1、https:/愚人節的由來愚人節的由來Archie： Alright， something 1）funky is going on around here.Veronica： Why？ Whats up？Archie： Ive been seeing all sorts of strange headlines in the news， andpeople walking around with weird drawings on their faces or paper stuck totheir backs. I dont get it.Veronica： Hold on. Do you

2、mean to tell me that you dont know what daytoday is？Archie： Beats me. Is it a 2）leap year？Veronica： Actually， the president just announced that there will be nomore leap years anymore， so anyone born on February 29th will no longerhave a birthday to celebrate.Archie： Really？ Why would he do that？Ver

3、onica ： And the Websters people decided to take the word“3 ）gullible” out of the dictionary.Archie： What？ That makes no sense. Why is everyone Veronica： April Fools！Archie： Huh？Veronica： You really are slow to catch on， arent you？Archie： Whats an April Fool？ Am I one？Veronica： For the moment， you ar

4、e.Archie： So everyone in the world has free rein to go nuts and spread4）anarchy today？Veronica ：Not exactly. Though the results can be a bit 5 ）anachronistic， Ill give ya that.Archie： So？ Spill it. Whats all this 6）tomfoolery about？Veronica： Tomfoolery？ I think that word was probably used on theorig

5、inal April Fools Day.https:/Archie： Will you stop ragging on me and just explain the day to mealready？Archie： Oh， I remember reading that in school. And I remember usingthat textbook as a pillow more often than not.Veronica： Thats nice. So， do you want me to finish the story？ OrArchie： Alright， alri

6、ght. Go on.Veronica： Thank you. As I was saying， though Chaucer did mentionsomething about it， the custom of setting aside a day to play harmless 8）pranks on ones neighbor is actually recognized across the globe. From theRoman festival of Hilaria to the Holi festival of India and the 9）Medieval Feas

7、tof Fools ， tricking your friends and family ， and even strangers ， hasbecome a 10）time-honored， international tradition.Archie： So， basically， what youre saying is that I should get into thespirit of things， and start fooling some innocent 11）bystanders. Is that it？Veronica： Or you could go around

8、being the victim of other peoples pranks.Archie： AhI see your point.阿奇：沒錯，這里一帶彌漫著古怪的氣氛。維羅妮卡：為什么？發生什么了？阿奇：我看到新聞里各種各樣奇怪的頭條，而人們游蕩著，臉上畫著怪異的圖案或背后貼著紙條。我搞不懂。維羅妮卡：等等。你是要告訴我你不知道今天是什么日子嗎？阿奇：我不知道。今年是閏年嗎？維羅妮卡：事實上，總統剛剛宣布將不會再有閏年了，所以在 2 月 29 日出生的任何人都無法慶祝生日。阿奇：真的嗎？他為什么要這樣做？維羅妮卡：而韋氏詞典的編輯決定把“gullible（易受騙的）”這個詞從字典中刪除。

9、阿奇：什么？太沒道理了。為什么每個人都維羅妮卡：愚人節快樂！阿奇：哈？維羅妮卡：你真是反應遲鈍，不是嗎？阿奇：什么是愚人節？是我被愚到了嗎？https:/維羅妮卡：這一刻，是你。阿奇：那全世界的人今天都可以隨心所欲盡情瘋玩，任憑混亂狀態蔓延嗎？維羅妮卡：不完全是。 盡管愚人節由來已久，我還是跟你說說。阿奇：然后呢？快說吧。所有這些無聊玩意是怎么來的？維羅妮卡：無聊玩意？我想這個詞可能就是用在最初的愚人節上的。阿奇：你能不能別開我玩笑，還是給我解釋一下那個日子吧？阿奇：噢，我記得在學校看過那本書，而且我記得那本教科書大多時候是被當作枕頭使用。維羅妮卡：那太好了。那么，你是想要我講完這個故事？還是

10、阿奇：好吧，好吧，繼續。維羅妮卡：謝謝你。正如我剛剛說道，盡管喬叟有提及過相關信息，但是留存一天對自己的鄰居玩一些無傷大雅的惡作劇確實成為了全球公認的習俗。從古羅馬的嬉樂節到印度的色彩節和中世紀的愚人節，捉弄你的朋友和家人，甚至陌生人，變成了歷史悠久的國際性傳統。阿奇：所以，基本上，你所說的就是我應該貫徹這種精神，開始捉弄一些無辜的旁觀者。是這樣嗎？維羅妮卡：或者你可以到處走走，成為別人惡作劇的受害者。阿奇：啊我明白你的意思。Smart Sentences So everyone in the world has free rein to go nuts and spread anarchyt

11、oday？ 那全世界的人今天都可以隨心所欲盡情瘋玩，任憑混亂狀態蔓延嗎？free rein to do sth.： do whatever one pleases（隨心所欲）。例如：Tammy thinks she has free rein to play video games as late as she wantswhen her parents are away.塔米的父母不在家時，她覺得自己玩電子游戲到多晚都可以。go nuts： go crazy， go mad（發瘋）。例如：When the impossible goal was announced， the whole gr

12、oup went nuts.這個不可能實現的目標一公布，整個小組都瘋了。https:/ Spill it. 快說吧。spill it： used to urge the other person to say what he/she intends to say（催促對方說想說的話）。例如：I just saw the list for the new branch office and I think it will be quite ashock for some.我剛才看到新分部的人員名單了，我覺得有些人可能會大吃一驚的。Come on. Spill it. Youre killing us.拜托，快說，我們都快瘋掉了。 Will you stop ragging on me and just explain the day to me