英文歌词call me baby（通用20篇）

1一次无意中，我从书桌中翻出了一本积满灰尘的相册，在第二排，我找到了你，我的同桌，顿时一首歌回荡在耳边，那首《同桌的你》。

2“你是否还会想起，问我借半块橡皮？”记得你是个健忘的人，考试经常不带橡皮，老是问我借，害得一次考试后老师找我谈话，说我和你用橡皮打小抄，可怜的我被老师罚站一节课。幸好你不是那种忘恩负义之人，下课后会递上一块口香糖，使我在苦中找到甜蜜。

3“你是否还会想起，猜不出问题的你？”记得你的成绩如此优秀，但你是个不折不扣的地理盲。语文课上生龙活虎的你，在地理课上简直成了一只小鸡，蜷缩了起来，连举手的勇气也没有，可老师偏偏喜欢请你发言。哎，也真是难为了同学们的耳朵了———你说英国和美国是邻国，中国和日本海间隔着印度洋，甚至你说全世界只有两大洲，亚洲和非洲正因为有了你的“胡言乱语”，平时我最喜欢的课，除了体育课，就是地理课了。

4哦，对了。说到体育课，你可真厉害。外表看上去，那么漂亮的女孩子，竟是个体育狂热爱好者，100米短跑15秒1搞定，立定跳远超过了所有的男同学，因此有这么多男同学愿意和你踢球。你和我，便成了球场上的两个箭头，弄得对方守门员时时手忙脚乱。记得吗？上次我们踢了(2)班一个6比0，你还大为不爽呢！

5“谁把你的长发盘起”你有着一头乌黑、漂亮的长发，但你却不去整理，也许这与你的性格有关吧，但你不至于让我这样一个堂堂男子汉为你梳头，幸好还很早没有人看到，不然，又要到办公室报到了。

6毕业典礼那天，你哭了。因为你要远行去日本念书。我们最后一次坐在一起了，毕竟5年了。我也忍不住流下了眼泪。当时气氛真的好奇怪，我强忍着内心的不舍，终于道出了一句缓和气氛的话：“这下你终于知道中国和日本之间是什么海了吧？”你笑了，笑得多么灿烂啊！

7同桌，你现在到底怎样了？我好想知道，你的体育成绩仍那么优秀吗？你的地理成绩有所长进吗？我现在真想把《同桌的你》这首歌唱给你听，回味那难忘的小学时光。

[积累写人作文开头句子

Dear Santa:

Ive been a very good boy this year. I study hard and am nice to my

friends. I helped Mom and Dad decorate the Xmas tree. And I didnt fight with my

baby sis. So please put me on your list.

I want to have a mountain bicycle as my Xmas gift and a lot of love for my

dear Mommy and Daddy. This Xmas will sure be a special one. Mommy plans to cook

a Xmas feast and invite some friends over on Xmas Eve.

I want to wish all my family and friends merry Xmas!

Sincerely yours,

Jonh

亲爱的圣诞老公公：

我今年一直都有做个乖小孩。我有用功读书，而且对我的朋友也很好。我帮妈妈跟爸爸布置圣诞树，而且我也没有跟我妹妹打架，所以请你把我放到你的礼物单上面。

我想要有一辆越野车当作我的圣诞礼物，然后给我亲爱的爸爸妈妈很多很多的爱。今年的圣诞节一定会很特别，妈咪圣诞夜打算要作一顿圣诞大餐，还会邀请一些朋友来家里。我要祝我的家人跟朋友圣诞快乐!

你诚挚的，

乔

Making friends is a skill like many other skills. it improves with practice. if you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing to take some actions. you must first go where there are people. you won’t make friends staying home alone. join a club or a group. taking with those who like the same things as you do is much easier. or join someone in some activities. many people are nervous when talking to new people. after all meeting strangers means facing the unknown. and it’s human nature to feel a bit uncomfortable about the unknown. most of our fears about dealing with new people come from doubts about ourselves. we imagine other people are judging us of finding us too tall or to short, too this or too that. but don’t forget that they must be feeling the same way. try to accept yourself as you are and try to put the other person at ease. you’ll both feel more comfortable.

Try to be self-comfident even if you don’t feel that way. when you enter a room full of strangers, such as a new classroom, walk tall and straight, look directly at other people and smile.

If you see someone you like to speak to, say something . don’t wait for the other person to start a conversation.

Just meeting someone new does not mean that you will make friends with that person-friendship is based on mutual liking and “give and take”. it takes time and effort to develop.

