昂立外语【新概念培训】分享fool这个词,想必大家都知道为什么今天分享这个词吧~ 因为今天是April Fool's Day愚人节
先来看看愚人节的起源:
The history of April Fool's Day or All Fool's Day is uncertain, but the current thinking is that it began around 1582 in France. The Gregorian Calendar was introduced, and New Year's Day was moved from March 25 - April 1 (new year's week) to January 1.
Communication traveled slowly in those days and some people were only informed of the change several years later. Still others, who were more rebellious refused to acknowledge the change and continued to celebrate on the last day of the former celebration, April 1. These people were labeled "fools" by the general populace.
总而言之就是愚人节起源于法国。1564年法国首先采用新改革的纪年法--格里历(即目前通用的阳历),以1月1日为一年之始。但一些因循守旧的人反对这种改革,依然按照旧历固执地在4月1日这一天送礼品,庆祝新年。主张改革的人对这些守旧者的做法大加嘲弄。聪明滑稽的人在4月1日就给他们送假礼品,邀请他们参加假招待会.并把上当受骗的保守分子称为“四月傻瓜”或“上钩的鱼”。从此人们在4月1日便互相愚弄,成为法国流行的风俗。18世纪初,愚人节习俗传到英国,接着又被英国的早期移民带到了美国。
一直到现在,愚人节成了全世界的节日。
fool这个词便是“愚人”的代表,下面来看看我们新概念二中的fool
想必上过新二的同学都记得Lesson 76 April Fools' Day这篇课文,整篇文章都在讲一个愚人节的特别节目
fool n. 愚人,傻瓜,受骗者
Lesson 95 A fantasy
The fire broke out in the basement. I went down immediately, of course, and that fool, Horst, aimed a fire extinguisher at me.
地下室突然着火,我当然马上下去了。但那个傻瓜霍斯特把灭火器对准了我。他认为是我着火了。
这里的fool依然作名词,傻瓜的意思
下面来看看fool别的用法:
fool v. 欺骗,愚弄
adj. 愚笨的
拓展:foolish adj. 傻的,愚蠢的
Better a witty fool man than a foolish wit.
宁做聪明的傻子, 不做愚蠢的聪明人。
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