关于厦门的英文作文精彩20篇

今天，阳光明媚，二伯带我、堂姐、二伯母、堂弟、爷爷、奶奶去厦门方特玩。

到了方特，我们去坐山车；去坐海盗船；去鬼屋；去看水母之家；去看女娲补天；去看哪吒闹海……真好玩啊！

我们先去坐过山车，做好安全措施，“轰隆――”的一声，过山车启动了。突然，过山车象离弦的弓箭向前奔跑，我就像中了邪一样，风灌满我的嘴巴，我的脸顿时鼓的像蛤蟆一样，我害怕的情不自禁的叫起来。“嗦――”的一声，我还没反应过来，过山车就已经到了终点。

然后，就去坐海盗船，海盗船先是慢慢的摇来摇去，突然间很快，快得我们快要飞出来了，我的五官内脏快要掉出来了。

最后去鬼屋，走进那阴森森的鬼屋。忽然，吹了一阵大风，堂姐“啊――”的一声，把我吓得心“蹦蹦”的直跳。这时，棺材里跳出许多鬼，堂姐大叫起来“鬼呀！救命呀――”我吓的差点尿裤子了。调皮的堂弟“呜呜――”的叫吓别人。二伯让我们跟鬼拍照留纪念，我心想：“这里那么恐怖，谁敢去拍照啊！”走着走着，我非常害怕，就想出了一个馊主意，我闭着眼睛，拉着二伯母的衣服向前走。快要走出鬼屋的时候，我的脚碰到了一个东西，我睁开眼睛一看，一边大叫起来：“有蛇呀！有蛇呀……”一边跑出鬼屋。

玩着玩着，转眼间天就黑了，我们依依不舍的回家了。真希望下次还能来厦门方特玩阿！

英文书信通常有包括以下几部分:

1.信头(Heading):指写信人的地址和写信日期

信头的目的是使收信人知道书信来自何处，何时发出。信头一般位于信函的右上角，包括发信人的地址和写信日期。

信头的地址的写法要注意英文和中文的不同，英文应遵循“先小后大”的原则，第一行写门牌号和街道的名称，第二行写区、市名、省名、国家名。国家名之前加上邮政编码。门牌名与街道名之间不用逗号隔开。最后一行写上发信日期。日期一般有以下几种写法：

12thSept,200612Sept,2006Sept.12th,2006

如，

Mr.ZhangPeng

DepartmentofForeignLanguage

JiangxiTeachers’College

Nanchang,JiangxiProv.,330241

P.R.C.

Sept.12,2006

2．信内地址(InsideName&Address):指收信人的姓名和地址

信内地址一般位于信函的左上角，位于信纸的左边顶格，低于信头一两行写起。

3．称呼(Salutation):对收信人的称呼用语

称呼是写信人对收信人表示尊敬的敬称。称呼从信纸的左端顶格写起，比信内姓名和地址低一行，。称呼有多种，视写信人和收信人的关系而定。每个开头字母用大写，结尾用逗号不用冒号。

对男士的称呼，多用Mr.,对女士的称呼,多用Mrs.,Madam,Miss或Ms.,但是需要注意的是,这些称呼用在姓氏前或姓氏和名字前,但是不能使用在名字的前面。

4．正文(Body):

5．结束语(ComplementaryClose):写信人对收信人的谦称

结束语从信纸的中间或稍右的地方写起，位于正文下面空两三行处。不同关系使用不同的结束语。

对于不熟悉的人或团体：Yourstruly,Trulyyours,Yoursfaithfully,Faithfullyyours

对于上级和长者：Yoursrespectfully,Respectfullyyours,Yoursgratefully,Gratefullyyours

对于朋友和亲属：Yours,Yourlovingdaughter,Yourdevotedfriend

6．签名(Signature):

7．附件(Enclosure):

As Im growing up, I am facing both frustration and gains. First, let me talk about my frustration. As I am going to a higher grade, I have more and more home work, and the study is getting more and more difficult. So I have leand letime to play with my friends and classmates. But, at the same time, I am learning more knowledge. I understand more things and I am happier and happier. I am also ma-ki-ng more and more friends. I have more hope towards the future. The most important is I am learning more responsibilities as I am growing up.

