APRIL FOOL'S DAY

April Fools

GROUP A

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day

1.       When did the tradition of April Fools Day start?

2.       Where did it start?

3.       What is another name for the holiday?

4.       The authors think that April Fools Day may have come from a certain event. What was this event?

5.       What country did the “kick me” sign come from?

6.       What do you shout when you play a trick on someone on April Fools Day?

7.       What is the most common trick?

8.       Do Americans usually buy people gifts or go out to eat on this holiday?


GROUP B

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/

1.       Look at some of the best April Fools jokes of all time.

2.       Find your three favorites as a group and describe them in your presentation.

3.       Can you think of a really good April Fools joke to play on someone?

READ THE TEXT:
April Fools' Day is on the first of April every year. It is a day when people can play tricks, practical jokes and hoaxes on each other. No one really knows the exact origin of this day. The writer Mark Twain famously said: “This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three-hundred and sixty-four days.” In some countries, you have until noon to play your jokes. If you play a trick on someone after midday, you are the April Fool. In other countries, April Fools' Day lasts the whole day. On this day, you never know what or who to believe. Even newspapers and television stations play April Fools' jokes on their readers and viewers. Sometimes people actually think the real news is an April Fools' joke.

Some of the most famous April Fools' jokes are quite amazing. My favourite happened in 1957. The BBC showed a documentary of people in Switzerland cutting spaghetti from spaghetti trees. Lots of people contacted the BBC asking how they could grow their own spaghetti trees! Another good one was the “left-handed burger” advertised by Burger King on April 1st, 1998. They said all of the juice would drip out of the right hand side of the burger. Many customers asked the Burger King staff for the traditional right-handed burger. Other classic jokes include the BBC’s 1965 news of “Smell-o-vision” and Google’s 2008 invitation for people to apply to be astronauts to live on the website’s new base on Mars. If you believe that, you’ll believe anything!