Dear Sir,

I am a December 2003 graduate from the University of San Francisco (USF)

with a bachelors degree in International Business. As part of my career

planning, I am very interested in supplementing my international business

education with a basic knowledge of the Chinese language. This I hope will help

me enter into business commerce with business organizations partnering with

Chinas economic development.

I already have information from BLCU and hope to study there for at least

one full year starting with this summers program continuing through the fall

and spring semester 2006. Can your office advise me if such scholarships might

be available to me?

I have been studying Chinese for one year now. I am not sure what level I

belong to. I was told that there will be an HSK test in our university in

September. I am planning to attend the test. But I dont know if the result of

the test is recognized by your university. If so, can it be a help for me to

apply for the scholarship?

I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours faithfully,

Tom Jolly

Five Mr. Liu Tao Yuanming once said: "seeing not advice, but the future can be repaired." Indeed, when we look back at the past, those who have not changed as is as trassient as a fleeting cloud, laugh at the harvest has been obtained, and forget not. And when we look to the future, and everything in the future is in our own hands, we should be full of longing and pursuing a better future.

When you face the past, I want to say to you: you dont think about what you did, but to what you have, in the face of Qu Yuans career flow, mind is full of broken own ideal, then hold stone river. Haizi facing the gap between ideal and reality, the mind is not "spring", and the fiery youth under the tracks jimie. Many students in the face of the setback of learning for a moment, the heart is thinking of the temporary loss, so they lost their precious life. In the face of the past, they forget what they have. Learn more than Voltaire! He was exiled to the British Isles, he also received the government beaten, he also spent time in the Bastille, these human beings face the pain he was almost out of. But he laughed at the past, forgetting the lost. He thought that he still had a healthy body to hold the pen holder, so he called the same way in the "philosophical discourse", inspired the people through the encyclopedia, and got the happiness in the heart.

When you look ahead, I want to say to you: you dont think what you have now, but to think you dont have what, small Zhong Yong young satisfied with his talent for the future, he always thinks he can be happy forever this insignificant skill, he no longer want to have more extensive knowledge. So in the end "and then everybody". In the cold desert, Su Wu lonely with Chinese festival bare sitting in the snow, snow white with his eyebrows, cold froze his fingers, but his heart carries only to return to the big beautiful vision of the future, but not now own loneliness, this kind of faith support he finally happy to return to the chinese.

Looking forward to the future, to have the "Dongpo looking northwest, Sirius radio," perseverance, to "get the lead out, still can Jiaxuan Fanfou" do not give up, to have Li Bai "to be useful" self-confidence. You can be happy if you have a dream without complacency.

Not because of the past lost not because now has a jittery, and complacency, laugh at the past and look forward to the future, we can get you a diamond The brightness dazzles the eyes. wonderful life.

Today is Friday, the school sixth grade students for us specially held a Christmas activities. Just came into the classroom, I saw a sea of hat. See our class the classmate all put on his best clothes, some students even dressed as a "Santa Claus" - wearing long false beard, dressed in red and white.

"Jingle bell", the bell for class a snap at noon, we just cant wait to run to the playground, in the playground was hilarious, the students are holding their own game card in the "level" to come back to the shuttle. I also with classmates Luo Tong yao quickly written a word from the "New Year", "see that no one message, immediately ran past. We come to the camera, said with a smile: "the blessings of Christmas, I wish you a merry Christmas!" Then, we go to find seol bouveng again "English talent" a joke "Intherestaurant" show.

My heart pounded with came to the front, in the face of so many audience, Im a little afraid, but I soon calm down again, say the introduction in fluent English, may be under my drive, the following performance very well. Take the middle period of, for example, when the waiter Luo Tong yao times give seol bouveng "in", also from time to time, said: "Im sorry, Sir." Which is both the chef and manager of I, then the action is done very image, got everyones admiration and applause.

The most exciting time, we came to the last, and "laowai" dialogue. I saw the two men are blond hair, high aquiline nose, even eyes as blue as the day. I came to him, he said to me: "Hi! DoyoulikeEnglish?" I answered: "Yes, Ido!" Then he asked me what Christmas I, again after I answered, he is very happy to gave me three grain of sugar, also said: "Goodjob!" English teacher said that he think my answer is very good.

