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　　愚人节的庆祝方式是，拿亲朋好友和同事开玩笑，以此来愚弄他们。由于愚人节不是一个（法定）节日，因此很多人忘了这个日子的含义，把自己弄得毫无防备。最传统的玩笑就是让人白跑腿儿，但现在，花样可能要复杂得多。以下就是一些人们的最爱：

　　False errands

　　These types of pranks are best played on newcomers at work Some popular ones include sending someone to the maintenance room to ask for a rubber hammer and glass nails or asking someone to go to another department for ten meters of shoreline

　　Phone pranks

　　Just about everyone knows a good phone prank A classic one involves getting a few friends to call the same number over a period of one hour asking for a Mr Smith Just when the victim starts to get really angry about all these people calling looking for a Mr Smith call one more time and say, "Hi This is Mr Smith Are there any messages for me"

　　Other phone pranks are based on names that sound like something else For example, you could call the zoo and ask for a Mr Albert Ross

　　Table Tricks

　　When nobody is looking fill up a sugar bowl with salt and watch as the victim puts a few spoons in their coffee Most ketchup users will shake the bottle before putting it on their food Loosen the top on a bottle of ketchup and watch as the shaker covers himself in the stuff

　　Time Difference

　　This is a favourite in college dorms When your roommate is asleep reset his/her alarm clock so that it is an hour slower

　　Confetti Rain

　　Place confetti inside a closed umbrella in your home or office and pray for rain on April 1st

　　False Advertising

　　Publicizing a false event or product is another favourite trick of students For example, you can print leaflets stating that free lunches will be given to students that day at a certain restaurant Sit outside and watch the fools arguing with the waiters about their right to free food

　　Hot Seat

　　Put some hot substance, such as Deep Heat, on a toilet seat and watch people leave the bathroom only to turn around and quickly run back in again

　　Missing Vehicle

　　Take someone’s car keys when they are busy and move their car to a different location Watch as they frantically ③pace up and down by the place where they parked their car

prank

英 [præŋk] 美 [præŋk]

n 恶作剧，开玩笑；戏谑

vt 装饰；打扮

vi 炫耀自己；胡闹

Today, my friends thought it would be funny to prank me with a fake winning lottery ticket

今天，我的狐朋狗友们认为用一张虚假的中将**对我恶作剧会很有趣。

put on funny shows

进行滑稽的表演

双语对照

例句:

1

Last week, to promote the htc one, the company launched an ad campaign mockingreality tv shows on sites like funny or die

上周为了推广HTC One，HTC公司还在Funny or Die等网站上发布了一个恶搞电视真人秀的广告。

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Pulling one funny prank on twitter during one popular live event won't move the needle in alasting way

在一场万众瞩目的赛事直播期间通过Twitter玩一个可笑的恶作剧不会产生持久性影响