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/^t/Modern life seem to be very chaotic. Everyday rush makes people speed up the rhythm of their days. People have no time to stop for a minute and think about themselves, about their feelings, let alone their cultural identity. As a result of it, the whole nations loose touch with their roots. It is so in case of Greeks who nowadays have hardly a thing in common with their ancient ancestors, as the A. Cowell's article "In the Shadow of the Acropolis, ..." shows. Poles are also loosing their identity. This phenomenon can be shown by the fact Poles disfavour their own native products and tourist market, they are frequently using another language in place of their mother one and by the fact that young Poles today seem to know very little about their cultural background.