Game over, soon we are reluctant to leave the playground

参考翻译

今天是星期五，学校为我们六年级的同学特意举办了一次圣诞节活动。刚一进教室，我就看到了一片帽子的海洋。只见我们班同学都穿上了自己最好看的衣服，有的同学甚至还扮成了“圣诞老人”——戴着长长的假胡子、穿着红白相间的衣服。

“叮铃铃”，中午上课的铃声一打响，我们就迫不及待地跑到了操场，偌大的操场顿时热闹起来，同学们纷纷拿着自己的游戏卡在各个“关卡”前来回穿梭。我也和同学罗童尧快速地写上了“新年的一句话”，看到说祝福语的地方没人，就立即跑了过去。我们来到照相机前，面带微笑地说：“致圣诞的祝福，祝你圣诞快乐!”接着，我们又去找薛博文去“英语风采”一表演笑话《Intherestaurant》。

我的心砰砰跳着来到台前，面对这么多观众，我有些害怕，不过我很快就又镇静下来，用流利的英语说出了开场白，也许是在我的带动下，下面的演出十分顺利。就拿中间的一段来说吧，当服务员的罗童尧多次给薛博文“换汤”，还不时说：“对不起，先生。”而既是厨师，又是经理的我，则把动作做得十分形象，得到了大家的赞叹和掌声。

最令人激动的时刻到了，我们来到了最后一关，和“老外”对话。只见那两个人都是金黄色的头发、高高的鹰钩鼻子、连眼睛也是跟天一样的蓝色。我来到他面前，他对我说：“Hi!DoyoulikeEnglish?”我回答：“Yes，Ido!”接着，他又问了我圣诞节我干什么，在我回答完后，他十分高兴给了我三粒糖，还说：“Goodjob!”英语老师说，他认为我回答的非常好。

游戏很快就结束了，我们恋恋不舍地离开了操场。

Yesterday when Susan was waiting for the bus at a bus stop, she saw a purse

lying on the ground. She picked it up and opened it. In it was some money and a

telephone card. She wanted to find out who lost it. So she went to a public

telephone and dialed the number on the card. Fortunately someone answered the

phone. When the lady came and got back her purse,she thanked Susan for her good

deed.

Hazy Weather

Recently，hazy weather has become commonin China. People wear masks to avoid

poisonous air. Emissionproduced from factories and cars is the main source. The

smog surely hasnegative effects on peoples health especially that of

thechildren and the elderly .But how to deal with it?

First， the government should perfect laws to punish those factories

thatignore the protection. And businessmen must pay more attention to

theenvironment instead of money. Second， green commuting and alow-carbon life

are supposed to be called for. Third，we should develop green and energy-saving

energy to lower theemission of haze.

If we work together，our environmentwill get better and better and haze

weather will disappear completely.

A suichu fireworks, energy-saving - signature

With the sound of familiar firecrackers in the ear, the taste of the year became thicker and thicker. The eyes see, the ears hear, the nose smells full of jubilation.

Spring Festival comes, we are very happy, all families have attached to the couplet, and the word "Fu", "Fu Fu" is the meaning of "blessing". With regard to the origin of "Spring Festival", there is a kind of legend that there was a kind of beast called "year" in ancient times of China. "Year", head long antennae, ferocious abnormality. Long years of deep seabed, each to a specific day (which is now the new years Eve) to climb the shore, devouring livestock harm human life. Therefore, every new years Eve, people help the aged and the young stockaded village fled to the mountains, to avoid "year" damage. One year on New Years Eve, the old man begged from the village. The villagers rush to a scene of panic, no one cares about him, only village as an old woman gave the old man some food, and urged him to speed up the mountain to avoid "year", the old man pulled up to the mustache smiled: "if her mother let me stay at home one night, I have to years away." The old woman continued to persuade the old man to laugh without saying.

So there must be fireworks in the Spring Festival

The fireworks in the sky diversiform dressed in brightly coloured, "fireworks into the sky", "bang" sound exploded, the sky suddenly become colorful, the faint powder is like colorful flower blooming. But the drama is not long. The fireworks are fading slowly from the sky until they disappear. Over there, a shock silver light caught my attention, and it sprayed and sprayed up. Falling back then jumped out of the silver, like pearls falling from the sky to tens of thousands of people, very beautiful feeling; snapping, snapping, the deafening sound of firecrackers is certain! The noisy sound is enough to add a lot of joy to the 2013.

There is a warm fire, burning, and intensified, the orange flames rolling up and down, as if calling what, like dancing in joy. People, things, China, the Spring Festival is becoming more and more intense, bringing 2013 new weather!

The Spring Festival rich in the rich years, the rich people.

