The Boy with a Fake Smile Finds Fame in China
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Vocabulary/Expressions:

1. fake (adj.) - not genuine / not real.

2. gecko (n) - a type of lizard.

3. viral (adj.) - used to describe something that quickly becomes very popular or well known by being published on the internet or sent from person to person by email, phone, etc.

4.meme (n) - online media (usually humorous) that is reused, adapted, and shared by many

5. expression(n) - the look on someone's face, showing what they feel or think.

Questions:

1. Who is Gavin Thomas?

2. How is the gecko related to his popularity?

3. What does this child help Chinese people do?

4. Are there some instances when you hardly express what you feel? What do you do about it?

5. Memes have become both a language and an art. Do you follow and understand memes? What makes them difficult to understand?