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Updated: 2005-08-03 10:07

 A new, evolved Furby toy launched at the United Nations Plaza Hotel

 

 

A new, evolved Furby toy launched at the United Nations Plaza Hotel

 

Nine-year-old Isabel London poses in front of a giant Furby with her new Furby toy "Freddie" after the international launch of the new, evolved Furby toy at the United Nations Plaza Hotel in New York August 2, 2005. London, who is from Queens End in Britain, won a Hasbro contest to be the British delegate at the event. The Furby toy, introduced in 1998, sold over 40 million units globally and now has more memory, vocabulary and is available in seven bilingual formats.(Reuters)

 

Vocabulary:
 

delegate : a person appointed or elected to represent others(代表)

 
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