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):

Dear Mr and Mrs Brown，

亲爱的布朗夫妇，

I was so move to hear that youd like to send me to another school。 Thank you very much for your kindness。However，I cant go to school now。 I have a good job and if I go to school， I will have to give up the job， besides。 I have a good teacher who is a famous painter。He teaches me painting in my spare time。 I am so glad that you like my painting。 Right now， I am working on the new work， I think， I can send you a copy next month。 Thank you again for your kindness。

听说你们想让我去其他学校上学，这让我很感动。你们对我真好。但是，我现在还不能上学。我现在有稳定的工作，如果我去上学，我就要辞职，此外，我认识一名老师，他是一位著名的画家。闲暇时间里，他会教我画画。你喜欢我的作品，这让我感到非常高兴。我现在正在创作一幅新的作品，我想下个月送你一个复印版。再一次感谢你。

Yours

敬礼。

Lili。

莉莉。

[英文作文写给布朗夫妇的一封信

summer job

the summer job is a tradition among students of american universities. long before the end of the school year（）,students begin their search for jobs during vacation ( june, july, and august).

students send letters to businesses, talk to employers about job opportunities durlng the summer, and ask friends and relarives to be on the lookout for jobs for them. by june the students have usually

solved the problem and begin to make preparations for leaving their books to enter the business world.

reasons for wanting a summer job are different from student to student. some work to help pay their school expenses; others work to gain experience in their chosen professions; still others work just for the fun of it.

typist, construction worker, salesman, lifeguard, and waiter

these are some of the more common jobs that students try to find during the summer months. but many young people find work that is a little more unusual.

[用英文写好我的暑假作文

This is a hot and beautiful love story, the heroine Margaret beautiful, clever and kind, although prostitution, but still maintained a pure and noble soul. She was passionate and hopeful to pursue a real love life, and when this hope was disillusioned, she was willing to sacrifice herself to become a man.

A prostitute and a very good young man love each other, and they use all their power to love each other. But they can not save their love, not to want the happiness. Deep will eventually become an indelible status for gully love, how many people love can transcend everything eventually defeated in the match with reality. This book is a realistic fairy tale, with a beautiful vision, a bright hope, but cruel to the social nature of social standards out of apathy.

I sympathize with Margaret, but I admire her more. While Armands depravity in higher education, Margaret, a prostitute, was constantly sublimated. A weakness of social system underlying women are hard to find new ways to change the fate, she had to use the body in exchange for money to maintain and Armand poor love, nobody has the power to accuse her lowly, on the contrary Margaret bones is pure pain ".

In the end she was unable to be with her beloved Armand, a tragic death. But she never regretted for her short life. She fell in love with a person, a person who brightens her life and gives her confidence and hope. With the love of the tea flower girl, although still in the flower pattern years of death, but has already got a persons sincere love. No matter how stumbling on the road of love, she never lost her dignity.

Today, it is the first day of school, I look forward to the mood, walked, he thought: look like a classmate, teacher if there is any change. Walk, see the schools have people mountain people sea, to the classroom, ah! Move the classroom, the teacher also changed. Students grow fat in vain.

I really happy today! Later want to have a class, listening!

Fathers Day is a holiday to celebrate fatherhood and parenting by males,

just as Mothers Day celebrates motherhood. Typically giving gifts to fathers

and celebrating as a family is the main event of the day. Fathers Day is

celebrated on different days in different countries.

Fathers Day exists almost all over the world to honor and commemorate

fathers or forefathers. In the Roman Catholic tradition, Fathers Day is

celebrated on Saint Josephs Day, March 19, though in most countries Fathers

Day is a secular celebration.

In recent years, retailers have adapted to the holiday by selling

male-oriented gifts such as electronics and tools. Schools and other childrens

programs commonly have activities to make Fathers Day gifts.

In the United States, the driving force behind the establishment of the

celebration of Fathers Day was Mrs Sonora Smart Dodd, born in Creston,

Washington. Her father, the Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, as a single

parent raised his six children in Spokane, Washington. She was inspired by Anna

Jarviss efforts to establish Mothers Day. Although she initially suggested

June 5, the anniversary of her fathers death, she did not provide the

organizers with enough time to make arrangements, and the celebration was

deferred to the third Sunday of June. The first Fathers Day was celebrated on

June 19, 1910, in Spokane.

Unofficial support from such figures as William Jennings Bryan was

immediate and widespread. President Woodrow Wilson was personally feted by his

family in 1916. President Calvin Coolidge recommended it as a national holiday

in 1924. In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson made Fathers Day a holiday to be

celebrated on the third Sunday of June. The holiday was not officially

recognized until 1972, during the presidency of Richard Nixon.

