關於愚人節的中英文介紹

【英文】

April Fool's Day is traditionally a day to play practical jokes on others, send people on fool's errands, and fool the unsuspecting. No one knows how this holiday began but it was thought to have originated in France.

The closest point in time that can be identified as the beginning of this tradition was in 1582, in France. New Year's was celebrated on March 25 and celebrations lasted until April 1st. When New Year's Day as changed from March 25 to January 1st in the mid-1560's by King Charles IX, there were some people who still celebrated it on April 1st and those people were called April Fools.

Pranks performed on April Fool's Day range from the simple, (such as saying, "Your shoe's untied!), to the elaborate. Setting a roommate's alarm clock back an hour is a common gag. The news media even gets involved. For instance, a British short film once shown on April Fool's Day was a fairly detailed documentary about "spaghetti farmers" and how they harvest their crop from the spaghetti trees. Whatever the prank, the trickster usually ends it by yelling to his victim, "April Fool!"

April Fool's Day 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. It's simply a fun little holiday, but a holiday on which one must remain forever vigilant, for he may be the next April Fool!

Each country celebrates April Fool's differently. In France, the April Fool's is called "April Fish" (Poisson d'Avril). The French fool their friends by taping a paper fish to their friends' backs and when some discovers a this trick, they yell "Poisson d'Avril!".

In England, tricks can be played only in the morning. If a trick is played on you, you are a "noodle". In Scotland, April Fools Day is 48 hours long and you are called an "April Gowk", which is another name for a cuckoo bird. The second day in Scotland's April Fool's 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.

【中文】

愚人節是一個傳統的節日，用來捉弄別人，愚弄別人，愚弄不知情的人。沒有人知道這個節日是怎麼開始的，但它被認爲起源於法國。

這段歷最接近的時刻是1582年，在法國。新年在3月25日慶祝，慶祝活動持續到4月1日。當新年從3月25日改爲1月1日，由國王查理九世（KingCharlesIX）在1560年中期開始，有些人仍然在4月1日慶祝，而那些人被稱爲“四月愚人”。

愚人節的惡作劇從簡單的（比如說，“你的鞋帶鬆了！）到精心製作的惡作劇。”把室友的鬧鐘調回來一小時是一種常見的惡作劇。新聞媒體甚至參與其中。例如，在愚人節當天播出的一部英國短片，是一部相當詳細的紀錄片，講述了“意大利面農夫”的故事，以及他們如何從意大利麪樹上收穫莊稼。不管惡作劇是什麼，騙子通常會對受害者大喊大叫：“四月傻瓜！”

愚人節是一個“僅爲娛樂”的節日。沒有人會買禮物，也沒人會帶着他們的“另一半”出去在高檔餐廳吃飯。沒有人下班或上學。這只是一個有趣的小節日，但一個人必須永遠保持警惕，因爲他可能是下一個愚人節！

每個國家慶祝愚人節的方式不同。在法國，愚人節被稱爲“四月魚”（Poissond'avril）。法國人通過把紙魚粘在朋友的背上來愚弄他們的朋友，當他們發現了這個把戲的時候，他們就大喊“Poissond'avril！”

在英國，只有早上才能玩把戲。如果你被耍了，那你就是個“麪條”。在蘇格蘭，愚人節是四十八小時，你被稱爲“四月高科”，是杜鵑鳥的另一個名字。在蘇格蘭愚人節的第二天被稱爲“Tailyday”，它是專門用來惡作劇的。TailyDay的禮物給後世後世是仍然滑稽的“踢我”的標誌。