B) Look at the sentences taken from the calendar. Fill in the gaps with the words above and answer the questions that follow.

A) Work in pairs. Name any international events that take place in Belarus. (илл. 8.1.1-8.1.5 в любых местах на одной стр. или развороте)

b) Look at the table below. Do you know anything about the events in the first column? What kind of events are they? When and where do these events take place?

"Zhenitba Tereshki"	Belarusian Water Tourism Technique Cup
“The Protection Festival”	Unique folklore custom
“Charouny Kuferak”	International Classical Music Festival
"Listopad"	International Theatre Festival
“Belaya Vezha”	International Film Festival
“Neman Spring”	International Young Talents Festival
“The Land beneath the White Wings”	Medieval Culture Festival
“Rubon”	Regional Festival of the Children’s Theatre Art
“Golden Bee”	Village Workers Fair-Festival
“Gedymin’s Castle”	International Folk Art Festival
“The Beatles Forever!”	International Children’s Art Festival
“Friendship Wreath”	International Art Festival
“Berezina”	International Military-Historic Festival
“Dazhynki”	International Music Festival
“Slavyansky Bazar”	International Knight’s Fest of the Medieval Culture and Traditions

C) Match the events in the chart with their descriptions in the second column.

Listen to a brief report about the tourist events in Belarus and take notes to answer the questions below.

What types of tourism are mentioned? What events are mentioned? When and where do they take place? Is any information a surprise for you?

3. a) Listen to a radio calendar featuring the most popular next year international events in Belarus. Complete the calendar with the following information: date, event, location.

January	February	March	April	May	June
Date Event Location
July	August	September	October	November	December

B) Listen again. Complete the calendar. Then answer the questions below.

1. What month is the busiest? 2. What international sports events are mentioned? 3. What traditional holiday is considered the most popular with the travel agencies? 4. What events are dedicated to legendary personalities? 5. What events are headed by prominent people? 6. What kind of religious fests are in the calendar?7. What events are illustrated in the photographs?

4. a) Look at the words below. What do they all have in common?

contemporary, medieval, archaic, ancient, modern

b) Look at the sentences taken from the calendar. Fill in the gaps with the words above and answer the questions that follow.

1. There is an … tradition to celebrate the New Year according to the Old Style. 2. Pancake Week Celebration is an … holiday of the pagan culture. 3. Enjoy … music and spectacular tricks performed by the bikers from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine and many other countries. 4. International Knight’s Fest of the … Culture and Traditions “Gedymin’s Castle” is held in the … castle of the XII century in Lida. 5. International Music Festival “The Beatles Forever!” creates warm and homely atmosphere for the real fans of “The Beatles” in Logoisk, where … performers sing the songs of the famous Liverpool four. 6. International Theatre Festival “Belaya Vezha” features the best of … theatre.

a) Which words are synonyms? Which ones are antonyms? b) Which word relates to the Middle Ages? Which word means happening at the present time? c) How would you put these words on the timeline? d) What nouns collocate with each of the adjectives? Give your examples.

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