Are you still doing the V for victory sign? It's out. The latest popular hand gesture（手势）is putting both of your hands and put them together to make a heart—shape. It is  {#blank#}1{#/blank#} “hand heart”.

Many young pop {#blank#}2{#/blank#} in the US have done the move in recent photos. “The‘hand heart'gesture means something {#blank#}3{#/blank#} 'I love you' and 'thank you', ”said Taylor Swift,the country singer. “You can send a sweet，simple message without {#blank#}4{#/blank#} a word.”
Swift often does it at her concerts. And she is believed to be the first to {#blank#}5{#/blank#} it popular.
Last month，Justin Bieber and{#blank#}6{#/blank#} uperstar friends did the “ hand heart” and put the photos online.They did it to help out three kids whose parents were killed in a car accident.

“It used to take much  {#blank#}7{#/blank#}  for nonverbal（非语言的）culture to move. But now ,It moves faster{#blank#}8{#/blank#} we have smart phones and the Internet.
In the Republic of Korea, the “hand heart “ has been  {#blank#}9{#/blank#}  for a long time, but in a different  {#blank#}10{#/blank#}  . People there put their hands above their heads and making a bigger heart shape with their arms. It means: “I love you.”

    How can we practice our spoken English?

    The first and the most {#blank#}1{#/blank#} thing is to believe yourself. You should always be full of confidence, or you will never be able to improve your English. You should often encourage {#blank#}2{#/blank#}.

    "Come on, don't be afraid."

    You should never lose heart and never {#blank#}3{#/blank#}.

    Maybe you are afraid of {#blank#}4{#/blank#} face, but you should think since we are students and we are learning, there is no need to worry about{#blank#}5{#/blank#}.

    You must always be active in practice. There is no problem that your pronunciation and intonation (语调) can't be as good as the native people because we are {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, and we don't have chances to live in foreign countries and talk with the people there. But you must know that the main way to study English is to make ourselves {#blank#}7{#/blank#}other people. You should believe that native speakers will not laugh at you, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} they will encourage you. So if you are brave {#blank#}9{#/blank#}, you will certainly make rapid progress in your spoken English.

Don't be shy or afraid! Just have {#blank#}10{#/blank#} try.

A: Let's {#blank#}1{#/blank#} volleyball. OK?

B: Sorry, I don't have a volleyball. But I have a basketball.

A: I don't want(想要) to play basketball. I only want to play volleyball.

B: Maybe Tom has one. Let's go and ask {#blank#}2{#/blank#}.

A & B: Hi, Tom! Do you have a volleyball?

C: No, I don't. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Peter have one?

A & B: Oh, yes, he does.

A &B&C: Hi, Peter! Do you have {#blank#}4{#/blank#} volleyball?

D: Yes, I do. But {#blank#}5{#/blank#} is at home.

B: Well, let's play basketball. OK?

A &C: OK!

    The kiwi lives only in New Zealand. It is a very strange bird{#blank#}1{#/blank#}it can not fly. The kiwi is the same{#blank#}2{#/blank#}as a chicken. It has no wings or tails. It doesn't have any feathers like other birds. It has hair on its body. Its mouth is very long. It has two feet and each foot has four toes.

    A kiwi likes to have a lot of trees around it. It sleeps during the day because the sunlight hurts its eyes. It can smell things{#blank#}3{#/blank#}its nose. It is the only bird in the world that can smell things. The kiwi's eggs are very big. There are only{#blank#}4{#/blank#}kiwis in New Zealand now. People never see them. The government says that people can't kill kiwis. New Zealanders want their kiwis to live.

    There is a picture{#blank#}5{#/blank#}a kiwi on New Zealand money. People from New Zealand are sometimes called kiwis.