空中英语教室：愚人节
April Fool's Day
It's April 1, and that means today is the day for harmless tricks and jokes
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Do you enjoy playing tricks on people? Then today is your day! In many countries, the day is celebrated with innocent tricks and jokes.
International obervance
In France, people try to tape a paper fish to someone's back. Then they yell "April fish! April fish!" In Protugal, friends gleefully throw flour at one another. And in England, tricks are played only before noon; anything later is considered bad luck.
Media tricks
Newspapers and radio and TV stations have also joined in the fun. The BBC played a famous trick in 1957 called "The Spaghetti Tree." It was a TV special that explained how spaghetti was grown on trees in Switzerland. The program included fake photos of spaghetti being harvested. Many people were fooled and called the BBC to ask how to plant a spaghetti tree. The BBC answered, "place a [piece] of spaghetti in ... tomato sauce and hope for the best."
Today is a day for laughter and lighthearted fun. What tricks will you play?
Word Bank:
innocent (adj)无伤大雅的；无害的
You shouldn't get mad at Rob for playing an innocent little joke on you.
observance (n) (节目的)庆祝或仪式
A national observance is held each year to remember everyone who died in the war.
media (pl n) 媒体
The local media haven't reported the fire yet, but maybe they will on tonight's news.
harvest (v) 采收；收获
The farmer harvested all of his crops before the weather turned cold.
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