【大家说英语】 第145期:愚人节(2)

 April 2 4月2日

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April Fools' Day is a day for pranks¹ and fun. 愚人节是个恶作剧以及玩乐的日子，

It's a great day to laugh with your friends. 这是个和朋友一起欢笑的好日子。

Jim likes to play pranks on people. 吉姆喜欢对别人恶作剧，

But he's careful, too. 可是他也很小心，

He doesn't like mean pranks. 他不喜欢恶意的恶作剧。

Taylor played a joke on Susie today with a fake³ spider. 今天，泰乐用一只假蜘蛛开了苏希一个玩笑。

Abby is looking for Rob. 雅碧正在找罗柏，

Carol wants to see him. 卡萝要见他，

Rob wonders why. 罗柏不晓得为什么。

Conversation A 会话A

Abby! Look! The company president just walked in! 雅碧！妳看！公司总裁刚走了进来。

Really? Where? Where? 真的吗？哪里？哪里？

April fool! 愚人节快乐！

Oh! You played a joke on me! 噢！你开了我玩笑！

Haha. Of course! Today is April Fools' Day. 哈哈，当然啰！今天是愚人节嘛。

Oh, that's right! 对喔！

Do you often play pranks on people? 你经常对别人恶作剧吗？

Sometimes I do. But I'm careful. 有时候会， 可是我很小心。

Careful? Why are you careful? 小心？你为什么要小心？

Because I don't want to be mean. 因为我不想当个恶劣的人，

I don't like mean pranks. 我不喜欢恶意的恶作剧。

Conversation B 会话B

Did you play a prank² on anyone today, Taylor? 泰乐，妳今天有对人恶作剧吗？

I played a joke on Susie with a fake spider. 我用一只假蜘蛛开了苏希一个玩笑。

April Fools' Day can be so much fun. 愚人节真是好玩。

Yeah. It's a great day to laugh with friends. 是啊，这是个和朋友一起欢笑的好日子。

Or at them. 或者是开他们的玩笑。

Don't play too many jokes on your friends. 不要对朋友开太多玩笑。

Why not? 为什么？

Because they may play a prank on you! 因为他们可能会对你恶作剧哟！

Don't worry. People don't fool me very often. 别担心， 别人通常骗不倒我。

Conversation C 会话C

Hi, Abby. Are you looking for someone? 嗨，雅碧，妳在找人吗？

Hi, Taylor. I'm looking for Rob. 嗨，泰乐，我在找罗柏。

You're looking for me? Why? 妳在找我？为什么？

Carol wants to see you. 卡萝要见你。

Oh, I wonder why. 哦，不晓得为什么喔。

Did I do something wrong? 我做错了什么事吗？

I don't know. 我不知道，

But maybe you should go find out. 不过也许你应该去确认一下。

Haha. This prank is a great idea. 哈哈，这个恶作剧的点子真棒。

Yeah! It's Alex and Susie's idea. 是啊！这是亚力克斯和苏希的点子。

Now we all get the last laugh! 这下我们全都整到罗柏了，我们才是最后的赢家！

1 pranks   

n.玩笑，恶作剧( prank的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Frank's errancy consisted mostly of pranks. 法兰克错在老喜欢恶作剧。 来自辞典例句
• He always leads in pranks and capers. 他老是带头胡闹和开玩笑。 来自辞典例句

2 prank   

n.开玩笑，恶作剧；v.装饰；打扮；炫耀自己

参考例句：

• It was thought that the fire alarm had been set off as a prank.人们认为火警报警器响是个恶作剧。
• The dean was ranking the boys for pulling the prank.系主任正在惩罚那些恶作剧的男学生。

3 fake   

vt.伪造，造假，假装；n.假货，赝品

参考例句：

• He can tell a fake from the original.他能分辨出赝品和真品。
• You can easily fake up an excuse to avoid going out with him.你可以很容易地编造一个借口而不与他一同外出。