### Lesson 4. Eurovision in Azerbaijan

Getting ready for the task:

• What international contests do you know?
• Who can participate in these contests?
• Where do they hold these contests?

Key words:

fame - popularity
grandiose - splendid, magnificent
contest - competition
annual - happening once a year
to hold - to carry/support with one’s arms or hands
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CW. Look through the pictures and discuss answering the questions below.

1. What is the main aim of the Eurovision Song Contest?
2. When does this contest take place?
3. What is the language of the Eurovision Song Contest?
4. What is the importance of the Eurovision Song Contest?
LISTEN AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS! Read Listening Material
Listen to the passage and answer the following questions.

1. What is the passage mainly about?
   A) Different contests
   B) A music contest
   C) Crystall Hall
   D) Eldar and Nigar
   E) Azerbaijan music
2. Which is not mentioned?
   Eurovision contest … .
   A) is a music contest
   B) demonstrates pop music
   C) takes place in May
   D) songs are in English
   E) tickets are expensive
3. Choose the correct statement according to the passage.
   A) Azerbaijan took first place in 2008
   B) “Day after Day” was a German song
   C) Eldar and Nigar represented Azerbaijan
   D) Azerbaijan joined the contest 57 years ago
   E) The contest took place in Azerbaijan last year
4. Which word has the closest meaning to “competition” in the passage.
5. Complete the sentence with no more than three words.
   The song “Day after Day” brought … to the country.

There are different kinds of contests: sports, art, music, etc. Eurovision is one of these contests and it is a music contest. The aim of the Eurovision Contest is to demonstrate pop music of different countries. The Eurovision Contest takes place in May every year. All singers sing in English here. Azerbaijan joined this song contest for the first time in 2008. The song “Day after Day” brought great fame to Azerbaijan. In 2011 Azerbaijani duo Eldar and Nigar participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in Germany and took first place. In 2012 Azerbaijan opened its doors to Eurovison. It was the 57th Annual Eurovision Song Contest. The musicians from 42 countries performed their great shows in the newly constructed magnificent Crystall Hall in Baku.

1. What is the passage mainly about?
   A) Different contests
   B) A music contest
   C) Crystall Hall
   D) Eldar and Nigar
   E) Azerbaijan music
2. Which is not mentioned?
   Eurovision contest … .
   A) is a music contest
   B) demonstrates pop music
   C) takes place in May
   D) songs are in English
   E) tickets are expensive
3. Choose the correct statement according to the passage.
   A) Azerbaijan took first place in 2008
   B) “Day after Day” was a German song
   C) Eldar and Nigar represented Azerbaijan
   D) Azerbaijan joined the contest 57 years ago
   E) The contest took place in Azerbaijan last year
4. Which word has the closest meaning to “competition” in the passage.
   Answer: “contest”
5. Complete the sentence with no more than three words.
   The song “Day after Day” brought … to the country.
   Answer: “a great fame”