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2006－4原汁原味

原汁原味

Spring ' v- a9 g, r/ @. a' }
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By Thomas Nashe
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Spring, the sweet spring, is the year's pleasant king;
Then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring,2 B* j4 Y1 i, [7 X/ \
Cold doth not sting, the pretty birds do sing,2 Y0 m- Z1 A( s* \2 ^5 y& [" n+ v
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!/ w+ m: H+ T9 ?) B" W7 X" Z
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The palm and may make country houses gay,: S+ G8 R+ ]9 V( Q1 h5 H0 p7 a
Lambs frisk and play, the shepherds pipe all day,
And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay,. `' [, L* {0 B$ g
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!

The fields breathe sweet, the daisies kiss our feet,. y- }1 W! x* ?0 `1 w
Young lovers meet, old wives a sunning sit,
In every street these tunes our ears do greet,
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!% q( H" B5 K4 X6 k6 b+ L! |
Spring! the sweet Spring!! V8 D+ T' p8 T! w, R1 }

春
托马斯•纳什 $ H9 O3 Z- |* G- S! W4 X2 _
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春，甘美之春，一年之中的尧舜，
处处都有花树，都有女儿环舞，
微寒但觉清和，佳禽争着唱歌，& V0 D% z* t E+ F/ l9 f8 W- H
啁啁，啾啾，哥哥，割麦、插一禾！
榆柳呀山楂，打扮着田舍人家，
羊羔嬉游，牧笛儿整日在吹奏，
百鸟总在和鸣，一片悠扬声韵，
啁啁，啾啾，哥哥，割麦、插一禾！
郊原荡漾香风，雏菊吻人脚踵，
情侣作对成双，老妪坐晒阳光，1 A% b4 T" b3 v( }
走向任何通衢，都有歌声悦耳，- `* l% m" ?4 M* E# a
啁啁，啾啾，哥哥，割麦、插一禾！
春！甘美之春！8 Q, T6 `2 ^9 E4 G" J
[诗人简介]0 W6 m4 q8 x6 T" Q
托马斯。纳什(Thomas Nashe 1567-1601)，诗人和剧作家。生于洛韦斯托福特一个教士家庭。毕业于剑桥大学。写有讽刺作品《穷光蛋皮尔斯祈求于魔鬼》，喜剧《萨默斯的遗嘱》和抒情诗等“Spring，the
Sweet Sprig”一诗取自纳什的喜剧《萨默斯的遗嘱》。语言简洁，音韵和美。

The Interesting Love of April Fools’ Day

The first of April is a special day, on which practical jokes may be played without punishment. The origin of the custom is uncertain, but it seems to have come about in France as a result of4 y/ c T( z! p8 G" N5 T4 G
the
change to the Gregorian calendar in1582.7 E% O& J% W; x( J' p# b
In sixteen-century France, the start of the new year was observed on April first. It was celebrated in much the same way as it is today with parties and dancing into the late hours of the night. Then in 1582, Pope Gregory introduced a new year fell on January first. There were some people, however, who hadn’t heard or didn’t believe the change in the date, so they continued to celebrate New Year’s Day on April first. Others played tricks on them and called them “April Fools.” They sent them on a “Fool’s errand” or tried to make them believe that something false was true.* i3 j6 m( t& j. T m; |+ t" e
In France today, children fool their friends by taping a paper fish to their friend’s backs. When the “young fool” discovers this trick, the prankster yells “April Fish!” Today Americans play small tricks on friends and strangers alike on the same day. One common trick is pointing down to a friend’s shoe and saying, “Your shoelace is untied!” Teachers in the nineteenth century used to say to pupils, Look! A flock of geese!” and point up. School has been canceled. Whatever the trick, if the innocent victim falls for the joke the prankster yells,
“April Fool!”
The “fool’s errands” we play on people are practical jokes. Filling the sugar bowl with salt, stuffing a biscuit with a cotton and offering an empty egg shell at breakfast, are good old tricks. Some practical jokes are kept up the whole day before the victim realizes what day it is .Most April Fool jokes are in good fun and not meant to harm anyone. The most clever April Fool joke is the one where everyone laughs, especially the person upon whom the joke is played.
There are also April Fool letters. They are composites of prankishness, deception, absurdity, folk verses, and love. The letters are never signed ,but girls, apparently ,make a game of trying to guess who send them. To receive an April Fool letter during April ,for it can be sent anytime during the month, is deemed a most flattering honor and the contents are shared among envious acquaintances.
April Fool tricks are not, it seems, confined to children. People play tricks in the office. Faking phone calls, issuing tickets for nonsexist parties, and creating bomb scares are all elaborate pranks. The story of a salesman in Rhode Island is said to be the worst trick on April Fools’ Day. Had been fooling around with a secretary . He was married and everyone in the office knew about it. The girl was a bit crazy, a real screwball, and one of the other salesmen persuaded her boyfriend she was pregnant as an April Fool joke. She went in his office and left the door open so everyone could hear her. Her words did make him a little crazy. He thought it was a big joke. Maybe he was happy it was an April joke. But he just laughed and kept right on going around with her.

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