【新编大学英语】（第一册）Unit 9 C 愚人节（3/4）
Hints:Guardian April Fools
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http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201302/201302260628444374916.mp3It was, of course, untrue. Another Guardian April Fools' classic was their 1977 seven-page supplement on a totally imaginary island. Article after article described the island's attractions for sun-seeking tourists and its economic and social development. This was not the first time that British journalists had tried to fool the public. In fact, the inspiration came from the BBC. In 1957, the BBC broadcast a television programme showing Italian "spaghetti farmers" harvesting spaghetti from trees. Newspaper editorials strongly criticized the programme's producer for misleading the British public.
But if al this makes you feel determined not to be tricked this year, be careful when you are trying to uncover the jokes. For some newspapers have found a new way to deceive their readers – by not lying.
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