Germany Wins Eurovision Song Contest As UK Comes Last

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Germany has emerged triumphant at this year's Eurovision Song Contest as the UK limped home in last place.

Teenager Josh Dubovie, representing the UK with a song penned by Pete Waterman, scored just 10 points.

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Speaking after her win, 19-year-old Lena, who scored 246 points with her song Satellite, said: "I'm so happy and so thankful and so grateful."

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Acts from 25 countries took to the stage during the event, hoping to impress voters from across Europe.

Turkey's MaNga came in second place, with Romania third and Denmark fourth.

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Belarus had been trailing in last place for most of the voting until the final marks saw it overtake the UK.

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This is the third time the UK has finished in the bottom spot in the past eight years, following on from the dismal performances of Andy Abraham in 2008 and Jemini in 2003.

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Bookmakers had made Azerbaijan favourite to win this year's contest. Their chosen act, Safura, was the first contestant to perform on Saturday's show with her song Drip Drop.

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Organisers allowed Spain's Daniel Diges to perform twice during the event after a fan disrupted his first performance by jumping on stage.

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Ireland's Niamh Kavanagh had been hoping to repeat her winning performance of 1993, but finished in the bottom half of the scoreboard with It's For You.

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It is only the second time in the 55-year history of Eurovision that Germany has won, after Nicole's A Little Peace in 1982.

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Speaking after the show, Lena said she was "shocked" by her victory.

"I think it's unreal," she said. "This is such a big thing that I'm just completely freaking out!"

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Запомните следующие слова:

to emerge

to limp

to pen

point

grateful

to impress

mark

to overtake

dismal

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УПРАЖНЕНИЯ

Найдите в тексте слова, соответствующие определениям:

a)  to win a point in a sport, game, or competition;

b)  someone who votes or has the right to vote;

c)  someone whose job is to collect money that people want to risk on the result of a race, competition etc, and who pays them if they guess correctly;

d)  someone who competes in a contest.

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Переведите на английский язык:

a)  Исполнители из 25 стран приняли участие в конкурсе.

b)  Певец из Великобритании набрал лишь 10 баллов.

c)  Все конкурсанты хотели произвести впечатление на голосующих.

d)  Германия выиграла второй раз за 55-летнюю историю "Евровидения".

e)  Лена сказала, что она шокирована своей победой.

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НЕМНОГО ГРАММАТИКИ

I'm so happy and so thankful and so grateful.

This is such a big thing that I'm just completely freaking out!

So употребляется с прилагательными без существительного, а such – с существительными (с прилагательными или без). После such перед исчисляемым существительным в единственном числе используется неопределенный артикль a(an).

This is the third time the UK has finished in the bottom spot in the past eight years…

It is only the second time in the 55-year history of Eurovision that Germany has won, after Nicole's A Little Peace in 1982.

С выражениями This is the first time..., It’s the second time... и т.д. часто используется Present Perfect.

Belarus had been trailing in last place for most of the voting until the final marks saw it overtake the UK.

Ireland's Niamh Kavanagh had been hoping to repeat her winning performance of 1993, but finished in the bottom half of the scoreboard with It's For You.

Past Perfect Continuous может обозначать длительное действие, которое продолжалось какое-то время и завершилось перед другим действием в прошлом: Беларусь плелась на последнем месте, но в конце голосования  обошла Великобританию; ирландская певица надеялась победить, но финишировала в нижней части итоговой таблицы.