Dim lamp, I looked at the cup of tea, boiling water, the impact of time and time again, let me feel the fragrance of tea. That bitter taste in his mouth, a point slightly sweet, but also by my greedy mouth to the occupation, and eyes dim, hazy outlines of the memory, can no longer be hazy memory already.

Work as much as "cook a meal," a playful little, the teachers serious "inhibition" the laughter of the Miao, the pressure of the heavy, "created" in the dreams of us - growing pains. Open the heavy book of memories, that little thoughts, perhaps tired of back and some memories back.

"At first" arrive, I am a fragile being "enemy" aimed at the "vulnerability" opened a fierce shot, that vulnerable, I, in the "blood" at the expense of ground could be a "sleeping inside burning the midnight oil to see volume, Dreaming rang Beishi "and I once again stood up. Those days are dark, puzzled me, and learn and sometimes I have to find a seat has not yet withered and yellow grass, and sometimes a desk, windowsill side to see the rows of trees standing in the distance is hard, for the only be able to issue a final touch of Brilliant Green. What are those trees? I have no way of knowing what effect this relationship? As long as they are trees, would be sufficient. When I looked at them a daze, the heart will be a myriad of thoughts, when my eyes back to the tree when the mood suddenly see the light, the pressure disappeared and instead engaged in learning among busy.

[成长的烦恼英文优秀作文

Tomorrow is March 8th. It is Womens Day, so I want to give my mother a surprise. First I am going to the supermarket and buy something , such as vegetables , fruits and some beautiful flowers. Then I will come back home to clean the house and do some cooking. When Mum comes back from work, she will be really excited. She will say that I am a nice boy and have grown up. I will be happy, too. I think Ill help my mother more in the future.

Today is Women’s Day, early in the morning, I opened the computer and read the news. I found most people planned to give their mothers the surprise, until then did I realize that I should do something to my mom, she took care of us all the time, now she deserved to have a rest. So my father and I planned something for her.

It was a fine day today and the sun was bright. I visited Beijing Zoo with

my classmate, He Song. The animals were so interesting that all the people loved

them. When a bear asked for some food by waving its ann, a visitor threw

something to it. At once I went up to him and said without thinking,Dont do

that. Its bad for it. If you really love them, take good care of them. His

face turned red and answered he wouldnt do that again.

When cellphone became popular many years ago, parents and school at first

banned students to take cellphone into classroom, but now, even the small child

has owned a cellphone. The use of cellphone cant be banned. For students, they

get used to keeping cellphone at hand, but the overuse of it can be blamed to

their parents. Some parents dont set good examples for their children. When

they are together, they just leave cellphones to kids and let them kill the

time. If they show the beautiful scenery around and teach kids to appreciate the

world. Then cellphone wont take up their time.

Halloween always falls on 31 October. It is a holiday for children. On that day, children always wear fancy clothes and masks. And then, they go from house to house to say "Trick or Treat", so that people will treat them with candies. If they don’t receive any candies, theyll play a trick on people. But sometimes if the people are going out, when the children come, theyll put the candies in a carved pumpkin lanterns. Children will take the candies themselves. All of the children enjoy this holiday very much.

给奶奶的一封信A Letter to Grandmother

Dear grandma,

How have you been?

I do not see you for along time. I miss you very much. I am writing to tell you a good news. I did very well in the final exams. I am the No.1 in my class. I worked very hard to prep are he final exames. And finally I didit. I am very exciting. Mom and dad are happy, too. They are proud of me. Besides, the summer holiday comes. I have much free time now. There fore, I want tovisit to you this Saturday. I am looking for ward to seeing you.Loveyou.

