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THAT'SRIGHT,I’mcrazyAPRILFOOL'SDAY1871105崔佳欣1871133钟鸿燕123IntroductionanddateoriginActivities01IntroductionanddateAprilFool'sDayisalsocalledAllFools'Dayorhumorday.ThefestivalperiodisApril1oftheGregoriancalendar,whichisapopularfolkfestivalintheWestsincethe19thcentury.IthasnotbeenrecognizedasalegalfestivalinanycountryIntroductionanddateOnthisday,peoplecheatandplaytricksoneachotherinvariousways,oftenexposinganddeclaringthetargetofplayingtricksasfoolattheendofthejoke.Butbecausejokingtoomuchcancausepanic,peoplegenerallyavoidjokingaboutdisasters.02originOriginTherearedifferentopinionsonitsorigin,themorecommonclaimisthatitoriginatedinFrance.In1564,Francefirstadoptedthenewlyreformedcalendar,theGregoriancalendar,whichbeganonJanuary1andchangedthecalendarthatusedtostartonApril1.Intheprocessofimplementingthenewcalendar,someconservativepeopleobjectedthatthereformstillfollowedtheoldcalendarandrefusedtoupdateit.TheystillgivegiftstoeachotheronApril1andorganizeactivitiestocelebratethenewyear.03ActivitiesU.S.A.ScotlandFranceNowadays,onAprilFool'sday,Americansmakejokeswhethertheyknoweachotherornot.AcommontrickonAprilFool'sDayistopointtosomeoneelse'sshoesandsay,yourshoelacesarenottied.Studentsmaycheattheirclassmatesthattheschoolisoff.Nomatterwhatkindoftrick,aslongastheinnocentvictimgetsinvolved,thepranksterwillscream:fool!InScotland,AprilFool'sdayactuallyhastwodaystocelebrate.Forexample,Thenextday,Iwillmakeafooloftheareabehindthehumanbody.ThisdayiscalledtheTailyday.Thesourceofkickmesignscanbetracedbacktothispoint.U.S.A.ScotlandApril1isaveryspecialdayinFrenchtradition,AprilFool'sDay(literallyAprilFish).Onthisday,wearejokingorfoolingothers.Nomatteradultsorchildren,everyonedoesit.Childrenwillstickapaperfishonthebackoftheirclassmatesorteachers.Adultsdesignmoresophisticatedjokes.Theymaygettogethertofoolafriend.Anythingispossible.It'simportantthatothersbelieveitandit'sfunny.ThemostsurprisingthingisthatthemediawillalsocelebrateAprilFool'sday.FranceInfact,themostinterestingpartofAprilFool'sDayisnottoplaytricksonothers,butinourdailylifewehavemanythingswedarenotsayanddo,andonAprilFool'sdaywecandoitboldly.Forexample,ifyoulikeaboyoragirl,youcan'tsummonupthecouragetoexpressyourlove.OnAprilFool'sday,youcanexpressyourlovetohimorher,sothatifheorshedoesn'tcareaboutyou,youcanalsousethewordsHappyAprilFool'sDay!toremoveembarrassment.THANKS!