Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Travel Information--Good Sources (updated: 2014, Sep. 30th)

1.      Best Choice for business travelers

2.      Acceptable, but quite brief (mostly for young tourists)

You can find (and maybe borrow) many of these books from other libraries in Taiwan. Please check the National Bibligraphic Information Network (NBINet聯合目錄目) for all books in Taiwan libraries:
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Romania: 1947~1989 (communist rule)
Grow up = children -->  adults
Educated = go to school

“wonderful!” “lucky” “golden age”
In Romania, people were told that they lived in a wonderful country (the government lied to the people).

poor        +     ty     =      Poverty
ADJ         +     ty     =     N

Deny = say “no”
Undeniable = un (not) (say no) (can) = nobody could say that they were not poor

Corrupt system = cheating
“lazy students could buy good grades”

Conspicuous consumption = buying expensive things that you don't need to show other people that you have too much money (wasting money doesn't bother you)

Romanians feel proud when they buy expensive cars, clothes and other things. They show these things to other people.

The Communist state controlled almost every part of people’s personal lives
There is almost no privacy in Romania
Staring is very common

Hospitality = friendly, welcoming behaviour towards guests or strangers.

Romanians are very generous hosts. Even very poor people give you their best food and drink. 

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