Lovely yours,

Niki

“嘟”的一声，一道温和的女声在耳边响起：“各位乘客，欢迎乘坐XM592号时空观光列车，我是导游鹭美，即将陪同你们穿越时空隧道，开启2156年厦门之旅！”

恍然间我置身在一列车厢中，车厢的四周和顶部都是透明玻璃罩，车厢外一片漆黑，突然，一个红色光圈闪过，接着黄色、绿色、蓝色……越来越多的光圈一闪而过，我兴奋地叫起来：“哇！我们在穿越虫洞！我们在穿越时空！”

片刻过去了，眼前忽然一亮，无边无际的蓝色包围着车厢，我环顾四周，呵，原来我们正漂浮在空中呢！我再探头往下一看，呵，是厦门！我看到了“海上花园”鼓浪屿，看到了依山傍海的厦门大学，看到了晨钟暮鼓的南普陀寺……一幢幢摩天大楼的外墙不再是闪亮刺眼的玻璃幕墙，全部都被绿色植物包裹，楼顶是个小型花园，被绿色草坪覆盖，一簇簇、一丛丛三角梅正迎风怒放，摇曳着身姿。

车厢稳稳地降落，没有一丝颠簸，我诧异地发现车厢居然漂浮地驰骋在道路上，按耐不住好奇的心情问：“鹭美阿姨，这列车厢没有轮子还能在陆地上跑？”她笑着说：“这列车厢利用了磁悬浮技术，即使没有车轮，也能在陆地上行驶，而且它还利用光动能技术，只要有微弱的光线就能产生动力，不像以前要靠汽油、柴油产生动力，所以科技的进步杜绝了废气的排放，雾霾没有了，天空更蓝啦！当然喽，车厢四周的玻璃罩具备耐温抗压的能力，让它不仅能上天，还能入海！”说完，车厢四周的玻璃罩缓缓降下，一阵清新的凉风扑面而来，夹杂着一丝青草与花香，沁人心脾，我情不自禁地深深吸了口气，鹭美开怀大笑地说：“尽量吸，多吸点，比阿尔卑斯雪山的空气还要纯净呢！”

海风习习，鸟语花香，靠山一侧的环岛路种植着厦门市树——凤凰木，绿树红花，婀娜多姿。靠海一侧的环岛路种植着海岛哨兵——椰子树，威武挺立，刚正不阿。树叶真绿得可爱，那翠绿的颜色，明亮地照耀着我的眼睛，似乎每一片绿叶上都有一个新的生命在颤动。鹭美告诉我们说：“科技推动了人类的进步，但也带来了环境污染，几代人坚持不懈地科技创新，利用大自然赋予的光能、电能、风力、水力……创造新能源，治理环境污染打造美好生活。还有就是前人种树，后人乘凉的传承，几代人多种树，种好树，缔造森林城市、生态城市！”说完，鹭美神秘地笑着说：“接下来我带你们去看看位于海底的生态厦门城吧！”

转眼间，玻璃罩又升起来，车厢朝着大海驶去，一个猛子扎进海里，渐渐地往海底沉下去，我看到色彩斑斓的热带鱼在四周游动，我看到五彩缤纷的海葵在礁石上伸展它的胳膊……“瞧！那个巨大的玻璃圆球是什么？”我惊呼。“那就是海底的厦门城啦！”鹭美回答道：“随着人口越来越多，人们除了利用填海造地解决人多地少的矛盾，还把开疆拓土的触角伸到了天空、海洋，建成了天空之城和海底世界，废水循环再利用，垃圾变形成能源……”我看到仿佛科幻电影般的城市跃然眼前，惊讶地合不拢嘴。

“叮铃铃……”一阵急促的铃声打断了我，我揉了揉眼睛，睁开双眼，呵，原来是个梦啊！脑海中仍清晰地记得那片广阔无垠的蓝，那片生机勃勃的绿……我看着校服上的校徽，一个想法蹦出来“科技缔造新厦门，每一天，美一点，早日实现中国梦！”

