篇一：愚人节起源于法国
愚人节起源于法国。1564年，法国首先采用新改革的纪年法--格里历(即目前通用的阳历)，以1月1日为一年之始。但一些因循守旧的人反对这种改革，依然按照旧历固执地在4月1日这一天送礼品，庆祝新年。主张改革的人对这些守旧者的做法大加嘲弄。聪明滑稽的人在4月1日就给他们送假礼品，邀请他们参加假招待会。并把上当受骗的保守分子称为“四月傻瓜”或“上钩的鱼”。从此人们在4月1日便互相愚弄，成为法国流行的风俗。18世纪初，愚人节习俗传到英国，接着又被英国的早期移民带到了美国。 发展到今天，愚人节最典型的活动就是大家互相开玩笑，用假话捉弄对方，从中获得乐趣，一些在平时会让人勃然大怒的举动，到今天就变得合情合理，别有一番情趣。不知不觉中，这些洋节已经在中国遍地开花，势头更胜于我们的传统节日。 不过，在IT业里，愚人节已经不能称作一个节日，因为在不经意间，每天都有人愚弄与被愚弄。很多看似真理得到公众认可，或者厂商、经销商在不停宣传的言论，实际上都是在误导消费者，让您在不知不觉中被糖衣炮弹击中，满心欢喜的用更多钞票，换来不实用的功能。 根据我们以往的经验，总结出几条笔记本方面的“愚人”言论，供大家参考。当然，对于有些概念，可能还是仁者见仁，智者见智。骗局一——这台笔记本高性能3D显卡？其实，在台式机领域，一提到整合显卡，大家的第一反应一定是低性能。不错，一般情况下，整合显卡由于定位关系，核心性能往往不够强劲，而且需要共享内存，在3D游戏方面往往是短板。由于Intel在笔记本领域的强势，目前Intel HD/HD3000显卡几乎成了笔记本集成显卡的代名词，它的性能已经强于老一代的入门级独显如G310M，HD5470之类，可以运行大部分3D游戏，对于一般家用非常合适。在笔记本上更是如此，由于笔记本不比台式机，续航和散热是笔记本不得不重点考虑的问题，作为低功耗低发热的集显，一个能降低整个笔记本的重量和厚度，一个就是低发热对于笔记本来说质量问题往往更少一些。 问题最明显的是很多采用G310M HD4570 HD5470的笔记本（甚至还有很多还不如这些例子）。我们不得不承认，这些显卡的性能不是太差，相比老一代集显还有有些优势。但是，在32nm的SNB推出的今天，如果还对它们宣传所谓1G独立显存强力独显，岂不是贻笑大方。一直以来，大部分人有种误解以为显存越大性能越强，甚至独立显存的大小要比显示芯片更重要，其实显存并没有那种重要，由于笔记本的显示芯片性能所限加之笔记本的分辨率一般不高，甚至目前大多数的笔记本显卡256M显存就足够他们使用了，之所以互相攀比到1G 2G，也和消费者盲目的心理有非常之大的关系。 总之，高性能是一个没有什么标准，虚无缥缈的形容词，或许厂商对它的理解与多数消费者不同，但至少希望您以后再买笔记本，不要被“高性能3D独立显卡”所迷惑，更不要看多大的独立显存，在这里我几乎可以下个断言，现在的笔记本根本没有显存不够用的现象，只有显存严重过剩的现象。显存的大小对于现在消费者的甄别来说几乎是个没有用的数据。
篇二：愚人节由来
愚人节
April Fools' Day is a day to make jokes about 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.
History of April Fool's Day
The history of April Fool's Day or All Fool's Day is uncertain, but the current thinking is that it began around 1582 in France with the reform of the calendar under Charles IX. The Gregorian Calendar was introduced, and New Year's Day was moved from March 25 - April 1 (new year's week) to January 1.
