Five Friendlies Unveiled

The mascots for the Beijing 2008 Olympics were finally unveiled(亮相) in Beijing on November 11th. Rather than go with one, two or even three, the organizing committee chose five figures as symbols(象征) of the 2008 Games. The day also marks the 1,000day countdown to the opening of the Beijing Games.ool den The “Five Friendlies”are Beibei the Fish,Jingjing the Panda,H uanhuan the O lym pic Flam e, Y ingying the Tibetan A ntelope(藏羚羊),and N ini the Swallow. W hen these nam es ar…