April Fools' Day dates back centuries, but its origins remain unclear. A widespread theory is that it dates back to the adoption of the Gregorian calendar with the term April Fool applying to those who were still following the Julian Calendar.
愚人節(jié)已有數(shù)百年歷史,但其來(lái)源仍存在爭(zhēng)議。一種比較普遍的觀點(diǎn)認(rèn)為愚人節(jié)與“格里歷”(即現(xiàn)行公歷)的使用有關(guān),當(dāng)時(shí)人們將在公歷普及后仍使用羅馬儒略歷(公歷的前身)的人稱(chēng)為“四月愚人”。
By tradition in most countries, people can pull pranks before noon on April 1 in the name of April Fools' Day but become the fool if they do it in the afternoon.
按照大多數(shù)國(guó)家的傳統(tǒng),人們只能在愚人節(jié)的上午開(kāi)愚人節(jié)玩笑。如果到了下午再去搞惡作劇,那么你自己就成了“愚人”了。
Vocabulary:
typeface:any design of type, including a full range of characters, as letters, numbers, and marks of punctuation, in all sizes(字體,打字機(jī)字體)
microchip:(計(jì)算機(jī))微芯片
sequel:a literary work, movie, etc., that is complete in itself but continues the narrative of a preceding work(續(xù)集,續(xù)篇)