Communication traveled slowly in those days and some people were only informed of the change several years later. Still others, who were more rebellious refused to acknowledge the change and
continued to celebrate on the last day of the former celebration, April 1. These people were labeled "fools" by the general populace, were subject to ridicule and sent on "fool errands," sent invitations to nonexistent parties and had other practical jokes played upon them. The butts of these pranks became known as a "poisson d'avril" or "April fish" because a young naive fish is easily caught. In addition, one common practice was to hook a paper fish on the back of someone as a joke.
This harassment evolved over time and a custom of prank-playing continue on the first day of April. This tradition eventually spread elsewhere like to Britain and Scotland in the 18th century and was introduced to the American colonies by the English and the French. Because of this spread to other
countries, April Fool's Day has taken on an international flavor with each country celebrating the holiday in its own way.
In Scotland, for instance, April Fool's Day is devoted to spoofs involving the buttocks and as such is called Taily Day. The butts of these jokes are known as April 'Gowk', another name for cuckoo bird. The origins of the "Kick Me" sign can be traced back to the Scottish observance.
In England, jokes are played only in the morning. Fools are called 'gobs' or 'gobby' and the victim of a joke is called a 'noodle.' It was considered back luck to play a practical joke on someone after noon.
In Rome, the holiday is known as Festival of Hilaria, celebrating the resurrection of the god Attis, is on March 25 and is also referred to as "Roman Laughing Day.
In Portugal, April Fool's Day falls on the Sunday and Monday before lent. In this celebration, many people throw flour at their friends. （涂抹）colors on one another celebrating the arrival of Spring.
So, no matter where you happen to be in the world on April 1, don't be surprised if April fools fall playfully upon you.
Easter
A Sunday between March 22 and April 25
The meaning of many different customs observed during Easter Sunday have been buried with time. Their origins lie in pre-Christian religions and Christianity. All in some way or another are a "salute to spring," marking re-birth. The white Easter lily has come to capture the glory of the holiday. The word "Easter" is named after Eastre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring. A festival was held in her honor every year at the vernal equinox （春分）.
People celebrate the holiday according to their beliefs and their religious denominations （命名）. Christians commemorate Good Friday as the day that Jesus Christ died and Easter Sunday as the day that He was resurrected （复活）. Protestant settlers brought the custom of a suise service, a religious gathering at dawn, to the United States.
This year Easter will be celebrated on Sunday April 11, 2004. On Easter Sunday children wake up to find that the Easter Bunny has left them baskets of candy. He has also hidden the eggs that they decorated earlier that week. Children hunt for the eggs all around the house. Neighborhoods and organizations hold Easter egg hunts, and the child who finds the most eggs wins a prize.
The Easter Bunny is a rabbit-spirit. Long ago, he was called the" Easter Hare." Hares and rabbits have frequent multiple births so they became a symbol of fertility. The custom of an Easter egg hunt began because children believed that hares laid eggs in the grass. The Romans believed that "All life comes from an egg." Christians consider eggs to be "the seed of life" and so they are symbolic of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Why we dye, or color, and decorate eggs is not certain. In ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and Persia eggs were dyed for spring festivals. In medieval Europe, beautifully decorated eggs were given as gifts.
Egg Rolling
In England, Germany and some other countries, children rolled eggs down hills on Easter morning, a game which has been connected to the rolling away of the rock from Jesus Christ's tomb when he was resurrected. British settlers brought this custom to the New World.
In the United States in the early nineteenth century, Dolly Madison, the wife of the fourth American President, organized an egg roll in Washington, D.C. She had been told that Egyptian children used to roll eggs against the pyramids so she invited the children of Washington to roll hard-boiled eggs down the hilly lawn of the new Capitol building! The custom continued, except for the years during the Civil War. In 1880, the First Lady invited children to the White House for the Egg Roll because officials had complained that they were ruining the Capitol lawn. It has been held there ever since then, only canceled during times of war. The event has grown, and today Easter Monday is the only day of the year when tourists are allowed to wander over the White House lawn. The wife of the President sponsors it for the children of the entire country. The egg rolling event is open to children twelve years old and under. Adults are allowed only when accompanied by children!
