首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Holidays are celebrated for all sorts of reasons. Some honor heroes, others commemorate religious events, but April 1st stands o
Holidays are celebrated for all sorts of reasons. Some honor heroes, others commemorate religious events, but April 1st stands o
admin
2010-10-14
66
问题
Holidays are celebrated for all sorts of reasons. Some honor heroes, others commemorate religious events, but April 1st stands out as the only holiday that celebrates foolishness.
There’s some uncertainty about when and where this bizarre tradition began, but the most accepted explanation traces April Fool’s Day back to 16th century France. Up until 1564, the accepted calendar was the Julian calendar, which observed the beginning of the New Year around April. King Charles IX then declared that France would begin using the Gregorian calendar, which shifted New Year’s Day to January 1st.
Not everyone accepted this shifting of dates at the same time. Some believed that the dates should not be shifted, and it was these people who became the butt of some April jokes and were mocked as fools. People sent gifts and invited them to bogus(假的)parties. Citizens in the rural parts of France were also victims of these jokes. In those days, news traveled slowly and they might not have known about the shifting of dates for months or years. These people also endured being made fun of for celebrating the new year on the wrong day.
Today in France, people who are fooled on April 1st are called Poisson d’Avril, which literally means the "April Fish." One common joke is to hook a cardboard fish to the back of a person. What a fish has to do with April Fool’s Day is not clear. Some believe that the fish is tied to Jesus Christ, who was often represented as a fish in early Christian times.
It’s probably no coincidence that April Fool’s Day is celebrated at the same time that two other similar holidays are celebrated. In ancient Rome, the festival of Hilaria was thrown to celebrate the resurrection(复活)of the god Attis. Hilaria is probably the base word for hilarity and hilarious, which mean great merriment. Today, Hilaria is also known as Roman Laughing Day. In India, the Holi festival celebrates the arrival of spring. As a part of that festival, people play jokes and smear colors on each other.
There’s no clear connection between the modern observance of April Fool’s Day and these two ancient celebrations, which lends most historians to accept the French explanation for how April Fool’s Day developed.
According to the most accepted explanation, when and where did April Fool’s Day originate?
选项
答案
In the 16th century/In 1564;in France.
解析
原义直现。从第2段第一句后半句我们得知关于愚人节广为接受的解释要追溯到16世纪的法国,也就是1564年。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/mby7777K
0
大学英语四级
相关试题推荐
A、Hedoubtsthewomanwilllikethenovel.B、Hehasn’tstartedreadingthenovelyet.C、Heenjoyedreadingthenovel.D、He’llle
Whatcandogssee?Theanswertothisquestionisdisappointing;dogs【C1】______seenocolors.Theanswerisdisappointing【C2】___
Whatcandogssee?Theanswertothisquestionisdisappointing;dogs【C1】______seenocolors.Theanswerisdisappointing【C2】___
Manystudentsfindtheexperienceofattendinguniversitylecturestobeareallyconfusingandfrustratingexperience.Thelect
A、Hedislikedthetopicofthelecture.B、Hedidn’twanttogotothelecture.C、Hethoughttheprofessorwasnotfamous.D、Hew
Ifoursocietyeverneededareadingrenaissance(复兴),it’snow.TheNationalEndowmentfortheArtsreleased"ReadingatRisk"la
TheftdeterrentsystemTodeterthevehicletheft,thesystemisdesignedtogiveanalarmandkeeptheenginefrombeingst
TheftdeterrentsystemTodeterthevehicletheft,thesystemisdesignedtogiveanalarmandkeeptheenginefrombeingst
Careeristsarepeoplewhoseself-imageisdeterminedalmostexclusivelybytheirjobs.【B1】______everythingtheydoisdesignedt
Given__________(如果她不能辨别颜色),Iamsuresheiscolor-blind.
随机试题
违反合同的民事责任的免责条件有哪些?
理想气体向真空作绝热膨胀( )。
依据《建设项目环境影响评价资质管理办法》,评价范围是交通运输类的环境影响评价机构可以提供环评服务的项目是( )。
已知某单代号网络计划中某工作A有两项紧后工作B和C。工作B和C总时差分别为5d和7d,工作A与工作B和C之间的时间间隔分别为5d和4d,则工作A的总时差为()d。
“落霞与孤鹜齐飞,秋水共长天一色”诗句与()有关。
和谐社会可以理解为()。
范畴错误,又称范畴谬误,是指将既有的属性归属到不可能应该拥有该属性的对象上,为语义学或存在论的错误。根据上述定义,下列不属于范畴错误的是:
第一次世界性的经济危机起源于()。
Whoisthevisitor?
Everybodywantspayingproperlyforwhattheydo.
最新回复
(
0
)