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Many people’s favourite hobby is sport. They spend much of their spare time playing team games like football or baseball, games for two or four people, like tennis, or golf or practising an individual sport like running, parachuting or swimming. People practise a sport for a need to keep fit.

Today people continue leading sedentary life and many of them would like to change it. Since our life no longer provides enough exercise we should include it deliberately into our everyday routines. The man or woman who takes regular sport or exercise will stay physically fit, and perhaps, most important to many people, keep a youthful shape and stamina.

But fitness comes not just from some exercises done now and then but from the way you live all the time. Good eating habits, wise drinking habits, regular sleeping habits, and plenty of fresh air are all important parts of the way to keep fit. Start doing all this and you will feel and see the benefits.

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THE REPUBLIK OF BELARUS

I am proud of being born in the Republic of Belarus. I am Belarusian. Belarus is my mother country.

Officially my country is called the Republic of Belarus which is known to be a sovereign independent state with its government, constitution, state emblem, flag and anthem. Belarus is a presidential republic. The highest executive power belongs to a President elected for a five-year term. The Parliament which is National Assembly is known as a representative and legislative body of the country. The executive power is performed by the Council of Ministers headed by a Premier.

Belarus is divided into six regions: Brest, Vitebsk, Gomel, Grodno, Minsk, Mogilev. The capital of the republic is Minsk, one of the most beautiful and modern youthful-looking cities, with the population of over 1.5 million people.

Belarus is very well geopolitically located. It is situated in the heart of Europe where all roads meet. The country stretches for 560 km from north to south, for 650 km from east to west bordering on Russia in the north and in the east , on Ukraine in the southeast, on Poland in the west and on Lithuania and Latvia in the northwest. The length of the state borderline is 2969 kilometres. The Population of Belarus is almost 10,3 million, the density is 50 people per sq. km.

There are many things one can be proud of in my country. Belarusian industry plays a major part in our economy. Our country is the biggest producer of fertilizers, fodder harvesters and industrial sewing-machines. It ranks second in the manufacture of trucks, motorcycles, tractors, chemical fibres, commercial wood and other products. Belarus is famous for metal-cutting machines, electric motors, tyres, timber, paper, cardboard, window glass, high-class refrigerators and freezers, TV and radio sets, bicycles, first-class cameras and textiles. Agriculture in Belarus specializes in milk and meat production. Potatoes, grain, flax, herbs and vegetables are cultivated here.

Most of Belarus is a flat country. It is the land of forests, fields, meadows, rivers. The total length of the rivers flowing through Belarus is 90,600 kilometres. Seven of them are more than 500 km long each. They are the Dnieper, the Neman, the Sozh, the Vilia. Belarus is a lake country. There are about 10,800 lakes in the republic. The largest of them is Lake Naroch, 80 square kilometers. A third of Belarus is under forest.

Belarus with its moderate climate, picturesque landscapes and historical architectural monuments is a very interesting territory from the tourist point of view.