Traditionally, many celebrants （司仪神父） bought new clothes for Easter which they wore to church. After church services, everyone went for a walk around the town. This led to the American custom of Easter parades all over the country. Perhaps the most famous is along Fifth Avenue in New York City. Good Friday is a federal holiday in 16 states and many schools and businesses throughout the U.S. are closed on this Friday.
The size and shape of your ears show your character more than any other part of the face. Other parts of the face change shape as we get older, but ears don’t change their shape. They only change in size.
Reading people’s character from their ears is very old science. In ancient(古代的) times people thought that a person with big ears had a good and generous character. They thought that a person with pale, small ears was dangerous. They also thought that the shape of the ear showed if a person was musical or not. Today, too, many people believe that the size and shape of the ear helps you know if a person is musical.
Ears are all different, and each characteristic has a meaning. Next time you look at a person, see if his or her ears are large, medium-sized, or small. Look at the lobes(耳垂). Are they attached(连接) to the face? Ears that are always red mean that a person may have a temper(脾气), or he/she may just have high blood pressure(血压). Ears that are always cold and pale mean that a person has a nervous character. And a big hole(孔) inside the ear means a person is musical.
There was once a professor(教授) of medicine, who was very strict with his students. Whenever he took the chair on the exam committee(委员会), the students would be in fear, because he was seldom pleased with the answers they gave. A student would be lucky enough if he or she could receive a good mark from him. At the end of the term, the students of medicine would take their exam again. Now a student entered the exam room and got seated before the committee. This student was a little nervous as he knew it would not be so easy to get through the exam at all.
The professor began to ask. The student was required to describe a certain illness, his description of which turned out to be OK. Then the professor asked about the cure for the illness, and the student, too, answered just as right. “Good,” said the professor, “and how much will you give the patient?” “A full spoon,” answered the student. “Now you may go out and wait for what you can get,” said the professor. At the same time the committee discussed carefully the answers the student had given. Suddenly the student noticed there was something wrong with his last answer. “A full spoon is too much,” he thought to himself. Quickly he opened the door of the room and cried, “Mr. Professor, I’ve made a mistake! A full spoon is too much for the patient. He can take only five drops.”
“I’m sorry, sir ” said the professor coldly, “ but it’s too late. Your patient has died.”
om(习语). The meaning of an idiom is different from the actual meaning of the words used. “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” is a proverb(谚语). Proverbs are old but familiar sayings that usually give advice. Both idioms and proverbs are part of our daily speech. Many are very old and have interesting histories. See how many of these sayings you know.
“Bury the hatchet.”
Native Americans used to bury(埋葬) weapons(武器) to show that fighting had ended and enemies were now at peace. Today, the idiom means to make up with a friend after an argument or fight.
“A close shave.”
In the past, students barbers(理发师) learned to shave on customers. If they shaved too close, their customers might be cut or even hardly escape from serious harm. Today, we use the idiom if a person narrowly(勉强) escapes disaster.
“He who pays the piper calls the turn.”
In the Middle-Ages, people were treated by travelling musicians(乐师). Whoever paid the price could
choose the music. The proverb means that whoever pays is in charge.
“The pot calling the kettle black.”
In the 17th century, both pots and kettles turned black because they were used over open fires. Today, this idiom means criticizing(批评) someone else for a mistake of one’s own.
Jess really felt very happy. When he arrived at his seat in the classroom that morning, he found an invitation（请柬）on his desk. It was from several of his classmates asking him to join them on a camping trip. This was the first time he was asked to join in an out-of-school activity. Why were they asking him now? Nobody seemed to like him. In fact, he had been so lonely that he drowned his feeling with food. As a result, he had put on a lot of weight, and this gave the kids something more to make fun of him.
