楊亞芬

Barbie is best known as a toy doll. She has become more than just a doll. Barbie is a brand. It is most common in the United States. It is named after a girl named Barbara. Barbara was the toy makers daughter.

Though the brand is most famous for the doll， other merchandise1 has been created with the Barbie name such as games， movies， videos， clothing， accessories2 and books. The clothes and accessories allow girls a taste of high fashion everyday.

Throughout the decades， Barbie has reflected and encouraged feminine3 growth in the workplace in the United States and been a miniature4 model of women worldwide.

The Barbie doll is the biggest selling toy in the history. On average， 172，000 dolls are sold by Mattel each day.

Barbies full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

She first debuted5 in 1959 in the black-and-white striped swimsuit.

The first Barbie doll sold for $3.

The best-selling doll ever was the Totally Hair Barbie in 1992.

芭比是個有名的洋娃娃。她不僅是一個玩具，還是一個品牌。芭比娃娃在美國最常見。它以一個名叫芭芭拉的女孩命名。芭芭拉是這個玩具制造商的女兒。

盡管這個品牌最有名的是玩具，芭比旗下也有其他的產品，如游戲、電影、視頻、服裝、飾品和書籍等。服裝和飾品讓女孩們每天都很有時尚品味。

在過去的幾十年中，芭比娃娃反映并促進了美國女性就業(yè)的增長，也成為了全球女性的一個縮影。

芭比娃娃是史上銷售量最大的玩具。美泰玩具公司（芭比娃娃的制造商）平均每天售出17.2萬個芭比娃娃。

芭比娃娃的全名是芭芭拉·米莉森特·羅伯茨。

1959年，芭比娃娃面世，身穿黑白條紋的游泳衣。

第一個芭比娃娃的售價是3美元。

1992年的“長發(fā)芭比”是最暢銷的芭比款式。

Notes：

1. merchandise n. 商品；貨物

2. accessory n. 配件；配飾

3. feminine adj. 女性的；陰性的；嬌柔的

4. miniature adj. 微型的，小規(guī)模的，縮影的

5. debut vi. 初次登臺