爱华网High five---Give Me Five
The high five is a celebratoryhand gesture that occurs when two peoplesimultaneously raise one hand, about head high, and push, slide orslap the flat of their palm and hand against the palm and flat handof their partner. The gesture is often preceded verbally by thephrase "Give me five" or "High five".
There are many origin stories of thehigh five, but the two most documented candidates are Dusty Baker and Glenn Burke of the Los Angeles Dodgersprofessional baseball team on Oct. 2, 1977, and Wiley Brown and Derek Smith of theLouisville Cardinals men's college basketballteam during the 1978-1979 season.
In the United States, there is an initiative tocelebrate the third Thursday of April as National High FiveDay.
High Five，是美国文化手势的一种，并没有正式的中文名称，一般代表了“庆祝成功的击掌”有时也写成“Give me five”。这个手势用于两人之间，动作是两人各高举一只手，并向对方的手拍击。1977年，美国棒球队员格兰·伯奇Glenn Burke和达斯基·贝克Dusty Baker是最典型的代表，他们经常在洛杉矶的道奇球场上做出这个手势，可确定的是，这是棒球场上第一个High-five的使用例子。当时伯奇经常使用这个手势“预告”贝克会赢。
在孩童的游戏中，High five的手势搭配著有押韵的歌谣：“up high, to the side, to the other side,down low, too slow!”当念到too slow时，手就要快速放下让对方击不到掌。
美国在每年四月的第三个星期四，是“国家High Five日”，2005年四月举办的是第五届。
