Lesson 76 April Fools'Day

Words and Expressions

1. prank: a trick

pull a prank/play a prank/practical joke 做恶作剧

Eric is always pulling/playing a prank.

2. pull a fast one on sb/pull one's leg: 欺骗

Don't try to pull a fast one on me.

Don't try  to pull my leg.

On April Fool's day, people are more tolerable about joking.

3. legitimate: reasonable

It's legitimate to lie on April Fools' day.

3. bbs: bulletin board system.

4. champion: to publicly fight for and defend an aim or principle, such as the rights of a group of people.

I champion the poor.

5. They are talking nonsense in a very serious way.

6. go overboard/cross the line/go too far/it's too much  过分了

7. make a confession of love: 表白

People like to make a confessiin of love on April fools' Day.

8. you rule

I'll let you rule over the whole country.

Adaptation

Macaroni has been grown in Calabria for more than six hundred years. In the television, two farmers,Giuseppe Moldova and Riccardo Brabante, tell us that they have been expecting a splendid crop this year and harvesting has begun earlier than usual. Here you can see two farmers have just finished cutting three cartloads of golden brown macaroni stalks.The whole village has been working day and night. Hoping to gather all the crop before the September rains. On the right, you see Mrs. Brabante is talking to the manager of the local factory. At last, it's a forecast that the famous Calabrian macaroni- eating competition will be held at the end of the harvest. Signor Fratelli is the one who has defended his champion every year since 1991. Now,let's go back to the studio. Happy Fools' Day!