Beijing unveiled a set of five doll mascots for the 2008 Olympic Games Friday evening, exactly 1,000 days before the event's opening ceremony.

The long-anticipated mascots, which embody the natural characteristics of four of China's popular animals -- the Fish, the Panda, the Tibetan Antelope, the Swallow -- and the Olympic Flame, were presented at a grand televised ceremony inside the Workers' Gymnasium.

It is the first time more than three images share Summer Olympic mascot duty.

Workers' Gymnasium n. 工人体育馆 mascot n. 吉祥物
Tibetan Antelope n. 藏羚羊 　　unveil v. 除去……面纱，使公诸于众