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啊！今天愚人节！嘿嘿，愚人节我喜欢!看不见我！看不见我!哈哈，终于可以放心大胆地吹牛了！TheOriginofAprilFool’sDayAprilFool’sDayhasseveralhundredyearsofhistory.Aboutitsorigin,oneofthemostpopularsayingholdsthatitfirststartedinFrance.Insixteenth-centuryFrance,onApril1st,peoplecelebrateNewYear’sday,exchanginggifts,havingaparty.Thenthewaysofcelebrationareuseduntilnow.愚人节又称万愚节。已经有几百年的历史了。关于他的起源，众说纷云。其中最为流行的说法认为愚人节起源于法国。十六世纪的法国，人们在4月1日这天过新年，互赠礼物，举办晚会，庆祝新年。当时的庆祝方法与现在相差无几。In1582,theFrenchkingCharlesIXdecidedtoadoptanewcalendar-CraigGregorycalendar.NewYear‘sdaywaschangedonJanuary1st.Intheprocessofnewcalendar’simplementation,therearestillsomepeoplewhoareunwillingtoacceptthenewcalendar,ordon'tknowthisdatehasbeenchanged.1582年，法国国王查理九世决定采用一种新的历法——格高利历法，新年改在1月1日。在新历法的推行过程中，各地仍有一些人或是不原意接受新历法，或是不知道这一日期的更改。Otherpeoplewouldthenplaytricksonthembygivingthemfalsegift,andinvitingthemtothefalsecelebrations,foolingthemrunningsomeerrands,ormakingthembelievesomethingnonexistenttobetrue.Thesecalled“Aprilfools”.PeopleonApril1st,wouldfooleachother.Astimewentby,itbecamepopularcustominFrance.其他的人便捉弄他们，赠送他们假礼物，邀请他们参加假庆祝晚会，骗他去跑腿，或使他们对某种根本不存在的事情信以为真。“四月傻瓜”。人们在4月1日这一天便互相愚弄，日久天长，便成为法国流行的风俗。Inthe18thcentury,Thecustomof“AprilFool’sday”spreadtoBritain.Later,itspreadtotheUnitedStateswiththeBritishimmigratingtotheUS.Withthepassageoftime,thiscustomhasbecomeaninternationalfestivalandwasverypopularinEuropeandmanycountriesofNorthAmerica.十八世纪初，“愚人节”的习俗传到英国。后来，随着英国移民又传到了美国。随着时间的流逝，这一习俗已经成为国际性节日，在欧洲、北美许多国家都流行。TheCustomsofAprilFool’sDayFamilyPartyOnAprilfool’sday,peopleoftengettogetherwiththeirfamilies.Theydecoratetheroomwithdaffodilsanddaisies.Atypicalandtraditionalwayistodecoratethefalseenvironment.Forexample,decoratingtheroomlikethatoftheChristmasdayorNewyear.Whentheguestscome,peoplegreetthemwith“HappyNewYear”or“MerryChristmas”.It’ssointeresting.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，可以把房间布置得像过圣诞节一样．也可以布置得像过新年一样，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。FeastofFishThefeastoffishonAprilfool’sdayisveryunique.Theinvitationsofthefeastiscoloredfishusuallymadeofcardboard.Thedining-tableisdecoratedingreenandwhite,andafish-tankandamignonfishingpoleareputinthecenter.Everyfishingpoleistiedwithagreenribbon.Hangingonthepolearesomegiftsforguests,aexquisiteCelluloidfishorabasketfilledwithcandies.Obviously,everydishesonthetableismadeoffish.4月1日的鱼宴。也是别开生面的。参加鱼宴的请帖，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。TricksThemostpopularcustomisplayingtricks.Peoplewillfooleachotherforfun.It’saconventionalruletomakejokesorfoolothersbefore12:00am.Ifnot,youwillbethebiggestidiot,andpeoplewillnotrespondtoyourjokesafter12:00am.