4月1日，一年中一个既特别又让人胆战心惊的节日，不知这一天会有多少神经细胞因劳神过度而含冤死去。我们除了向您介绍四个独具特色的庆祝方式之外，不得不紧随时代需要推荐三个无伤大雅的恶作剧。在您释放心情的一霎那，愿您的朋友也能开怀一笑！ 值得一提的是墨西哥的“愚人节”发生在12月28日。以前, 这一天是用来纪念被希律王（约公元前73至公元前4年）屠杀的无辜的孩子，后来演变成为包含恶作剧和诡计的纪念日。

April fool's Day is a "for-fun-only" observance . Nobody is expected to buy giftsor to take their "significant other " out to eat in a fancy restaurant. Nobody gets of 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!   April Fool celebrated in different countries April Fish is called "Poisson d'Avril" in France. In France today, April first is called "Poisson d'Avril." French children fool their friends by taping a paper fish to their friends' backs. When the "young fool" discovers this trick, the prankster yells "Poisson d'Avril!" (April Fish!) In Scotland, April Fool's Day is actually celebrated for two days. The second day is devoted to pranks involving the posterior region of the body. It is called Taily Day. The origin of the "kick me" sign can be traced to this observance. Mexico and many Spanish-speaking countries have Innocent's Day, on December 28, to make "innocent" a person with jokes and hoaxes. The origin for the pranking is derived from the Catholic feast day Day of the Holy Innocents for the infants slaughtered by King Herod at the time of Jesus' birth. The New York April Fools' Day Parade The New York April Fools' Day Parade was created in 1986 to remedy a glaring omission in the long list of New York's annual ethnic and holiday parades. These events fail to recognize the importance of April 1st, the day designated to commemorate the perennial folly of mankind. In an attempt to bridge that gap and bring people back in touch with their inherent foolishness, the parade annually crowns a King of Fools from the parading look-alikes.     Gag gifts A messenger on April Fool's day. Pranks are good. I LOVE pranks.Here are some pranks you can do.Is your victim laughing? If not, you'd better start running! Starving students A good prank for most university's is to print up a bunch of fake leaflets advertising a non-existent restaurant that has cheap eats and offers free food with the coupons printed on the leaflets. Most colleges have a student union, so the leaflets can be dropped off there and pinned up on various bulletin boards around campus. When this is done, you can sit back and watch the marks wandering around looking for their free lunches. Go Fish, Goldfish When you are at someone's house and they are having a party or people over, go to their main bathroom and put about a dozen goldfish in their toliet. This prank is hilarious because people won't know what to do. They either go to the bathroom and flush the fish or they let them stay in there until someone scoops them out and they will end up with a dozen goldfish! Sticky Glue You'll need a little bit of lightly sticky glue for this one--I suggest simply using a glue stick and smearing it.Put the glue on someone's seat--imagine the trouble they'll have getting up! (英语点津陈蓓编辑)

Vocabulary:

observance: celebration（庆祝） fancy restaurant: 高档的餐厅 posterior region: 身体后背，如背部或臀部 Poisson d'Avril:法语，四月鱼 fake leaflets: 假传单 gag：practical joke（恶作剧）