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Sleep on firewood. Lick bitter liver. Expose test results.

streak/churn out/squander

2022-05-15 14:57:30 | Reading - not classified
2位になった嬉しさが隠せていない記事。FCEレベルの基本単語が続出。どれも見覚えのある単語なのに。

Eurovision 2022: How Sam Ryder turned things around for the UK
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-61450874

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So how did the UK break its losing streak?
"I think it's just a flip in attitude," says Amy Wadge[..]
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When Britpop was in its ascendancy in the 1990s, the UK decided Eurovision wasn't worth the effort. It was outdated, irrelevant, and nothing to do with contemporary music.
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Eurovision was a "poisoned chalice", one record label executive told me. If you had spent thousands of pounds developing an act, why expose them to the risk of coming last and ending their career before it began?
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"Very often, it has just been a case of churning something out that isn't very Eurovision-friendly."
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Maneskin's victory also coincided with the UK getting the dreaded "nil points". That night the BBC's Eurovision producer drowned his sorrows with his Spanish counterpart in a bar in Rotterdam.
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Sam Ryder rose to fame on TikTok during the lockdown, amassing 12 million followers for his covers of Britney Spears and Queen. Artists like Alicia Keys, Sia and Justin Bieber all reposted his videos. Until Ed Sheeran joined TikTok at the end of last year, he was the platform's most-streamed British artist.
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SNS語。

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And the BBC is determined not to squander that opportunity.
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"Watch this space," says Sam. "The UK is going to be a force next year. It's gonna be mad. The UK is going to bust down doors to be a part of Eurovision next year.
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欧州の中では大国のイギリスは政治的に低順位という定説でしたが。今回もドイツとフランスが最下位なのでそういうのは多分にあるとは思います。
なぜか欧州の仲間入りしたい豪州とイスラエルが入ってますけど。欧州の中小国が国を挙げて頑張るイベントという位置付けですよね。

勝因を、本気出したからから、と素直に分析してます。

やっぱり「本気出す」ことが大事なんじゃないかな。
Eurovisionみたいな小っ恥ずかしいケンブリッジ英検を受験しようと一から英語を勉強し直しているのも「本気出す」ため。
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