Презентация по англ яз "День дурака"

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The ancient Greeks would have loved April Fool's Day. They so adored being clever. It’s easy to imagine the ancient Athenians concocting their plots and chanting their victories, and the ancient Spartans rigging their barracks and roaring A special day put aside just with laughter. for trickery, with everyone forewarned that others were .... the challenge of it would have greatly appealed out to fool them to the ancient Greeks. But, they did NOT create this holiday. Prezentacii.com Prezentacii.com

The history of April Fool's Day only goes back to the 16th century. Legend says … April Fools Day started with a change in the calendar. The “new year” celebration was moved from April 1st to Jan 1st. Some people did not hear about this change for many years. Other ignored the change, and continued to celebrate as they had always. These people were Prezentacii.com Prezentacii.com

In the 1500’s, some people began playing tricks on the “fools”. Over time, April 1st became a day of playing tricks, and a challenge – a competition of sorts - to see who could come up with the best prank. Today, almost 500 years later, April 1st is still a day when tricks are played on people in a spirit of fun. Anyone who plays a mean trick is just being mean. For the rest of us, April Fool's Day is a challenging game of trickery! Prezentacii.com Prezentacii.com

April Fools is celebrated in only some countries in the world. In France, April 1st is called "Poisson d'Avril." French kids play a special game on this day. The object of the game is to tape a paper fish on someone's back without that person noticing. Prezentacii.com When the victim spots the fish taped to their back, the kids yell Prezentacii.com

In Belgium, Egyptologist, Jacques Kinnaer, shared: "The expression "April Fish", in my region of the country (in Belgium), not only applies to the paper (or real) fish being stuck to someone's back, but to the tricks played on that day in general. If I played a prank on you on April 1st, the expression would be (translated into English) that I've baked you an April's Fish. Even the media (press and radio) try to bake an April's Fish by adding something untrue to the news.” Prezentacii.com Prezentacii.com

In Newfoundland, Bruce Lane, a Newfoundland nature and wild life photographer and teacher, shared: "Yes we do celebrate April Fool's Day in Newfoundland! The custom is that until noon you can trick people with lies and exaggerations. For example, one morning a local radio station reported seeing a herd of seals far up an inland river. They reported the story several times until noon when they informed the audience it was an April Fools trick!"  Prezentacii.com Prezentacii.com