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III. Comprehension check

1. Answer the questions:

1. What is Vitebsk famous for?

2. When was the first musical festival «Slavyansky Bazaar» opened?

3. What does Vitebsk turn into for about a week in July?

4. What is the main concert ground of the festival?

5. When was «Slavyansky Bazaar» given the international status?

6. What is the idea of the festival?

7. What countries take part in this festival?

8. Who usually greets the participants and the public at the opening ceremony?

9. Who supports this festival?

10. What is the programme of «Slavyansky Bazaar» like?

11. What adds glamour to the grandeur of the festival?

12. What is the emblem of «Slavyansky Bazaar»?

13. What does this festival demonstrate?

2. Agree or disagree with the following statements:

1. Vitebsk is the capital of Belarus.

2. The International Art Festival «Slavyansky Bazaar» is held once in two years in Minsk.

3. The first musical festival «Slavyansky Bazaar» was opened on June, 15, 1991 in Vitebsk.

4. In 1996 it was accepted into UNESCO’s International Festival Organization Federation (FOF) and received the international status.

5. Performers only from the three Slavonic republics – Russia, Belarus and the Ukraine – take part in «Slavyansky Bazaar».

6. People all over the world can watch «Slavyansky Bazaar» on TV.

7. The programme of the festival is quite diverse.

8. The emblem of the festival is a thistle.

9. The Vitebsk audience is the best in the world.

10. «Slavyansky Bazaar» demonstrates that genuine art unites people of different nationalities.

3. Put in the right prepositions where necessary:

1. The first musical festival «Slavyansky Bazaar» was opened ... Vitebsk ... July, 15 , 1992. 2. The idea ... the event was to gather ... the best performers ... different countries and to demostrate again and again that genuine ... art has no borders. 3. Participants,organizers and spectators are looking forward ... each new festival. 4. ... several days the regional centre ... a population ... over 600,000 people, turns ... a kind ... Mecca, greeting 100,000 people ... all ... the world. 5. The main concert ... ground - the amphitheatre ...Vitebsk - is richly decorated ... fine national ornaments and the emblem ... the festival (the cornflower) and it serves as a fantastic background ... all the performers. 6. ... a word, «Slavyansky Bazaar» demonstrates friendship ... different nations (first... all, the Slavonic peoples), their desire to live ... peace and communicate ... each other ... the language ... art.

4. Fill in the table:

Emblem

The idea of the event

Countries

1995

Programme

5. Work in groups. Find out from your partners:

  • if they have ever been present at the opening ceremony of «Slavyansky Bazaar»

  • what they think about the programme of the festival

  • what concerts of «Slavyansky Bazaar» they usually visit/watch on TV

  • what celebrities took part in «Slavyansky Bazaar -2002»