#41 Travelogue Uzbekistan: The Grieving Mother
Before the last war gets totally forgotten, let’s talk about war memorials in Uzbekistan. Apart from a few Soviet-style flames for unknown soldiers and name lists of fallen soldiers the memorials seem to be all about grieving mothers. Let me offer some thoughts:
What did the soldiers die for?
The fighting was far away from Uzbekistan. Uzbek soldiers died defending the Soviet Union, not their Uzbek motherland. That’s why, unlike in Russia, heroism cannot be the central theme.
Mother-ism
Women may not hold much power in public life, but as mothers they hold families together. Uzbeks have written countless sentimental songs and poems about mothers.
Family collectivism
Losing a family member, especially an unmarried one, is a real tragedy. It’s not so much about individual suffering and losing one’s life but what the war did to Uzbek families.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uzbekistan
Before the last war gets totally forgotten, let’s talk about war memorials in Uzbekistan. Apart from a few Soviet-style flames for unknown soldiers and name lists of fallen soldiers the memorials seem to be all about grieving mothers. Let me offer some thoughts:
What did the soldiers die for?
The fighting was far away from Uzbekistan. Uzbek soldiers died defending the Soviet Union, not their Uzbek motherland. That’s why, unlike in Russia, heroism cannot be the central theme.
Mother-ism
Women may not hold much power in public life, but as mothers they hold families together. Uzbeks have written countless sentimental songs and poems about mothers.
Family collectivism
Losing a family member, especially an unmarried one, is a real tragedy. It’s not so much about individual suffering and losing one’s life but what the war did to Uzbek families.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uzbekistan
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#41 Travelogue Uzbekistan: The Grieving Mother Before the last war gets totally forgotten, let’s talk about war memorials in Uzbekistan. Apart from a few Soviet-style flames for unknown soldiers and name lists of fallen soldiers the memorials seem to be all…
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📍memorial = sth built in a public place to remember sth 📍grieve (v) / grief (n) = be sad about sb’s death 📍heroism = being a hero or showing sb as a hero 📍sentimental = emotional 📍tragedy = a sad event 📍individual = about one person, not many people 📍do sth to sb = do sth bad to sb
📍memorial = sth built in a public place to remember sth 📍grieve (v) / grief (n) = be sad about sb’s death 📍heroism = being a hero or showing sb as a hero 📍sentimental = emotional 📍tragedy = a sad event 📍individual = about one person, not many people 📍do sth to sb = do sth bad to sb
What do you make of the grieving mothers?
Anonymous Poll
28%
They make me proud of my country.
38%
They make me sad about the war.
15%
They all look the same.
19%
I don't notice them much.
#25 YouTube Channel Recommendation: Easy Languages
📊 English Level: Easy
🔤 Subtitles: Available
💬 Topics: Languages
💡 Content: Here is something for those of you who want to be polyglots (=people who can speak many languages)! On this channel you can find lots of different languages. You can learn them from the streets of their native countries. The idea is pretty cool.
⛓ Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/magauchsein
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📊 English Level: Easy
🔤 Subtitles: Available
💬 Topics: Languages
💡 Content: Here is something for those of you who want to be polyglots (=people who can speak many languages)! On this channel you can find lots of different languages. You can learn them from the streets of their native countries. The idea is pretty cool.
⛓ Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/magauchsein
👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube
#55 SUPER AFANDI: Afandi in Cherry Heaven
❗️ Spot Afandi and his donkey and win 10,000 Paynet-soums instead of only 5,000!
❓ Can you find Afandi and his donkey on one of these pictures?
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❗️ Spot Afandi and his donkey and win 10,000 Paynet-soums instead of only 5,000!
❓ Can you find Afandi and his donkey on one of these pictures?
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#8 Infographic: Obesity
▶️ We’re living in a fat world. Obesity (=being extremely fat) has become a bigger problem – literally – than the opposite problem of malnutrition (=not having enough to eat). Rich countries used to have more obese people but nowadays the developing world (=developing countries) is catching up (=reaching the same point), making obesity a global issue.
