Eurovision Song Contest

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1 Eurovision Song Contest 1

2 Eurovision Song Contest 欧洲电视歌曲大赛 Finnish Monsters Rock Europe 芬兰巨怪摇滚欧洲 Read the text below and do the activity that follows. Jaakko Laajava the Finnish Ambassador to Britain has admitted to having a taste for heavy metal music. Commenting on his country s amazing victory in the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday (20 th May 2006), he told the BBC that there was an element of heavy metal in me too, and that he was thrilled and encouraged by his country s first ever Eurovision Song Contest success. The winning song, Hard Rock Hallelujia sung by the heavy metal band Lordi, featured performers dressed as monsters wearing grotesque masks, and has appalled some of Finland s cultural elite, with many feeling outraged that such an horrific act should be allowed to represent their country, potentially damaging it s reputation. However, the Finnish President, Mrs. Tarja Halonen quickly congratulated the band in a telegram after Lordi won, and they have now become national icons. Culture Minister Tanja Karpela said Lordi's victory proved Finnish music could be successful abroad. In the Finnish capital Helsinki, traffic ground to a halt, with police intervening to clear the jam, as hundreds of people celebrated in the streets, waving flags and singing Lordi's song. One fan, Erkki Turunen, said Finland won "because it put on a genuine show. This wasn't some sort of rubbish. This was really cool," he said. In London there were celebrations amongst Finnish ex-patriots, one Eurovision fan, Dr. Jussi Kalkkinen said: "I hate heavy metal, but when we saw those guys, you just had to vote for them." Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat proclaimed: "It's official: Hell has frozen over. Finland has won." The song was given the highest ever score in the Song Contest s history and gained the maximum 12 points from voters in Britain who phone in with their scores. Britain, which takes part in the contest every year only achieved 19 th place out of a total of 24 other European countries. Critics suggest that the sentiments of the UK song, Teenage Life by Daz Simpson, would not have been understood outside the UK, whilst the performers costumes, school uniform, would have mystified most, as it is a mode of dress generally unknown on mainland Europe. 2

3 Glossary 词汇表 Finnish 芬兰的 element 元素 grotesque 怪诞的 ; 奇异的 outraged 使愤怒 reputation 名誉 icons 偶像 jam ( 交通 ) 堵塞 heavy metal music 重金属乐 monsters 怪物 appalled 使惊骇 horrific 可怕的 telegram 电报 ground to a halt ( 交通 ) 停顿 ex-patriots 移居外国者 proclaimed 宣布 ; 宣告 phone in 热线电话 ( 参与 ) contest 比赛 ; 竞赛 costume 戏装 ; 演出服 sentiments 感伤 ; 情绪 mystified 使神秘化 ; 迷惑 1. Reading Quiz 阅读测验 Are these sentences true or false? Circle the correct answer. 以下句子哪句是真? 哪句是假? 请圈出正确答案 1. Lordi is a disco band. True / False 2. Finland s President congratulated Lordi by sending them an . True / False 3. Finland has won the Eurovision Song Contest many times. True / False 4. Finland s victory was celebrated by Finnish nationals in other countries. True / False 5. Lordi were wearing school uniform. True / False 3

4 2. Error Correction 改错 Each of the sentences below has a mistake in it. Find the mistake and rewrite the sentence correctly. 下列句子中各有一个错误 找出错误并写出正确的句子 1. The Finish Ambasador to Britain has admitted to haveing a taste for heavey metal music. 2. The heavy metal band Lordi, features performs dressed as munsters wearing grotesc marsks. 3. In the Finish capitol Helsinki, traffik grind to a halt, with police interveneing to cleer the jam. 4. The song wass given the highist ever skore in the Song Contest historie. 5. School unyform is a mode of dresses generaly unknow in maneland Europe. 4

5 3. Jumble sentences 打乱词序的句子 Rearrange the words in the sentences below to make correct sentences. 请将下列句子中的单词重新排列, 组成一个正确的句子 1. taste for Jaakko Laajava the Finnish to Britain having heavy metal music has Ambassador admitted to a taste for 2. in the Mrs. Tarja Halonen the band a telegram after quickly Lordi Finnish won President congratulated 3. halt In jam the Finnish capital, to a halt, with police to clear the traffic ground intervening Helsinki 4. sentiments Critics have suggest the of the UK song, Teenage outside Life by Daz Simpson, would that not have been understood the UK, 5

6 4. Wordsearch 单词搜索 Try to find the words associated with Lordi s win at the Eurovision Song Contest in the puzzle below. There are ten words to find. Words can be written horizontally (g), vertically (i) or diagonally (m) 请在下面的字谜游戏中, 找出与 Lordi 乐队有关的英语单词来 共有 10 个单词, 其组成方式可能以水平的 (g) 垂直的 (i) 或对角的 (m) 形式出现 o u t r a g e d s u m m a s d f f j n e c n y o F i n n i s h e h i o n m a l u o z v s o f w s a p p a l l e d o o o t p s t a d i u m l r i e p h o n e i n u u m t r r o c k i l i i c o n s m y s t i f i e d g y s c a e h r s x b r u e q g r o t e s q u e y o y h o r r i f i c c e r t icons Finnish mystified grotesque phone in uniform outraged horrific monsters appalled 6

7 Answers 答案 1. Reading Quiz 阅读测验 Are these sentences true or false? Circle the correct answer. 以下句子哪句是真? 哪句是假? 请圈出正确答案 1. Lordi is a disco band. False 2. Finland s President congratulated Lordi by sending them an . False 3. Finland has won the Eurovision Song Contest many times. False 4. Finland s victory was celebrated by Finnish nationals in other countries. True 5. Lordi were wearing school uniform. False 2. Error Correction 改错 Each of the sentences below has a mistake in it. Find the mistake and rewrite the sentence correctly. 下列句子中各有一个错误 找出错误并写出正确的句子 1. The Finish Ambassador to Britain has admitted to having a taste for heavy metal music. 2. The heavy metal band Lordi, features performs dressed as monsters wearing grotesque masks. 3. In the Finnish capital Helsinki, traffic ground to a halt, with police intervening to clear the jam. 4. The song was given the highiest ever score in the Song Contest history. 5. School uniform is a mode of dress generally unknown in mainland Europe. 3. Jumble Sentences 打乱词序的句子 1. Jaakko Laajava the Finnish Ambassador to Britain has admitted to having a taste for heavy metal music. 2. The Finnish President, Mrs. Tarja Halonen quickly congratulated the band in a telegram after Lordi won. 3. In the Finnish capital Helsinki, traffic ground to a halt, with police intervening to clear the jam 4. Critics suggest that the sentiments of the UK song, Teenage Life by Daz Simpson, would not have been understood outside the UK. 4. Wordsearch 单词搜索 o u t r a g e d s u m c n o F i n n i s h h i n o f s a p p a l l e d o o t l r e p h o n e i n m r i c o n s m y s t i f e i d e d g r o t e s q u e h o r r i f i c 7