to put up red paper decorations on their windows and doors at each year's end to scare away nian in case it sneaked back again, because red is the color the beast feared the most.
from then on, the tradition of observing the conquest of nian is carried on from generation to generation. the term “guo nian”, which may mean “survive the nian” becomes today “celebrate the (new) year” as the word “guo” in chinese having both the meaning of “pass-over” and “observe”. the custom of putting up red paper and firing fire-crackers to scare away nian should it have a chance to run loose is still around. however, people today have long forgotten why they are doing all this, except that they feel the color and the sound add to the excitement of the celebration.my english friend name is jim.
he is ten, his family in london,he and his family member comes our china to play.he has a cosin,he name is qianyu hi is oniy four years old,but he has a lot of questions.look he is pointing at the chopsticks to ask that my this is anything.
I and jim has become the good friend .several days later jim said that he wanted, he said that i love china .i will forget that you zhou lei, will have free time london to look at me .ok see you jim.see you.
篇10：春节的来历英文介绍
the chinese new year is now popularly known as the spring festival because it starts from the begining of spring (the first of the twenty-four terms in coodination with the changes of nature). its origin is too old to be traced. several explanations are hanging around. all agree, however, that the word nian, which in modern chinese solely means “year”, was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a new year.
one legend goes that the beast nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a great many people with one bite. people were very scared. one day, an old man came to their rescue, offering to subdue nian. to nian he said, “i hear say that you are very capable, but can you swallow the other beasts of prey on earth instead of people who are by no means of your worthy opponents?” so, it did swallow many of the beasts of prey on earth that also harrassed people and their domestic animals from time to time.
after that, the old man disappeared riding the beast nian. he turned out to be an immortal god. now that nian is gone and other beasts of prey are also scared into forests, people begin to enjoy their peaceful life. before the old man left, he had told people to put up red paper decorations on their windows and doors at each years end to scare away nian in case it sneaked back again, because red is the color the beast feared the most.
from then on, the tradition of observing the conquest of nian is carried on from generation to generation. the term “guo nian”, which may mean “survive the nian” becomes today “celebrate the (new) year” as the word “guo” in chinese having both the meaning of “pass-over” and “observe”. the custom of putting up red paper and firing fire-crackers to scare away nian should it have a chance to run loose is still around. however, people today have long forgotten why they are doing all this, except that they feel the color and the sound add to the excitement of the celebration.
篇11：中秋节的来历简单介绍英文介绍
The Mid-Autumn Festival is influenced by Chinese culture and is also a traditional festival for overseas Chinese in East and Southeast Asia, especially in this region.
译文：受中华文化dao的影响，中秋节也是东亚和东南亚一些国家尤其是当地的华人华侨的传统节日。
Since , the Mid-Autumn Festival has been listed as a national statutory festival.
译文：自起中秋节被列为国家法定节假日。
篇12：春节的来历英文介绍
historof the spring festival
it iunclear when the beginning of the year wacelebrated before the qin dynasty. traditionally, the year wasaid to have begun with month 1 during the xia dynasty, month 12 during the shang dynasty, and month 11 during the zhou dynasty. however, recordshow that the zhou dynastbegan ityear with month 1. intercalarmonths, used to keep the lunar calendar synchronized with the sun, were added after month 12 during both the shang dynast(according to surviving oracle bones) and the zhou dynast(according to sima qian). the first emperor of china qin shi huang changed the beginning of the year to month 10 in 221 bc, also changing the location of the intercalarmonth to after month 9. whether the new year wacelebrated at the beginning of month 10, of month 1, or both iunknown. in 104 bc, emperor wu of the han dynastestablished month 1 athe beginning of the year, where it remains.
mythologabout the spring festival
hand-painted chinese new year'poetrpasted on the sideof doorleading to people'homes, lijiang, yunnan, china.according to legend, in ancient china, the nián (年) waa man-eating beast from the mountain(in other versionfrom under the sea), which came out ever12 monthsomewhere close to winter to preon humans. the people later believed that the nian wasensitive to loud noiseand the colour red, so thescared it awawith explosions, fireworkand the liberal use of the colour red. these customled to the first new year celebrations. guò nián (simplified chinese: 过年; traditional chinese: 過年), which meanto celebrate the new year, literallmeanthe passover of the nian.
