文档介绍：Five Famous Symbols of American Culture
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co-founder n. 联合创始人
someone who works with you as a beginner
co
→
together with
eg:
co-author 合著者
co-pilot 合作驾驶者
co-ordinate 使协调
co-exist 共存
co-habitation 共同居住
co-operate 合作
three-dimensional adj 三维的
having length,width and height
eg:
The three-dimensional model for Barbie was a German
doll - a joke gift for adultsdescribed as having the
appearance of “a woman who sold sex”.
芭比娃娃的三维模型是一个德国洋娃娃,一个哄成年人开心的
礼物,被描绘成具有“风尘女子”的模样
refashion vt. 重新制作:重新塑造
shape or make again
exaggerate v. 夸张:夸大
make sth .seem larger,more important, better or worse than it really is
breast n. 胸部
version n. 叙述:说法
an account of an evevt
Mattel refashioned the doll into a decent, all-American
-although with an exaggerated breast size - version
and named it after Barbara, who was then a teenager.
马特尔公司将这个娃娃做了一番改造,变成了体面
地道的美国版本尽管胸围有些夸张。它以当时10多
岁的少女芭芭拉的名字命名。
universally ad. 普遍的:无一例外的
worldwide or in all situtions
Since her introduction in 1959 ,Barbie has e
the universally recognize Queen of the Dolls.
至从1959年面世,芭比娃娃就成了全球公认的“娃娃女王”
Before all the different types of Barbie dolls for sale now,
there was just a single Barbie.
Actually, her name was Handler was the daughter of Elliot and Ruth Handler, co-founders of the Mattel pany. Ruth came up with the idea for Barbie after watching her daughter play with paper dolls. The three-dimensional model for Barbie was a German doll - a joke gift for adults described as having the appearance of “a woman who sold sex”. Mattel refashioned the doll into a decent, all-American -although with an exaggerated breast size - version and named it after Barbara, who was then a teenager.