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Opposite Day is on January 24th each year. It is a strange but fun day. Whatever you say on this day must be the opposite of what you mean. If you say ‘yes’, you mean ‘no’ and vice versa. If someone tells you‘You don’t look so good today,’ you say ‘thank you’. Or perhaps that should be ‘No thank you’. If you have ever tried this for yourself, it can be quite confusing, although it is fun. Children love playingthis as a game and usually end up in non-stop laughter. Some psychologists have said that playing using opposite meanings is a good “philosophy course” for kids – it gets them thinking. It could also be the day when ‘opposites attract,’ which means two people who have totally different characters start a relationship.
人們在每年的1月24日來慶祝相反節。這是一個非常古怪，但是很有趣的節日。不管你這天說了什么都與你所要表達的意思相反。如果你說“是”，那么你的意思就是“不”，反之亦然。如果某人告訴你‘你今天看起來不太好’，你應該說‘謝謝’。或許你應該說‘不，謝謝’。如果你還沒有嘗試過，盡管這很有趣，但是你會感到非常困惑。孩子喜歡將它當成一種游戲，通常的結果是不停的大笑。許多心理學家認為說反話對孩子來說是一門很好的“心里課程”，這讓他們進行思考。這天也許會成為‘異性相吸’的一天，意思是兩種性格截然不同的人也可能會建立戀愛關系。
Opposite Day can be a very useful day for students. This is a good time to get out vocabulary notebooks and find the antonyms, or opposites, to different words. Students could focus on prefixes that are used to give a word an opposite meaning. For example ‘un’ in ‘unhelpful’ and ‘unnecessary’, or ‘il’ in illegal’ and ‘illogical’. There are many more. Actually, Opposite Day reminds me of a little verse I learntas a child. Here it is: “One bright morning in the middle of the night, two dead boys got up to fight. Back to back, they faced each other. Drew their swords and shot each other. A deaf policeman heard the noise, and came to arrest the two dead boys. If you don't believe this story’s true, ask the blind man - he saw it too!” Confusing? Why not make your own opposite story?
相反節對于學生來說可能會非常有用。這一天，學生會翻出詞匯書，查找反義詞。學生很有可能會關注詞語的前綴來獲得相反的意思。例如‘un’有‘unhelpful’和‘unnecessary’，‘il’有‘illegal’和‘illogical’。還有許多。事實上，相反節讓我想起了我小時候學到過的一篇小詩。詩文是：“夜半時分的早上，兩個死人起床打斗。他們面對面。拔出了劍，向對方射殺。一名聾子警官聽見了噪音，抓住了兩名死者。如果你不相信這個故事是真實的，那就問問這個失明的人吧，他看到了一切。”覺得困惑嗎？為什么不寫一寫你的相反故事呢？
譯文屬可可英語原創，未經允許，不得轉載。
