April Fools' Day dates back centuries, but its origins remain unclear. A widespread theory is that it dates back to the adoption of the Gregorian calendar with the term April Fool applying to those who were still following the Julian Calendar.
愚人节已有数百年历史,但其来源仍存在争议。一种比较普遍的观点认为愚人节与“格里历”(即现行公历)的使用有关,当时人们将在公历普及后仍使用罗马儒略历(公历的前身)的人称为“四月愚人”。
By tradition in most countries, people can pull pranks before noon on April 1 in the name of April Fools' Day but become the fool if they do it in the afternoon.
按照大多数国家的传统,人们只能在愚人节的上午开愚人节玩笑。如果到了下午再去搞恶作剧,那么你自己就成了“愚人”了。
Vocabulary:
typeface:any design of type, including a full range of characters, as letters, numbers, and marks of punctuation, in all sizes(字体,打字机字体)
microchip:(计算机)微芯片
sequel:a literary work, movie, etc., that is complete in itself but continues the narrative of a preceding work(续集,续篇)