我的家乡在厦门，是一个美丽的地方。那里有许多的名胜古迹，比如：古老而神秘的建筑土楼群，驰名中外的鼓浪屿等。

首先我先给你们介绍一下，厦门古老的土楼。土楼分方形和圆形两种，都十分坚固。土楼可以有效的防止当地台风和地震的侵袭。土楼一般分四层，每层都有它们不同的作用。我去参观了几座，结构大概是这样的：一、二层没有窗，是用于存放粮食的。三、四层有的窗的才是用于居住的。我参观后，十分惊讶，为祖先建下这神奇的建筑，而感到自豪。另外，土楼外面有许多人自己做的小吃，如：仙草，山药，等等……我也去品尝了些，真的很不错！。

我参观的这么多土楼中，最为有名的便是永定土楼。它历史悠久、风格独特。2008年7月，它被成功列入世界遗产名录。

另外，令我影响最深的是永隆昌土楼。里面十分阴凉，根本不用开电风扇。永隆昌土楼上方用木头搭成，墙用土建成，十分坚固，好像永远不会倒塌一样。

然后，我再来介绍一下，厦门的着名岛屿——鼓浪屿。它在厦门西面，隔海约700米处的一个美丽的小岛，面积只有1。71平方公里。步行一个多小时就可以绕岛一圈。在这个小岛上，浓荫覆盖，花香扑鼻，可以说是处处似公园，触目皆佳景。

鼓浪屿十分的热闹，大大小小的店铺，卖着各种各样的小零食。收集图章也是一大亮点，走进店铺你就会看到，带有他们特色的图章，你可以买一本图章本，一边逛店铺，一边收集图章。我就做了这样的收集，半个小时之内，我就收集了二十几个图章呢！

我的家乡是那样美丽，我爱我的家乡！

a letter to my parents

dear mom & dad,

i love you! i love you so much! i love you with all my heart!

thank you so much for bringing up! thank you so much for raising me. i know

how hard you’ve worked during the past years. i can image how many difficulties

and obstacles you’ve conquered. i can imagine all the problems you have faced

and all the sweat and tears you have shed to make my life better. i can fully

understand what a huge responsibility it is to raise a child. you’ve been very

patient with me. you’ve encouraged me and you’ve helped me. you’ve tried your

hardest to give me the best things in life. you’ve made a lot of sacrifices and

many difficult choices. i also know that you have great expectations of me. you

want me to be very successful and happy. you want me to be the best person i can

be. you want me to do great things with my life. you want me to make the world a

better place. i know you have so many so many hopes and dreams for my

future.

today i want to tell you something extremely important.

today i want to tell you that you dont need to worry about me any more.

im grown up! i will be responsible for my life and for my future. i will study

very hard. i will exercise everyday to keep fit. i will read english every

morning and every night. i will make the best use of every spare minute. i will

be happy, confident, positive and energetic everyday!! i will develop good

habits and use them to constantly improve myself. i will never do anything that

would harm my body or my mind. i will never do anything that would make you feel

disappointed or ashamed. i will learn as much as i can and become smarter and

stronger every day. i have learned by watching you that the best way to reach my

goals is to work hard and never give up. you’re my best role models. you set a

great example for me.

i have so many great dreams. i know that realizing these dreams will take a

lot of time and effort. but dont worry about me. i have strong confidence in

myself. i know if i keep trying, keep working hard and keep dreaming, i will

definitely realize all my dreams. i will be somebody special. but i will not

only care about myself. i will contribute to my school, my hometown and my

country. i will contribute to society. i will use all my abilities and talents

to help my family and my country have a glorious future. i will make a

difference in this world.

dear mom and dad, you’ll be proud of me! you will see great results from

all your hard work and sacrifice. thank you very much for your continued

support! thank you very much for your patience, love and understanding. i love

you! i appreciate you! i’m very proud of you!