Cindy, who was standing near Jess when he read the invitation, went out quickly to tell the others that the trick(恶作剧) had worked. Everyone was pleased that Jess thought that was true. But there was no camping trip. The whole thing was made up.
At first, Cindy thought it was fun. But later, when Jess told her that he was going to buy a sleeping bag with his savings(积蓄), Cindy had a second idea. She knew that Jess’s family had little money, and she hated to see him spend his savings on something he would never use. Cindy also hated to tell Jess the truth. Her close friends would be angry with her.
What could she do now?
起源) of language is a mystery. All we have really known is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings, actions, and the things, so that they would communicate with each other; and that later they agree upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined(结合) to represent those sounds, and which could be written down. These sounds, whether spoken or written in letters, are called words. The power of words, then, lies in their associations(交际)---the things they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something to us increases. Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal (具有感染力) powerfully to our minds and emotions (情感). This charming and telling use of words is what we call literary(文字) style. Above all, the real poet is a master of words. He can convey (转达) his meaning in words which sing like music, and which by their position and association can move men to tears. We should therefore learn to choose our words carefully and use them correctly, or they will make our speech silly and vulgar (粗俗的).
I have a very useful dictionary. It has a lot of words. It gives many meanings for word. But I always read the first meaning of a word in the dictionary. I never read the other meanings, because I wanted to read my book This morning, I was reading a book, I met a strange sentence. It
looked first. The sentence had six words:" Draw a picture of your house" I know five words in this sentence, but I didn't understand one word. I "draw". I opened my dictionary and the first meaning of "draw". It was" pull". I said to myself" Now I know all the words, and I think I can understand the sentence. "SO I wrote the meaning of the sentence" Pull a picture of your house. "I read it, and" What is the meaning of it.'? I don't understand it."
My friend Dick read my new sentence. He laughed. He picked my dictionary, and said to me. "Look, Jack. The second meaning of' draw' is' make a picture a pen, a pencil So the sentence means: Make a picture of your house." I understood ! I thought Dick was wonderful. AndI knew how to use my dictionary.
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篇三：愚人节的由来中英文版
愚人节的由来中英文版
愚人节的由来英文版：
April Fools' Day 愚人节
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.
愚人节的由来中文版：
愚人节又称万愚节，已经有几百年的历史了。关于他的起源，众说纷云。其中最为流行的说法认为愚人节起源于法国。十六世纪的法国，人们在4月1日这天过新年，互赠礼物，举办晚会，庆祝新年。当时的庆祝方法与现在相差无几。1582年年，法国国王查理九世决定采用一种新的历法——格高利历法，新年改在1月1日。在新历法的推行过程中，各地仍有一些人或是不原意接受新历法，或是不知道这一日期的更改，仍然在4月1日这天过新年。其他的人便捉弄他们，赠送他们假礼物，邀请他们参加假庆祝晚会，骗他们去跑腿，或使他们对某种根本不存在的事情信以为真。这些受骗的人被称为“四月愚人”。
从此，人们在4月1日这一天便互相愚弄，日久天长，便成为法国流行的风俗。十八世纪初，“愚人节”的习俗传到英国。后来，随着英国移民又传到了美国。随着时间的流逝，这一习俗已经成为国际性节日，在欧洲、北美许多国家都流行。这一天，人们可以不拘一格地“轻松”一下。当然愚弄人的手法也是花样百出。
关于受愚弄的人，在不同的国家给予不同的称呼。大部分人都称他们为“四月愚人”。但有时，有的国家也有其他的称呼。在法国人们把上当者称为“四月鱼”，可能是因为四月里，鱼最容易上钩的缘故吧；而在英国的苏格兰，则称为“布谷鸟”，可能是指一只呆鸟吧。同时，有的国家虽然不过“愚人
《愚人节起源》出自：百味书屋
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