Ready for being a fool ?

珊珊點評:為了更好的適合各個階段學英文的朋友們,以後每天的貼有一個會像這樣沒有全部的翻譯,只有幾個單詞的註解.

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[C]Ready for being a fool?
當一天「傻瓜」又何妨？
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The first of April is commonly known as April Fools' Day(愚人節), and it is customarily on this day to play a trick(開玩笑) on a friend.

Pranks(惡作劇) performed on April Fool's Day range from the simple, (such as saying, "Your shoe's untied!), to the elaborate(精心策劃). Setting a roommate's alarm clock(鬧鐘) back an hour is a common joke.

Whatever the prank, the trickster usually ends it by yelling to his victim, "April Fool!"

It isn't only children that like such jokes. Grownups like such pranks, too. The news media even gets involved.

Some years ago, for example, a famous joke was played on the radio. A scientific correspondent reported that strange geological(地質的) changes had resulted in weaker gravity in different parts of Britain. He asked listeners to jump up and down and see if they could jump higher than they normally could. Many people did. Not until twelve o'clock did the BBC gently remind its listeners it was April Fools' Day that day.

It's simply a "for-fun-only" holiday, but a holiday on which one must remain forever vigilant(警惕的), for he may be the next April Fool![/COLOR]