April Fool’s Day 愚人节
play jokes 开玩笑
prank 恶作剧
pull a prank on someone 整人
My co-worker pulled a prank on me today.
同事今天戏弄我了。
practical jokes 行为上的恶作剧
恶作剧形式:
1. Common prank
Your shoe’s untied.
你没系鞋带。
2. In school
Telling their classmates that today is no class.
告诉同学今天没课。
Setting a roommate’s alarm an hour back.
把室友的闹钟往前调一小时。
3. Food
Slap a cream pie on someone’s face.
往脸上抹奶油。
Add some mustard in the water.
在饮料里加芥末。
4. Toys
Give someone a gift which has fake snakes or spiders inside the box.
送人一个礼品盒,里面装着假的蛇或蜘蛛。
5. Calls
Call a zoo or an aquarium and they ask for Mr. Fish or Miss Lion.
给动物园或者水族馆打电话找鱼先生或狮子女士。
6. Media
A British short film once shown on April Fool’s Day was a fairly detailed
documentary about “spaghetti farmers” and how they harvest their crop from
the spaghetti trees.
愚人节曾上映过一部英国纪录片“意大利面农民”,以及他们如何从意大利面
树上丰收。
7. Corporations
Google had a spiritual nose test.
谷歌公司曾愚弄客户做鼻子测试。
8. President
The president usually releases a funny video in White House.
美国白宫通常在愚人节发布一段总统的搞笑视频。
如果你的prank成功了,你可以说:
Gotcha 整到你了(从“got you”演变而来)
April fool 四月傻瓜
Don&`&t fall for April Fools&`& pranks.
愚人节别上当。
Be on your guard on April 1st.
愚人节提高警惕。