程伟It is celebrated every year on the first day of April. It has been popular since the 19th century. The day is not a national holiday?in any country, but it is well known in Europe, Australia, Brazil and the United States.On this day, people play jokes and hoaxes on each other. The jokes and their victims are known as “April fools”. April Fools’ Day = April Fool’s Day=?All Fools’ Day愚人节贺卡愚人谚语None is a fool always, every one sometimes.没有终身的傻瓜, 也没有终身不当傻瓜的人。If wise men play the fool, they do it with a vengeance.明人做起糊涂事来,那才糊涂透顶。 New words1. fool n.蠢人；傻瓜 v.愚弄Don’t be such a fool! 别这么傻了。Every time I try to fool him, he looks through my tricks.每次我企图愚弄他都被他识破了。make a fool of … 取笑；捉弄【拓展】foolish adj.愚蠢的New words2. embarrassed adj.窘迫的；害羞的 She’s embarrassed about her height.她因自己的个子而害羞。【拓展】embarrass v.使尴尬embarrassing adj.令人尴尬的(修饰事或物)embarrassment n.尴尬New words【拓展】3. realize v.意识到realize是及物动词，意为“认识到，意识到”，后接名词或从句作宾语。She didn’t realize that she was wrong.她并没有认识到自己是错的。realize还可作及物动词，表示“实现”的意思。Today his wishes will be realized.今天他的愿望将要 |
