a) Check the meaning of the phrases in the Word List. • move from birth country • allowed into • pass through immigration • government officials • anxious newcomers • full medical check • reading and writing test • exchange money • exciting new lives

in ukraine and russia, a particular dragon-like creature, zmey gorynych   has three heads, is green, walks on two back paws, has small front paws, and spits fire. according to one bylina, zmey gorynych was killed by dobrynya nikitich. zmey corynych is also associated with other evil creatures  such as   baba yaga and koshey the deathless. they are the main part of any russian fairytale.  but brave and smart men like ivan the fool and others kill them and save their beautiful princess.

my country

kazakhstan is our motherland. kazakhstan is an independent republic in the commonwealth of independent states. it is second to russia in its territory. kazakhstan borders on russia in the north, on mongolia - in the east, on china - in the south - east. it borders on kyrgyzstan and uzbekistan in the south. it is washed by the caspian sea in the west.astana is the capital of kazakhstan. it is situated in the north of the country. it's now a big industrial, cultural, scientific and administrative centre of the republic. kazakhstan has the population of about 14 million people. more than a hundred nationalities live there. there are a lot of rivers and lakes in kazakhstan. the largest lake is balkhash. people go fishing there. in the north-west there is the aral sea, it is becoming dead because of the poisoned environment.kazakhstan is rich in national resources such as coal, iron, oil, different coloured metals. kazakhstan is a great agricultural region. there are such big industrial centres in kazakhstan as almaty, karaganda, pavlodar, pelropavlovsk, taraz and others. a lot of people of different nationalities live in kazakhstan in a friendly family. our motto is "peace and friendship".

there are a lot of holidays. my favorite holiday is a new year! i celebrated it with my friends! they got me a lot of presents - books, cd-disks and sweets. at the new year's morning i  ate sweets and sung songs. i gave some presents to my friend имя. she  was glad to see this present.  it is pretty happy holiday! i missed this, but i know - next new year will be more funny, then this! i will celebrate it with my best friends. they are loves me and i love their. i  i  congratulating all people, who listening me now with this  excellent feast. i love this holiday! winter  story.