exercise every day to keep healthy! enjoy life every day and stay happy! my

only hope for you is you both to enjoy continued health and happiness. you

brought me into this word to share your life. i will do my best to make sure

each day of it is filled with joy and pride.

mom & dad, you are the best parents in the world! i don’t know what i

would have done without you.

all my everlasting love,

your daughter

Dear Alice，

As a teenager，I met the same problem as you. But now I can get along better with my mother. Here are some ideas for you。

Your mother talks much，because she cares about you. Maybe its not a good way，but it shows your mothers love. So I think you should listen to her. If your opinions are different from your mothers，you can communicate with her，and tell her what you are thinking about。

If your mother doesnt take your advice，just keep silent and give her a smile。

I hope what I say here can help you a lot。

[与父母相处英文话题作文

有这么一个人，我对她最熟悉不过了。

她呀，个子还算高，瘦瘦的，像根弱不禁风的豆芽菜;一条马尾辫常常甩在后脑勺;两道月牙一样的眉毛下是一双炯炯有神的眼睛;高挺的鼻子下有一整小巧的.嘴。

她的性格怎么说呢，这样说吧：她有时泼辣，有时文静。她的爱好广泛的很，读书啦、运动啦、写作文啦……说到写作文，她还与它有一段冤缘呢。起初，她并不喜欢写作文，可是老妈的命令下，她哪敢不从呢!写着写着，既然喜欢上了写作文，你说怪不怪?

她也有一颗善良的心：一天，她下午在学校教室与同学扫地。本与同学商量好，教室总共有三组，一人扫一组，中间一组一起扫。可是，她的同学肚子疼，她已扫完一组，可她的同学还是不舒服，所以她就自己一个人扫完了三个组，并且还不忘送她的同学去给老师看看。看吧，她就是这么一个好心肠的女孩。

同学们，你们猜猜，她是谁啊?告诉你们，她就是我。怎么样，猜着了么?

Nature never deceives us; it is always us who deceive ourselves.

大自然永远不会欺骗我们，欺骗我们的往往是我们自己。——Rousseau

Death…is no more than passing from one room into another.

死亡只不过是从一个房间进入另一个房间。——Helen Keller

Important principles may and must be flexible.

重要的原则能够也必须是灵活的。——Abraham Lincoln

That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to the pertinent answer.

科学的本质是：问一个不恰当的问题，于是走上了通往恰当答案的路。——Jacob Bronowsk

The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots.

在过去人们面临的危险是变成奴隶，而在将来危险是人类可能变成机器人。——Erich From

You can never plan the future by the past.

永远也不能依照过去来计划将来。——Burke

Time is a versatile performer. It flies, marches on, heals all wounds, runs out and will tell.

时间是个多才多艺的表演者。它能展翅飞翔，能阔步前进，能治愈创伤，能消逝而去，也能揭示真相。——Franklin P.Jones

The first in time and the first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature.

在所有头脑的影响之中，大自然的影响可谓是在时间上最先，在作用上最为重要的。——Emerson

Nature never deceives us; it is always us who deceive ourselves.

大自然永远不会欺骗我们，欺骗我们的往往是我们自己。——Rousseau

Death…is no more than passing from one room into another.

死亡只不过是从一个房间进入另一个房间。——Helen Keller

Important principles may and must be flexible.

重要的原则能够也必须是灵活的。——Abraham Lincoln

That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to the pertinent answer.

科学的本质是：问一个不恰当的问题，于是走上了通往恰当答案的路。——Jacob Bronowsk

The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots.

