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阅读理解
"I
just gave birth to 5 babies last weekend." Isn't that exciting? Oh，you don't believe me? "Okay then, I stole some money from a
bank on Saturday night." Now do you believe me? Actually，I hope you don't. April 1st, or April Fool's Day is the day when we play
jokes on people. Do you have it in your country?
April
Fool's Day started in the sixteenth century in Europe. Before that time, New
Year's Day was celebrated on April 1st. If they were teased, they were called
fools.
Nowadays
we play jokes on people on April 1st. For example, someone might put salt in
the sugar bottle, so another person could put it in his coffee "by
accident". Or someone might change the time on another person's alarm
clock so that the person would unknowingly wake up earlier or later than
planned. Or maybe a person would tell a lie to make someone else shocked.
After
we play the trick, we say "April Fool". Then the poor person realizes
he has been fooled. It is generally done in the spirit of fun and doesn't cause
any real harm to anyone. Do you have any great jokes to play on anyone? Try it
out.
