Pre-reading questions:
- What kind of toys do you have?
- Have you ever seen a Barbie-doll?
Barbara Millicent Roberts, also known as Barbie, is a brand of doll representing a slim, shapely young woman, especially one with blonde hair, blue eyes, and fair skin. The symbolic doll made by the American toy company named as Mattel made its first public appearance on March 9, 1959 at the American International Toy Fair in New York. In addition to that, Barbie celebrated her 58th birthday last Match 9, 2017 and over the years, the doll has become a cultural image even though some people do not agree with her unrealistic figures.
Vocabulary:
symbolic [adjective] – serving as a symbol of a thing
appearance [noun] – an act of performing or participating in a public event
cultural [adjective] – relating to ideas, customs, and social behavior of a society
unrealistic [adjective] – inappropriate to reality or fact
figure [noun] – a person’s bodily shape
True or False:
- Barbara Millicent Roberts is also known as Barbie.
- The American toy-company Mattel made Barbie.
- Barbie’s birthday is on March 9, 1969.
- The first public appearance of Barbie happened at the American International Toy Fair in Africa.
- Barbie is already 59 years old.