在过去人们面临的危险是变成奴隶，而在将来危险是人类可能变成机器人。——Erich From

[有关激励自己的英文名言警句

据说，在英语流行开来的时候，许多欧洲人纷纷开始学习。目的很明确：读英语小说原文。一方面，这是一种审美的需求，另一方面，这也是社会阶层的划分依据：从此，身边的人分为两种，即能读英语小说原著的，和不能用英语阅读小说的人。在这样的目的驱使下，可想而知学习效率会如何之高。

最近在学习英国文学史，下载了海量的英美小说和诗歌。可以这么说，不读小说，不知英文的精妙，不读诗歌，不知英文的优雅与靓丽。

当下国人学习英语的目标，个人认为，不是纯粹的审美层面的。或是为了高考、大学英语四六级之类的等级考试，或是为了留学考试。真正静下心来，读一首英文诗歌，或许你会爱上英文的。

可以说，我的英语学习是为“雪耻”，小学的时候英语考试睁眼瞎，题都读不懂。到了初中，凭借优秀的语文和数学成绩，进入了英语实验班——是的，有一些滑稽。于是，在老师的悉心、严格的教学下，在我的努力下，英语终于按部就班地提高起来。中考英语以146分位居年级第一，进入了理想的直升班。

现在回想起来，简单的动机，为我打下了坚实的英语基础。当时，最开心的事情，就是每周的英语考试，可以读到新鲜热辣的时文。

不过，与那些英语原版世界名著相比，英语说明文就显得黯然失色了。当然，那些来自于《时代》周刊的英文消息，是很值得玩味的。至今记得那篇略显晦涩的对乔伊斯《尤利西斯》的报道。

今天，又窝在家里听英国文学史，打开一本诗集，顿时沉醉其中。

如果，能够以审美的维度，重新审视英语学习，我想，大家对英语学习的兴致，大概会浓厚很多了。

暑假里，我和妈妈一起来到了闻名遐迩的鼓浪屿。

妈妈告诉我，鼓浪屿位于厦门岛西南隅，因为海浪拍击岩石，声音像打鼓一样，所以叫“鼓浪屿”。听她这么一说，我就更加向往。

坐在轮渡上，老远就看见了一朵巨大的绿色蘑菇开在海岛上。呵，那可不是蘑菇，而是一棵大榕树。登上海岛，我才发现大榕树真像巴金爷爷在《鸟的天堂》中写的那样，“枝上又生根，有许多根直垂到地上，伸进泥土里”，真像一位挂满胡子的老爷爷在欢迎我们。

俗话说：不登日光岩，不算到厦门。我们随着游人登上了日光岩顶，站在上面，整个人都沐浴在阳光里，大概“日光岩”这个名字就是这么来的吧。眺望远方，碧海蓝天，海上吹来的微风使人心旷神怡。海边沙滩上，游人有的在追逐，有的在戏水，还有的在捡贝壳，欢声笑语伴随着浪花的轻吟，给这里增添了无尽的欢乐。日光岩脚下，绿树掩映着新建的楼房，白墙红瓦，分外显眼。

从日光岩下来，我们又直奔向往已久的皓月园。远远的，就看见海边一块巨大的岩石上矗立着一尊雕像，那就是民族英雄郑成功。我们不由得加快脚步，来到雕像脚下，瞻仰英雄的英姿。看！他身披铠甲，手按宝剑，威风凛凛，让人肃然起敬。那炯炯有神的双眼，正专注地眺望着大海，仿佛在盼望宝岛台湾早日回到祖国的怀抱。

听妈妈说，鼓浪屿还有“建筑博物馆”和“钢琴之岛”的美誉。从皓月园出来后，我们特地上街走一回，果真如此。走在街上，随处可见各种中外风格的建筑物，既有民族建筑，也有西洋景观，古朴典雅，美不胜收。漫步街头，随时可以听到悦耳的钢琴声从各座房子里传出来，让人感觉仿佛走进了天然的音乐会场。

鼓浪屿啊，你那仙境般的景色，真让人流连忘返！

Dear Tony

I am very glad to hear from you.How is eveything with you?You ask me about my plan of the winter vocation.I am going to finish my homework as soon as possible so that I can have lots of free time to read more books and help my parents do some housework.I am going to learn how to cook some delicious dishes so that my parents will be happy to enjoy them.I am going to go skating and skiing with my parents because skating and skiing are my favourite winter sports.My parent will take me to visit some interesting places,such as the Summer Palace and the Forbitten City.It will be a lot of fun.I am looking forward to my winter vocation.

