April,1st (April Fool's Day)

April 1) Fool’s Day

April Fool’s day or All Fool’s day 2) is celebrated on April the 1^st. Рeople play 3) tricks and 4) practical 5) jokes on their friends. If the friends 6) fall for a joke, they are April fools. 7) Traditionally the trick must be played before midday. If someone plays an April Fool’s trick after midday, he or she is the fool.

The holiday 8) is connected with 9)a period, when 10) nature fools people with 11) sudden 12)changes from 13) shower to sunshine. It is a day, when all people are given an 14)excuse to play the fool.

Do we celebrate All Fool’s Day in Ukraine? When? Do you play jokes on your friends or not?

1. fool /ful/ -дурак

2. to celebrate /’selibreit/ - праздновать

3. trick /trik/- обман

4. practical /’prǽktikәl/- практический

5. joke /dzouk/- шутка

6. to fall for a joke/fo:l/- «попастся» на обман

7. traditionally/trә'diςnәli/- традиционно

8. is connected /kә’nektid/- связанный

9. period /’piәriәd/ -период

10) nature /’neitςә/ -природа

11) sudden /’sΛdn/- внезапный

12) change /’tςeindз/- изменение

13) shower /ςauә/- душ

14) excuse /iks’kju:z/-извинение