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Best Choice for business travelers
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Acceptable, but quite brief (mostly for
young tourists)
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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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