"Traditionally it was only a legal start to the year, people in France did actually celebrate the New Year on January first for as long as anybody could remember." Boese believes instead that April Fools’Day simply grew out of age-old European spring festivals of renewal, in which pranks and camoutlaging one's identity are common.
“而从传统上来看,新年只是一年法定的开始—直以来法国人民都确实是在一月一号欢庆新年的,这是任何人都不会忘记的。”伯泽认为,愚人节仅仅来自于古老的欧洲春节的延续,在那时,人们常常爱开玩笑,并伪装自己。
Today in France, April Fools' Day is called 1e Poisson d'Avril-"the April fish"-and a classic prank is to stick a paper fish to an ur}suspecting passerby's back.
现今在法国,愚人节被称为“四月鱼”—其一个常开的玩笑就是在毫无察觉的过路人背上贴上一个纸剪鱼。
April Fools’Day: The Joke's on Us.
四月一日愚人节:发生在美国的恶作剧
Joseph Boskin, professor emeritus of American humor at Boston University,has offered his own interpretation of the holiday’s roots-as a prank.
约瑟夫·布希金,一个擅长美国幽默的波士顿大学退休教授,他给出了自己对于节日起源的理解—同样是一个恶作剧。
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