If someone says to you: “give me five”, do not search your pocket to get five yuan! It will make others laugh! The person's not asking for your money, but your fingers.
In the US, "give me five" or "give me the high five" is a popular gesture (动作). You can see it often in films or on TV. It means the slapping (拍) of each other's raised (举起的) right hands together.
People do it when they meet for the first time or something happy happens. For example, a student has good marks in exams or wins a lottery ticket (彩票). If a football team wins a game, the players will give high fives to everyone around to celebrate.
This gesture may come from the old Roman gesture of raising the right arm for the emperor(皇帝). This showed that the person raising his arm did not have a sword (刀) in his hand.
Why not try to give the high five to your friends?
“Give me five” is a gesture to __________.
A.make people laugh | B.ask for money |
C.celebrate success | D.search one’s pocket |
The gesture “give me five” is the clapping of __________.
A.toes | B.hands | C.arms | D.legs |
When you __________, you give your friends high five.
A.lose your money | B.go back home |
C.win a football game | D.do badly in exam |
Why did the Romans raise the right arm for the emperor? Because __________.
A.they were proud of their emperor |
B.they were happy to see the emperor |
C.they wanted to show there were no swords in their hands |
D.we don’t know |