6. Imagine that:

- your American friend has come to visit you. You are watching TV and he sees the advertisement about «Slavyansky Bazaar». He asks you to tell him about this festival. Role-play a dialogue with your partner;

- you and your friend are going to visit «Slavyansky Bazaar». You are discussing the places you would like to visit. Role-play a dialogue with your partner;

- you are a journalist and your chief-editor told you to interview some of the celebrities at «Slavyansky Bazaar-2002». Role-play a dialogue with your partners;

- you are in «The Town of Masters». Share your impressions;

- you are the chief producer of «Slavyansky Bazaar-2003». Work out the plan of the festival.

7. Choose the best alternative according to the text:

1) Vitebsk is famous for

a) «Komarovsky Bazaar»;

b) «Slavyansky Bazaar»;

c) the beauty contest «Miss Russia».

2) «Slavyansky Bazaar» has been held in Vitebsk since

a) 1995;

b) 2002;

c) 1992.

3) The festival is organized

a) every year;

b) every two years;

c) every ten years.

4) It usually lasts for

a) a month;

b) a fortnight;

c) a week.

5) The fourth art festival «Slavyansky Bazaar» was opened by

a) the President of Russia Vladimir Putin;

b) the President of the Ukraine Leonid Kuchma;

c) the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.

6) In 1995 «Slavyansky Bazaar in Vitebsk» got the international status and was accepted into

a) UNESCO’s International Festival Organization Federation;

b) UNISEF’s International Festival Organization Federation;

c) UEFA’s International Festival Organization Federation.

7) The idea of the festival was

a) to demonstrate that authentic art unites people;

b) to support the development of the regional cen­tre;

c) to invite political leaders from different coun­tries to Vitebsk.

8) This festival of art in Vitebsk is

a) known all over the world;

b) the main event of the 21^st century;

c) the only festival held in Belarus.

9) The main concert ground, the amphitheatre of Vitebsk, is

a) richly decorated with mouldings and it serves as a fantastic background for the performers;

b) finely decorated with Belarusian ornaments and it serves as a great background for the performers;

c) richly decorated with national ornaments and it serves as a mysterious background for the performers.

10) In 2002 the President Alexander Lukashenko reaffirmed that«Slavyansky Bazaar»

a) would be closed down;

b) would be held in Minsk;

c) would be held every year.

11) The programme of the festival

a) is dull and monotonous;

b) doesn’t cater to all tastes;

c) is quite diverse.

12) Vitebsk celebrates its birthday in

a) hot days of June;

b) sultry days of July;

c) frosty days of January.

13) It makes the programme of «Slavyansky Bazaar»

a) more interesting;

b) more boring;

c) trivial and dull.

14) The Vitebsk public is

a) delightful and charming;

b) strict but gratifying;

c) the worst in the world.

15) «Slavyansky Bazaar» strengthens friendship of Slavonic nations and manifests their desire to

a) communicate in the Belarusian language;

b) converse in the international language ;

c) converse in the language of art.

16) The emblem of the festival is

a) a red rose;

b) a blue cornflower;

c) a white daffodil.