愚人节的起源和历史.docx

愚人节的起源和历史愚人节的起源和历史Consideryourselfwarned.SundayisAprilFools'Day,adaywhenyouareencouragedtopullpranksonlovedones,co-workers,casualacquaintances,andeventhatoneguyatthebusstop.It'sanoddtradition,buthowdiditgetstarted?What'sthehistoryofAprilFools'Day,anyway?别说我没有警告你，星期天就是愚人节了。在这天你被鼓励去和你的爱人、同事、熟人甚至公车站遇见的人开玩笑。这真是一个古怪的传统，但它是如何开始的呢？愚人节的由来到底是怎么一回事呢？Nobodyiscompletelysureabouttheoriginofthis,thesilliestofholidays.HowevertheurbanlegendexpertsatSnopes.comsaythatmostexpertsgivecredittoPopeGregoryXIII,who,inthe1500s,gavetheworldtheGregoriancalendar.没人可以完全肯定这个最愚蠢的节日的起源。不过，Snopes.com的都市传说专家称，大多数专家将其归功于在16世纪颁行格列高利历（公历）的教皇格列高利十三世。In1562,theGregoriancalendarmovedthefirstdayoftheyearfromApril1toJanuary1.Worddideventuallygetaround,butsomepeoplewereabitslowtohearthenews.ThesefolkscontinuedcelebratingthenewyearonApril1,unawarethattheywerenowthreemonthsbehindthetimes.These"Aprilfools"weretrickedbythoseintheknow.ThetraditioneventuallymadeitswaytotheUSA.1562年，格列高利历将一年的第一天从4月1日移到1月1日。这一消息后来传开了，不过有些人比较后知后觉。这些人依然在4月1日庆祝新年，没有意识到他们已经落后了三个月时间。这些“四月愚人”被那些知情者耍了一把。这一传统最后传到了美国。Andit'sstillgoingstrong.Overthepastweek,Websearcheson"aprilfoolsdayjokes"and"aprilfoolsdaypranks"havemorethandoubled,andrelatedlookupsfor"easyaprilfoolsdaypranks"and"aprilfoolsdayjokesforwork"alsospiked.Bottomline:Keepyourguardup,especiallyifsomebodyoffersyouawordsearchpuzzle.Lookupsfor"impossibleaprilfoolsdaywordsearches"areup200%.而现在愚人节依然很流行。在过去一周里，对“愚人节笑话”和“愚人节恶作剧”的网络搜索量增加了一倍多，对“简易的愚人节恶作剧”和“职场愚人节笑话”的相关搜索量也大大增加了。底线是：保持警惕，特别是当有人让你做单词搜索迷宫题时。对“让人受不了的愚人节单词搜索”词条的搜索量增加了200%。Butreally,thereisnowaytobecertainyou'llescapetrickery.BecauseonApril1,evencorporationsareouttotrickyou.In1998,BurgerKingtrickeditscustomersbyreleasing"theleft-handedWhopper."In1957,theBBCreportedSwissfarmerswereharvestingspaghettifromtrees.Andin1996,TacoBelltookoutadsinmajornewspapersannouncingthatthecompanyhadpurchasedtheLibertyBellandrenamedittheTacoLibertyBell.Shudder