雅思口语素材：April Fool#039;s Day(愚人节)
<p> <span word="April">April</span> <span word="Fools">Fools</span> <span word="Day">Day</span></p><p> <span word="April">April</span> 1<span word="st">st</span></p><p> <span word="April">April</span> <span word="Fools">Fools</span> <span word="Day">Day</span> is traditionally a day to play practical jokes on others, send people on fools errands, and fool the unsuspecting. No one knows how this holiday began but it was thought to have originated in France.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="closest">closest</span> <span word="point">point</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="identified">identified</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="beginning">beginning</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="tradition">tradition</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1582, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="France">France</span>. <span word="New">New</span> <span word="Years">Years</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="celebrated">celebrated</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="March">March</span> 25 <span word="and">and</span> <span word="celebrations">celebrations</span> <span word="lasted">lasted</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="April">April</span> 1<span word="st">st</span>. <span word="When">When</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="Years">Years</span> <span word="Day">Day</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="changed">changed</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="March">March</span> 25 <span word="to">to</span> <span word="January">January</span> 1<span word="st">st</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mid">mid</span>-1560<span word="s">s</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="King">King</span> <span word="Charles">Charles</span> <span word="IX">IX</span>, <span word="there">there</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="celebrated">celebrated</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="April">April</span> 1<span word="st">st</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="April">April</span> <span word="Fools">Fools</span>.</p><p> <span word="Pranks">Pranks</span> <span word="performed">performed</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="April">April</span> <span word="Fools">Fools</span> <span word="Day">Day</span> <span word="range">range</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="simple">simple</span>, , <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="elaborate">elaborate</span>. <span word="Setting">Setting</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="roommates">roommates</span> <span word="alarm">alarm</span> <span word="clock">clock</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="hour">hour</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="common">common</span> <span word="gag">gag</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="media">media</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="gets">gets</span> <span word="involved">involved</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="instance">instance</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="short">short</span> <span word="film">film</span> <span word="once">once</span> <span word="shown">shown</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="April">April</span> <span word="Fools">Fools</span> <span word="Day">Day</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fairly">fairly</span> <span word="detailed">detailed</span> <span word="documentary">documentary</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="spaghetti">spaghetti</span> <span word="farmers">farmers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="harvest">harvest</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="crop">crop</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="spaghetti">spaghetti</span> <span word="trees">trees</span>. <span word="Whatever">Whatever</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="prank">prank</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="trickster">trickster</span> <span word="usually">usually</span> <span word="ends">ends</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="yelling">yelling</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="victim">victim</span>, <span word="April">April</span> <span word="Fool">Fool</span>!</p><p> <span word="April">April</span> <span word="Fools">Fools</span> <span word="Day">Day</span> is a for-fun-only observance. Nobody is expected to buy gifts or to take their significant other out to eat in a fancy restaurant. Nobody gets off work or school. Its simply a fun little holiday, but a holiday on which one must remain forever vigilant, for he may be the next April Fool!</p>
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