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daybefore the new year
on the daybefore the new year celebration chinese familiegive their home a thorough cleaning. there ia cantonese saying “wash awathe dirton nianyiba”(年廿八，洗邋遢), but the practice inot usuallrestricted on nianyiba(年二八, the 28th daof month 12). it ibelieved the cleaning sweepawathe bad luck of the preceding year and maketheir homereadfor good luck. broomand dust panare put awaon the first daso that luck cannot be swept away. some people give their homes, doorand window-panea new coat of red paint. homeare often decorated with paper cutoutof chinese auspiciouphraseand couplets.
a woman icleaning home
the biggest event of anchinese new year'eve ithe dinner everfamilwill have. a dish consisting of fish will appear on the tableof chinese families. it ifor displafor the new year'eve dinner. in northern china, it ialso customarto have dumplingfor thidinner. dumplingsymbolize wealth because their shape ilike a chinese gold nugget. thiicomparable to christmadinner in the west, except with much more food.
first daof the new year
the first daifor the welcoming of the deitieof the heavenand earth. manpeople, especiallbuddhists, abstain from meat consumption on the first dabecause it ibelieved that thiwill ensure longevitfor the some consider lighting fireand using kniveto be bad luck on new year'day, so all food to be consumed icooked the dabefore.
most importantly, the first daof chinese new year ia time when familievisit the oldest and most senior memberof their extended family, usualltheir parents, grandparentor great-grandparents.
some familiemainvite a lion dance troupe aa symbolic ritual to usher in the lunar new year awell ato evict bad spiritfrom the premises. people also give red packetcontaining cash to junior memberof the family, mostlchildren.
while fireworkand firecrackerare traditionallverpopular, some regionhave banned them due to concernover fire hazards, which have resulted in increased number of firearound new yearand challenged municipal fire departments' work capacity. for thireason, varioucitgovernment(e.g., hong kong, and beijing, for a number of years) issued banover fireworkand firecrackerin certain premiseof the city. aa substitute, large-scale fireworkhave been launched bgovernmentin citielike hong kong to offer citizenthe experience.
second daof the new year
the second daof the chinese new year ifor married daughterto visit their birth parents. traditionally, daughterwho have been married manot have the opportunitto visit their birth familiefrequently. on the second day, the chinese prato their ancestorawell ato all the gods. theare extra kind to dogand feed them well ait ibelieved that the second daithe birthdaof all dogs.
third and fourth dayof the new year
the third and fourth daof the chinese new year are generallaccepted ainappropriate dayto visit relativeand frienddue to the following schoolof thought. people masubscribe to one or both thoughts.
1) it iknown a“chì kǒu” (赤口), meaning that it ieasto get into arguments. it isuggested that the cause could be the fried food and visiting during the first two dayof the new year celebration.
2) familiewho had an immediate kin deceased in the past 3 yearwill not go house-visiting aa form of respect to the dead. the third daof the new year iallocated to grave-visiting instead. some people conclude it iinauspiciouto do anhouse visiting at all.
fifth daof the new year
eat dumplingat “po wu”
in northern china, people eat jiǎozi (simplified chinese: 饺子; traditional chinese: 餃子) (dumplings) on the morning of po wu (破五). thiialso the birthdaof the chinese god of wealth. in taiwan, businessetraditionallre-open on thiday, accompanied bfirecrackers.
seventh daof the new year
the seventh day, traditionallknown arenri 人日, the common man'birthday, the dawhen everyone growone year older.
it ithe dawhen tossed raw fish salad, yusheng, ieaten. thiia custom primarilamong the overseachinese in southeast asia, such amalaysia and singapore. people get together to tosthe colourful salad and make wishefor continued wealth and prosperity.
for manchinese buddhists, thiianother dato avoid meat.
ninth daof the new year
jade emperor of heaven
the ninth daof the new year ia dafor chinese to offer prayerto the jade emperor of heaven (天公) in the taoist pantheon.
thidaiespeciallimportant to hokkien(min nan speakers). come midnight of the eighth daof the new year, the hokkienwill offer thankgiving prayerto the emperor of heaven. offeringwill include sugarcane ait wathe sugarcane that had protected the hokkienfrom certain extermination generationago. tea iserved aa customarprotocol for paying respect to an honoured person.
fifteenth daof the new year
the fifteenth daof the new year icelebrated ayuánxiāo jié (元宵节), otherwise known achap goh mei in fujian dialect. tangyuan (simplified chinese: 汤圆; traditional chinese: 湯圓; pinyin: tāngyuán), a sweet glutinourice ball brewed in a soup, ieaten thiday. candleare lit outside houseaa wato guide wayward spirithome. thidaicelebrated athe lantern festival, and familiewalk the street carrying lighted lanterns.
lantern festival
thidaoften markthe end of the chinese new year festivities.
英文版祝福语：best wishefor the year to come!
恭贺新禧!
mamanfortunefind their wato you!
祝财运亨通!
i want to wish you longevitand health!
愿你健康长寿!
take good care of yourself in the year ahead.
请多保重!
wishing you manfuture successes.
祝你今后获得更大成就。
on thispecial dai send you new yeargreetingand hope that some dasoon we shall be together.
在这特殊的日子，向你致以新年的祝福，希望不久我们能相聚在一起。
i would like to wish you a joyounew year and expresmhope for your happinesand good future.
祝新年快乐，并愿你幸福吉祥，前程似锦。
mathe new year bring mangood thingand rich blessingto you and all those you love!
