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8. These words can be used both as verbs and nouns. Make up your own sentences to show the difference in their usage:

border, wish, support, promise.

9. Give the Russian equivalents to the following words and phrases:

one cannot but mention; dozens of multicoloured national flags fluttering over the main concert ground; its genuine art has no borders; we must admit; he has been as good as his word; the concern of the Belarusian government;richly decorated with fine national ornaments; serves as a fantastic background.

II. Reading:

Read the text and get ready to speak about Slavyansky Bazaar in Vitebsk:

Slavyansky bazaar in vitebsk

Vitebsk is famous not only in Belarus. When talking about Vitebsk, one cannot but mention the names of Shagal, Malevich, Kandinsky and others. But the inhabitants of this ancient city have yet another reason to be proud of it: it’s the place where the International Art Festival «Slavyansky Bazaar» is held annually.

The first musical festival «Slavyansky Bazaar» was opened in Vitebsk on July, 15, 1992. Since that time every year Vitebsk has been meeting singers, composers, dancers, artists from different countries of the world. 46 countries from 4 continents have taken part in this festival in the last 10 years. But in 1992 when it was held for the first time it was difficult to imagine that three years later, in 1995, «Slavyansky Bazaar» would be accepted into UNESCO’s International Festival Organization Federation (FOF) and would get the international status. The idea of the event was to gather the best performers from different countries and to demonstrate again and again that genuine art has no borders. The key words of the festival are brotherhood, mutual understanding, friendship.

Participants, organizers and spectators are looking forward to each new festival. For several days the regional centre with a population of over 600,000 people, turns into a kind of Mecca, greeting 100,000 people from all over the world. You can hear people talking in different languages and see dozens of multicoloured national flags fluttering over the main concert ground of «Slavyansky Bazaar» -amphitheatre.

Promising young performers from the USA, France, Great Britain, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Macedonia, Poland, Slovenia, Turkey, Georgia, Moldova, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and other countries take part in this festival. In a nutshell, this festival of art in Vitebsk has a world-wide fame.

Political leaders of Russia, Belarus, the Ukraine and some other countries arrive in Vitebsk to be present at the opening ceremony or send greeting telegrams and wish success to the participants of the festival.

In 1995 the first President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko opened «Slavyansky Bazaar - 95». In his speech at the opening ceremony he promised that he would support this festival and we must admit that he has been as good as his word. Since that time «Slavyansky Bazaar» has become the concern of the Belarusian government. And at «Slavyansky Bazaar – 2002» Alexander Lukashenko highlighted that this festival is a real fair of talents. The more we will communicate in the language of arts, the better mutual understanding will be. The President reassured the public and the participants, worried by the rumours spreading about that the festival would be held once in two years or even closed down, that in spite of the financial difficulties «Slavyansky Bazaar» would be held as usual, annually. His words were met with a burst of applause, which proves the wide popularity of the festival.

The programme of «Slavyansky Bazaar» is varied. There are concerts of pop stars, contests of young singers, concerts of children’s ensembles, the International contest of beauty «Miss Slavyanka», folk songs concerts, the days of the national culture, the holiday of fashion, the holiday of ballet, «Pevcheskoye Pole» (The Field of Singers), «Jazz Club», «Disco Bazaar», «Literary Sitting-Room», exhibitions of famous and young artists, photo exhibitions, «The Town of Masters», etc.

The main concert ground - the amphitheatre of Vitebsk – is richly decorated with fine national ornaments and the emblem of the festival (the cornflower) and it serves as a fantastic background for all the performers. The amphitheatre is always overcrowded because the festival evokes great interest. And though people from 28 countries can watch it on TV, they prefer to be present at live concerts. Showmen and participants of «Slavyansky Bazaar» often highlight that the Vitebsk audience is the best in the world: it is the most exacting, but at the same time the most pleasing and well-wishing public.

In hot days of July Vitebsk celebrates its birthday. The inhabitants of this ancient city and its guests have a jolly time and enjoy themselves greatly. And it adds more glamour to the grandeur of «Slavyansky Bazaar».

In a word, «Slavyansky Bazaar» demonstrates friendship of different nations (first of all, the Slavonic peoples), their desire to live in peace and communicate with each other in the language of art.