趣味阅读4-2023-2024学年六年级下册英语阅读

三年级起点 六年级下 趣味阅读 April Fool's Day April Fool's Day is a day to play jokes on others. No one knows how this holiday began but people think it first started in France. In the 16th century(世纪),people celebrated New Year's Day from March 25 to April 1. Then King Charles IX changed it to January 1. But some people still celebrated New Year on April 1. so others called them April Fools. Each country celebrates April Fool's Day differently. In France, people call the April Fools "April Fish". They tape(用胶布把....粘牢) a paper fish to their friends' backs to fool them. When he or she finds this, they shout(大喊)“AprilFish!" In England, people play jokes only in the morning. You are a"noodle" if someone fools you. In Scotland, 55 小学英语阅。 April Fool's Day is 48 hours long. They call an April Fool“April Gowk(布谷鸟)”. Gowk is another name for a cuckoo bird In America, people play small jokes on their friends and any other people on the first of April. They may point down to your shoe and say, "Your shoelace(鞋带) is untied(没有打结的).”If youbelieve them and look down to see, you are an April Fool then. 56