Today is the second day of the English Summer we study at Zhejiang

University.

It’s hot.In the morning,we ate breakfast at the dining room.That food was

not bad.Then we went to the assembly meeting hall.Some teachers talked about

their hopes,as well as rules.Then we came back to our classroom,we had a test.It

was difficult.So I thought I didn’t do it well.

I want to speak English well.I believe I can.I’ll sleep.Bye-bye!

qing ming jie(all souls day)qing ming is a time to remember the dead and the dearly departed. more important, it is a period to honour and to pay respect to ones deceased ancestors and family members. because it reinforces the ethic of filial piety, qing ming is a major chinese festival.

literally meaning "clear" (qing) and "bright" (ming), this chinese festival falls in early spring, on the 106th day after the winter solstice. it is a "spring" festival, and it is an occasion for the whole family to leave the home and to sweep the graves of their forebears. chinese being practical people this sweeping of the graves is given an extended period, that is, 10 days before and after qing ming day. among some dialect groups a whole month is allocated.

[清明英文作文范本

hello every one, first let me introduce myself. my name is ***, ** yearsold. i am from ******,a beautiful city in henan province. it is famous as the"capital of ****" and enjoy yhe honer that l***** peony is the best in theworld. ****** played a very important role in chinese history. so it has aprofound cultural background and many great heritagesites have been wellreverved. such as longmen grotto, one of the three grottoes in china ang whitehorse temple, being regarded as the cradle of chnese buddhism.****** peony isworld-famous. every year, many tourists travel to ****** to see the beauty ofpeony .the people in my hometown are friendly, they welcome the travellers fromall over the world.i like my hometown very much. i am very glad to be here forthis interview. i graduated from****** college in july,**** and major infinance. then, i was a teacher in abc, when i was a senior school student, i aminterested in thought and began to read a certain classic work of marxism,especially i finished reading “the florilegium of mao zedong”. from then on, ihave dabbled in more and more theoretical works and accumulated great interestsin theory study, especially in marxism.i have a dream, a dream of my study. iwish devote my whole life and energy into the development of the marxism. if ihave the opportunity to study in abc university, i’ll dabble in as much asdocument about the specialty as possible. if

it is possible, i want to get theprimary accomplishment in my major, at least, a stable basis.personally, fortoday’s china, the first task to the development of marxism is a process ofconstruction. that’s to say, we should understand marxism mostly from the aspectof construction and development of social society. only when our socialisticcountry has a more rapid and balance development than the capitalistic, we canenhance the attractiveness and persuasion of marxism eventually. thank you !

Be grateful for friends

It is a celebrating day. I got in touch with Michael whom I have been losing contact for one year.

It is really magic. I was searching online aimlessly yesterday when an idea struck me suddenly: since Ben can find out my secret by keying in my name in the search engines, why cant I do so, either?

I intended to find out something about Ben in revenge in the first place, but soon extend my name list to a wider category. It was then that I recalled Michael suddenly.

We have lost contact since our last correspondence in my senior 3. He mentioned to me in his last letter that he was preparing for going to UK to further his education. I, shamefully, was too busy to reply his mail then. When I was recommended to ZJU and won the final freedom, I thought he had already been in UK so I had no idea where to write him.

I used to think that we would never meet again. However, when I browsed the entries about him, I found out excitedly that he is still in P.R.C.!!

Without a moment hesitation, I ran upstairs to my dorm and found out my old address book. Thank goodness, his home no was still there.

After 3 times calling with no answer replies, I eventually got him on the phone. He was more surprised than I could imagine that when I asked for his hp no he was too nervous to remember it.

Life is enjoyable in moments such like this. Old friends meet again surprisingly, on a road of their own ways to their dreams. They look at the face of each other, and recognize the old pal. It is such moment that makes me feel grateful to life: whenever I set off for a new destination, I see I have friends in the same direction, with whom I wont feel alone any more.

我们的习惯（Our Hobbies）

My friends have got many hobbies. Collecting dolls is her hobby. She has got lots of beautiful dolls. One is from Australia and two are from France. This is from America and these are from China. She can make lots of clothes for her dolls. Reading is Sam’s hobby. He’s got lots of books from China. There is a picture book from Japan. Riding bikes is Amy’s hobby. She has a new bike. And she has got lots of pictures of bikes. They are very beautiful. Flying kites is Jim’s hobby. He’s got lots of kites. He makes a dragon kite for his cousin. Yesterday, he flew kites in the park. We like our hobbies very much.

[我们的习惯（Our Hobbies）为题的英文作文

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!