家乡是一个有非常多大河的地方，所以平时见到水的机会有非常多，但是又其实可以和海相提并论的。那一层一层渗透进去的蓝色，多看几眼仿佛就会醉一样。厦门的海和海南的海以及连云港的海都是不一样的。

海南的海像小姑娘一样，清澈透明，据说能见到海水以下30米，但是好像非常金贵一样，一碰就会碎，所以只可以远观不能亵玩；连云港的海，感觉像北方汉子，粗狂雄壮，去的时候正值8月份，但是炎热的天气并不能阻挡海浪的气势，一股接一股的浪，不断的扑过来，还把一个非常大的水母给冲上岸了，所以不可下海游泳，顺带说一句，水母真的非常大，还多人去抢，可惜新鲜的水母不能吃。厦门的海就像一个羞羞答答的小姑娘，欲拒还迎，非常可爱的样子。可惜现在太冷了，否则真想下海去游一会儿。说来可惜，去了这三个地方，一次都没有游泳，看来只有等下次了！

出名的馅饼，一去就吃了好多，有水果馅和肉馅、绿豆馅等等，油非常多，一个还行，两个就挺不住了，三个就彻底被打败了！最近胖了好多，回去小雪和桃子又得说我不注意控制了！哎！往事不堪回首，吃饭中！

Dear Lisa,

Hows it going? My winter break is coming soon, and here are my plans: Im going to read five novels because I love reading. I realized that I have gained a lot of weight, so I also plan to exercise every day until I lose five kilograms. Moreover, I want to watch some good movies, too. After all, the vacation is for us to relax! Right? Haha. Do you have any plans for your winter break? Write back soon! I miss you tons!

Love,

However, communications being what they were in the days when news traveled by foot, many people did not receive the news for several years. Others, the more obstinate crowd, refused to accept the new calendar and continued to celebrate the new year on April 1. These backward folk were labeled as "fools" by the general populace. They were subject to some ridicule, and were often sent on "fools errands" or were made the butt of other practical jokes.

This harassment evolved, over time, into a tradition of prank-playing on the first day of April. The tradition eventually spread to England and Scotland in the eighteenth century. It was later introduced to the American colonies of both the English and French. April Fools Day thus developed into an international fun fest, so to speak, with different nationalities specializing in their own brand of humor at the expense of their friends and families.

In Scotland, for example, April Fools Day is actually celebrated for two days. The second day is devoted to pranks involving the posterior region of the body. It is called Taily Day. The origin of the "kick me" sign can be traced to this observance.

Mexicos counterpart of April Fools Day is actually observed on December 28. Originally, the day was a sad remembrance of the slaughter of the innocent children by King Herod. It eventually evolved into a lighter commemoration involving pranks and trickery.

Pranks performed on April Fools Day range from the simple, (such as saying, "Your shoes untied, or I accidentally stepped on your glasses!), to the elaborate. Setting a roommates alarm clock back an hour is a common gag. Whatever the prank, the trickster usually ends it by yelling to his victim, "April Fool!"

Practical jokes are a common practice on April Fools Day. Sometimes, elaborate practical jokes are played on friends or relatives that last the entire day. The news media even gets involved. For instance, a British short film once shown on April Fools Day was a fairly detailed documentary about "spaghetti farmers" and how they harvest their crop from the spaghetti trees.

April Fools Day is a "for-fun-only" observance. Nobody is expected to buy gifts or to take their "significant other" out to eat in a fancy restaurant. Nobody gets off work or school. Its simply a fun little holiday, but a holiday on which one must remain forever vigilant, for he may be the next April Fool!