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1. Why are people tired on April Fool's Day? (愚人节人们为什么疲倦?) 答：Because they have just had a long March. ( 因为他们刚过了长长的三月。March 三月;行军) 2.What weather do mice and rats fear? (老鼠害怕什么天气?) 答：When it's raining cats and dogs.(下大雨。rain cats and dogs 下大雨 ) 3.When do dogs refuse to follow their masters? (狗什么时候不愿跟随主人?) 答：When their masters go to the flea market.(主人去跳蚤市场时。Flea 跳蚤 flea market 旧货市场 ) 4.What question can never be answered by “yes”? (哪个问题永远不能回答“是的”?) 答：Are you asleep? (你睡着了吗) 5.What tree is always very sad? (那种树总是很伤心?) 答：Weeping willow. ( 垂柳 weep哭泣 willow柳树) 6.When can you get water with a net? (什么时候可以用网兜装水?) 答：When water is turned into ice. (当水结成冰时) 7.Why is the pig always eating?猪为什么没完没了地吃? 答：He's making a hog of himself.它想成为一只肉猪。 8.What's the longest word in the world?世界上最长的单词是什么? 答：Smiles. Because there's a mile between the letter 's'.微笑。因为两个字母S中间隔了一里。 9.What question is that to which you must always answer "yes"? 什么问题你只能回答“yes”? 答："What does y-e-s spell?" (当别人问你)“yes”怎么拼? 10.Where were you when the power was cut off? 当停电的时候你在哪? 答：In the darkness. 在黑暗中

April Fools' 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 16 th century, people celebrated New Year's Day from March 25 to April 1. In the mid—1560s King Charles IX changed it from March 25 to January 1. But some people still celebrated in on April 1, so others called them April Fools. Each country celebrates April Fools' Day differently. In France, people call the April Fools “April Fish”. They tape a paper fish to their friends' backs to fool them. When he or she finds this , they shout “April Fish!” In England, people play jokes only in the morning. You are a “noodle” if someone fools you. In Scotland, April Fools' Day is 48 hours long. They call an April Fool “April Gowk”. Gowk is another name for a cuckoo bird. In the America, people play small jokes on their friends and any other people on the first of Aprol. They may point down to your shoe and say, “ Your shoelace is untied.” If you believe them and look down to see, you are an April Fool then.

The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest 瑞士面条树 spaghetti harvest1957: The respected BBC news show Panorama announced that thanks to a very mild winter and the virtual elimination of the dreaded spaghetti weevil, Swiss farmers were enjoying a bumperspaghetticrop. It accompanied this announcement with footageof Swiss peasants pulling strandsof spaghetti down from trees. Huge numbers of viewers were taken in. Many called the BBC wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti tree. To this the BBC diplomatically replied, "place a sprigof spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best." 1957年愚人节BBC新闻中说，瑞士的面条树大丰收，农民都在树上收割面条。大量观众上当受骗，打电话来咨询面条树的种植方法。BBC对此的回复是：把一根面条插在番茄酱里，然后就等着吧。 面条树都有人信，不知道摇钱树有没有人信？