茶话会第24期:愚人节特别节目

Love makes a wit of the fool.
When in love，a fool is careful with rhetoric.
傻瓜在恋爱，说话也学乖。

A fool's head never whitens.
Fools are worryfree, therefore they always look young
傻子没心事，到老不白头。

A fool may sometimes speak to the purpose.
A wise man may sometimes play the fool.
愚者千虑亦有一得
智者千虑必有一失

（MUSIC：Fool Again——Westlife）

Is there a crib in your stomach?
　　When my sister-in-low Leach was expecting her second child, her son Brain would sometimes touch his mother’s tummy to feel the baby move.
One day, while touching her stomach and not feel anything, he asked, “How come the baby isn’t moving?”“The baby is sleeping.” replied his n thought a moment and then said, “You mean you got a crib in there too?”

（MUSIC：Touch——Maria Arredondo）

怀孕 pregnant
She is "expecting". (她在“待产”中。)
She is "in a delicate condition". (她正“怀孕中”。)
She is "well-along". (她“心满意足”。)
She is about to have a "blessed event". (她不久会有“喜事”。)
She is about to be "in a family way".(她不久就要走向“家庭之路”。)
She is "in trouble". (她“有了麻烦”。)

foolish 无头脑的、缺乏常识的、缺乏判断能力的
He is foolish to throw away such a chance.
他真蠢，丢掉了这么一个机会。
stupid 智力差的、反应迟钝的
Henry is too stupid to understand such a complicated problem.
亨利太笨了，他不理解这么复杂的问题。
Silly 头脑简单的、不懂事的、傻头傻脑的
It was silly of you to trust him.你真傻竟相信了他。

stupid——缺乏正常理解力，智力, 说明蠢，大多数情况下含贬义
foolish——缺乏常识
silly——则侧重无知的，可笑的

实战演练：
他不是个傻孩子，相反，他很聪明。
He is not a boy; on the contrary, he is quite intelligent.
Key：stupid.

（MUSIC：Mary Had a Little Lamb——Twins）

Each country celebrates April Fools' Day differently.
In France, people call the April Fools “April Fish”. They tape a paper fish to their friends' backs to fool them. When he or she finds this , they shout “April Fish!”
In England, people play jokes only in the morning. You are a “noodle” if someone fools you.
In Scotland, April Fools' Day is 48 hours long. They call an April Fool “April Gowk”. Gowk is another name for a cuckoo bird.
In the America, people play small jokes on their friends and any other people on the first of April. They may point down to your shoe and say, “ Your shoelace is untied.” If you believe them and look down to see, you are an April Fool then.

（MUSIC：Don’t You Forget——Era）