British English Holidays - April Fool's Day

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hi everyone I'm Gina the first of April is April Fool's Day a day to try and
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fool your friends with jokes and a day to have some light-hearted fun in this
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lesson you're going to learn about April Fool's Day in the UK there was a famous
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April Fool's story about penguins published by the BBC what do you think
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the story was we'll show you the answer at the end of this video
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it has commonly thought that the reason why the 1st of April is a day for tricks
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is due to the changing of the calendar currently we use the Gregorian calendar
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and in new year starts on the 1st of January
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however previously the Julian calendar was used and in this calendar a new year
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starters on the 1st of April when a change was made those who still
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celebrated on the first of April were mocked and called fools on the 1st of
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April we play tricks on others and tried to deceive the more gullible amongst our
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friends the more outlandish these tricks and deceptions are the better
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however this custom should only last until midday after midday April Fool's
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Day is over and tricksters shouldn't play any more tricks April Fool's Day
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isn't just an event held between friends every year major multinational
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corporations celebrities and media outlets also try to play tricks on the
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public every year most major national newspapers will carry a story or two and
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the 1st of April that is a joke and the game becomes trying to spot it the group
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Hollander was first conceived in 1582 by Pope Gregory the 13th but was not
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adopted by the UK until 1752 delaying the change resulted in eleven days being
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skipped so that the calendar could run correctly and now I'll give you the
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answer to the earlier quiz there was a famous April Fool's story about penguins
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published by the BBC what do you think the story was the BBC claimed that their
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cameras in the Antarctic had captured footage of flying penguins it was
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claimed these penguins would migrate to South Africa every summer how was this
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lesson did you learn something interesting do you have a day for
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fooling in your country leave us a comment at English class 101.com and
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we'll see you in the next lesson
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