British English Holidays - April Fool's Day

hi everyone I'm Gina the first of April is April Fool's Day a day to try and

fool your friends with jokes and a day to have some light-hearted fun in this

lesson you're going to learn about April Fool's Day in the UK there was a famous

April Fool's story about penguins published by the BBC what do you think

the story was we'll show you the answer at the end of this video

it has commonly thought that the reason why the 1st of April is a day for tricks

is due to the changing of the calendar currently we use the Gregorian calendar

and in new year starts on the 1st of January

however previously the Julian calendar was used and in this calendar a new year

starters on the 1st of April when a change was made those who still

celebrated on the first of April were mocked and called fools on the 1st of

April we play tricks on others and tried to deceive the more gullible amongst our

friends the more outlandish these tricks and deceptions are the better

however this custom should only last until midday after midday April Fool's

Day is over and tricksters shouldn't play any more tricks April Fool's Day

isn't just an event held between friends every year major multinational

corporations celebrities and media outlets also try to play tricks on the

public every year most major national newspapers will carry a story or two and

the 1st of April that is a joke and the game becomes trying to spot it the group

Hollander was first conceived in 1582 by Pope Gregory the 13th but was not

adopted by the UK until 1752 delaying the change resulted in eleven days being

skipped so that the calendar could run correctly and now I'll give you the

answer to the earlier quiz there was a famous April Fool's story about penguins

published by the BBC what do you think the story was the BBC claimed that their

cameras in the Antarctic had captured footage of flying penguins it was

claimed these penguins would migrate to South Africa every summer how was this

lesson did you learn something interesting do you have a day for

fooling in your country leave us a comment at English class 101.com and

we'll see you in the next lesson