愿新年带给你和你所爱的人许多美好的事物和无尽的祝福!
rich blessingfor health and longevitimspecial wish for you in the coming year.
祝你在新的一年里身体健康，多福多寿。
good luck, good health, hood cheer. i wish you a happnew year.
祝好运、健康、佳肴伴你度过一个快乐新年。
with best wishefor a happnew year!
祝新年快乐，并致以良好的祝福。
i hope you have a most happand prosperounew year.
谨祝新年快乐幸福，大吉大利。
with the complimentof the season.
祝贺佳节。
best wishefor the year to come!
恭贺新禧!
good luck in the year ahead!
祝吉星高照!
mayou come into a good fortune!
恭喜发财!
live long and proper!
多福多寿!
mamanfortunefind their wato you!
祝财运亨通!
i want to wish you longevitand health!
愿你健康长寿!
take good care of yourself in the year ahead.
请多保重!
wishing you manfuture successes.
祝你今后获得更大成就。
on thispecial dai send you new year'greetingand hope that some dasoon we shall be together.
在这特殊的日子，向你致以新年的祝福，希望不久我们能相聚在一起。
i would like to wish you a joyounew year and expresmhope for your happinesand good future.
祝新年快乐，并愿你幸福吉祥，前程似锦。
mathe new year bring mangood thingand rich blessingto you and all those you love!
愿新年带给你和你所爱的人许多美好的事物和无尽的祝福!
rich blessingfor health and longevitimspecial wish for you in the coming year.
祝你在新的一年里身体健康，多福多寿。
good luck, good health, hood cheer. i wish you a happnew year.
祝好运、健康、佳肴伴你度过一个快乐新年。
with best wishefor a happnew year!
祝新年快乐，并致以良好的祝福。
i hope you have a most happand prosperounew year.
谨祝新年快乐幸福，大吉大利。
with the complimentof the season.
祝贺佳节。
mathe season'jofill you all the year round.
愿节日的愉快伴你一生。
season'greetingand best wishefor the new year.
祝福您，新年快乐。
please accept mseason'greetings.
请接受我节日的祝贺。
to wish you joat thiholseason. wishing everhappineswill alwaybe with you.
恭祝新年吉祥，幸福和欢乐与你同在。
good health, good luck and much happinesthroughout the year.
恭祝健康、幸运，新年快乐。
mathe joand happinesaround you todaand always.
愿快乐幸福永伴你左右。
please accept msincere wishefor the new year. i hope you will continue to enjogood health.
请接受我诚挚的新年祝福，顺祝身体健康。
allow me to congratulate you on the arrival of the new year and to extend to you all mbest wishefor your perfect health and lasting prosperity.
恭贺新禧，祝身体健康、事业发达。
best wishefor the holidayand happinesthroughout the new year.
恭贺新禧，万事如意。
with verbest wishefor your happinesin the new year.
致以最良好的祝福，原你新年快乐幸福。
please accept our wishefor you and yourfor a happnew year.
请接受我们对你及你全家的美好祝福，祝你们新年快乐。
good luck and great succesin the coming new year.
祝来年好运，并取得更大的成就。
maeverything beautiful and best be condensed into thicard. i sincerelwish you happiness, cheerfulnesand success.
愿一切最美好的祝福都能用这张贺卡表达，真诚地祝你幸福、快乐、成功!
good luck, good health, hood cheer. i wish you a happnew year.
祝好运、健康、佳肴伴你度过一个快乐新年。
with best wishefor a happnew year!
祝新年快乐，并致以良好的祝福。
i hope you have a most happand prosperounew year.
谨祝新年快乐幸福，大吉大利。
with the complimentof the season.
祝贺佳节。
mathe season'jofill you all the year round.
愿节日的愉快伴你一生。
season'greetingand best wishefor the new year.
祝福您，新年快乐。
to wish you joat thiholseason. wishing everhappineswill alwaybe with you.
恭祝新年吉祥，幸福和欢乐与你同在。
good health, good luck and much happinesthroughout the year. mathe joand happinesaround you todaand always.
愿快乐幸福永伴你左右。
please accept msincere wishefor the new year. i hope you will continue to enjogood health.
请接受我诚挚的新年祝福，顺祝身体健康。
allow me to congratulate you on the arrival of the new year and to extend to you all mbest wishefor your perfect health and lasting prosperity.
恭贺新禧，祝身体健康、事业发达。
篇13：介绍愚人节的英文作文
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There have been quite a few attempts to provide mythological explanations for the rise of April Fool’s Day.
One story dates back to Roman mythology, particularly the myth of Ceres and Proserpina. In Roman mythology Pluto, the God of the dead, abducted Proserpina called out to her mother Ceres for help. But Ceres, who could only hear the echo of her daughter’s voice, searched in vain for Proserpina. The fruitless search of Ceres for her daughter was commemorated during the Roman festival of Cerealia and believed by some to have been the mythological antecedent of the fool’s errands popular on April 1st.
