【大家说英语】 第144期:愚人节

 Lesson 1 Event 第一课 重要大事

April 1 4月1日

April Fools' Day 愚人节

Read it! 读读看！

Rob¹ is putting his things in a box. 罗柏正在把他的东西收进一个箱子里，

Did he quit² his job? 他辞职了吗？

No! Don't worry. 别担心！

He is just playing a joke on Alex. 他只是开亚力克斯一个玩笑而已。

Today is April Fools' Day. 今天是愚人节，

Friends can play jokes on one another today. 朋友可以在这一天开彼此的玩笑。

Create a plan for your joke. 为你的玩笑拟定计划，

You want your joke to be good. 既然要开玩笑，就要开得够好笑。

Don't be an April fool! 不要成了被愚弄的人！

Don't be fooled. 不要被骗了。

Conversation A 会话A

What are you doing, Rob? 罗柏，你在做什么？

Oh, hi, Alex. 哦，嗨，亚力克斯，

I'm putting my things in this box. 我在把我的东西收进这个箱子里。

Why? 为什么？

I quit. 我辞职了。

You what? 你说你怎么样？

I quit. 我辞职了，

Today is my last day. 今天是我最后一天上班。

What? No! You can't do that! 什么？不行！你不能辞职！

Sure, I can. Carol³ and I talked this morning. 当然可以， 我今天早上和卡萝谈过了。

But ... 可是…

April fool! 愚人节快乐！

Conversation B 会话B

Wait. Really? It's a joke? 等一下，真的吗？你是开我玩笑？

Yes, don't worry. I didn't quit. 是的，别担心， 我没有辞职。

Today is April Fools' Day! 今天是愚人节！

That's right! 喔，对！

And you really fooled me! 而且你真的把我给骗倒了！

You and your friends can play jokes on one another today. 你和你的朋友可以在今天互相开彼此的玩笑。

Right. 是啊。

So be careful. 所以要小心点，

Don't let someone fool you again! 不要又被别人骗了！

OK. Maybe I can play a joke on someone else. 好，也许我可以开别人的玩笑。

Conversation C 会话C

What are you doing, Alex? 亚力克斯，你在做什么？

Hi, Susie. I'm creating something. 嗨，苏希，我在设计一个东西。

Oh? What? 哦？什么东西？

A plan for a joke. 一份开玩笑的计划，

Today is April Fools' Day. 今天是愚人节。

Oh, did Rob play a joke on you? 喔，罗柏是不是对你开了个玩笑？

Yes! Did he play a joke on you? 是啊！他是不是也对妳开了玩笑？

Yes. Let's play a joke on Rob together. 是啊，我们一起来作弄他。

That's a great idea. 好主意。

1 rob   

v.抢劫；vi.抢劫，盗窃；vt.非法剥夺，使丧失，抢劫

参考例句：

• Two men formed a plot to rob the bank.两人制定了抢劫那家银行的秘密计划。
• They were scheming to rob the bank.他们在密谋抢劫银行。

2 quit   

n.退出；vi. 离开，辞职，停止；vt.离开，放弃，解除，表现，停止

参考例句：

• If I don't get a pay rise,I'll quit.若不给加薪，我就不干了。
• I got my present job when I quit the army.我退伍后得到了现在这份工作。

3 Carol   

n.赞美诗，圣诞颂歌

参考例句：

• Silent Night is my favourite carol.《平安夜》是我最喜欢的圣诞颂歌。
• The people in the church are singing a christmas carol.教堂里的人们正在唱圣诞颂歌。