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Beginners English for Ukrainians �Lesson 5 - Articles

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  • Edinburgh Festival
  • The Edinburgh international festival is more than a festival. It is an international festival, that offers you various artist performances (classical music, opera, ballet, drama).
  • The Summer Edinburgh Festival traditionally is held during three weeks in August every year, and Edinburgh attract visitors from all around the world.
  • You can also plan a visit during the Fringe Festival, where you will see comedy performances, drama and artists.
  • You can also visit the Book Festival, Jazz Festival and TV Festival, as well as others. Yes, Scottish folks love a good festival!

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Ukraine has won the Eurovision Song Contest, which took place last night in Turin in Italy.

The United Kingdom came second - its best result for more than 20 years, with Sam Ryder’s entry, Spaceman.

The UK won the most votes from the music industry experts, but when the public votes were added, Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra leapt to first place.

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  • The Two Ronnies is a British television comedy starring Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett.
  • It was created by Bill Cotton and was on television from April 1971 to December 1987.

  • The Tiger Who Came to Tea is a short children's story, published in 1968, written and illustrated by Judith Kerr.
  • The book is about a girl called Sophie, her mother, and a tiger who invites himself to tea and eats all the food they have.
  • A film was made from the book in 2019.

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  • Top Cat is an American animated comedy broadcast in prime time on the ABC network.
  • It was shown once week in the evening.
  • The show also became very popular in America, Mexico and the United Kingdom.

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  • Cheryl, 33, lives in a rented house with her husband, nine-year-old son and one-year-old daughter.
  • She said: "Over the last few months I've really noticed a massive increase in my bills.
  • "My salary has remained the same but there is to spend due to tax," she said.
  • "My energy bill has increased by £52 a month, which is just over £600 a year, so I really notice the difference and then on top of that I've got increases in my car insurance.
  • "I've cancelled my Disney Plus tv subscription. I'm trying to keep what clothes we are buying, and my grocery spending is down. I'm trying to keep my cost of living as low as possible. I don't really feel I can do much more.
  • I've already been turning the lights off in each room, setting the heating on a timer, making sure I'm using a full dishwasher and washing machine and I'm running out of ideas.
  • It’s difficult and it seems like there's not really much more that we can do. "