❗️ Monday is for discussions and debates! Today we will have a discussion on Afandi English Chat (@afandi_english_chat).
The discussion questions are:
1️⃣ Do you know any obese people? What can you tell us about them?
2️⃣ Are there many obese people in your country? What makes them obese?
3️⃣ What could be done to reduce the number of obese people?
👉@afandi_english👈 #infographic
▶️ We’re living in a fat world. Obesity (=being extremely fat) has become a bigger problem – literally – than the opposite problem of malnutrition (=not having enough to eat). Rich countries used to have more obese people but nowadays the developing world (=developing countries) is catching up (=reaching the same point), making obesity a global issue.
❗️ Monday is for discussions and debates! Today we will have a discussion on Afandi English Chat (@afandi_english_chat).
The discussion questions are:
1️⃣ Do you know any obese people? What can you tell us about them?
2️⃣ Are there many obese people in your country? What makes them obese?
3️⃣ What could be done to reduce the number of obese people?
👉@afandi_english👈 #infographic
This picture was taken in ...
Final Results
22%
South Korea
17%
the United States
21%
Japan
40%
China
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This picture was taken in ...
Fooled ya! 😛
👎 China, Japan and South Korea were all wrong. You can find all three languages on the picture, but that doesn’t mean it should be in one of these three countries. Rather something more multicultural.
👍 The United States was the correct answer. The picture was taken in 🇬🇺Guam, an island in the Pacific Ocean, situated much closer to East Asia than North America. Guam is not a state but an unincorporated territory of the United States, just like Puerto Rico, the home island of Despacito. Zooming in you might have noticed a little bit of English in the picture.
👎 China, Japan and South Korea were all wrong. You can find all three languages on the picture, but that doesn’t mean it should be in one of these three countries. Rather something more multicultural.
👍 The United States was the correct answer. The picture was taken in 🇬🇺Guam, an island in the Pacific Ocean, situated much closer to East Asia than North America. Guam is not a state but an unincorporated territory of the United States, just like Puerto Rico, the home island of Despacito. Zooming in you might have noticed a little bit of English in the picture.
#75 Our favourite mistakes: Vocabulary
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Men rus tilini o’rganyapman.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
I’m learning Russian language.
✅ Well, it should be:
I’m learning Russian.
❓Why?
❗️ The word language is not needed in English.
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▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Men rus tilini o’rganyapman.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
I’m learning Russian language.
✅ Well, it should be:
❗️ The word language is not needed in English.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #vocabulary
#24 Tongue twister: Harvest
❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ Ripe white wheat reapers reap ripe white wheat right.
Translation:
Pishgan oq bug’doy o’roqchilari pishgan oq bug’doyni to’g’ri yig’ib olishadi.
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Pronunciation – The [r] sound is difficult for some students. Try not to let your tongue vibrate while producing a trilling [rrr].
🔘 Pronunciation – Make sure your [w] doesn’t sound like [v]. The Uzbek letter ‘v’ is pronounced like a mixture of both.
▶️ Now practice: Ripe white wheat reapers reap ripe white wheat right.
👉@afandi_english👈 #tongue_twisters
❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ Ripe white wheat reapers reap ripe white wheat right.
Translation:
Pishgan oq bug’doy o’roqchilari pishgan oq bug’doyni to’g’ri yig’ib olishadi.
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Pronunciation – The [r] sound is difficult for some students. Try not to let your tongue vibrate while producing a trilling [rrr].
🔘 Pronunciation – Make sure your [w] doesn’t sound like [v]. The Uzbek letter ‘v’ is pronounced like a mixture of both.
▶️ Now practice: Ripe white wheat reapers reap ripe white wheat right.
👉@afandi_english👈 #tongue_twisters
#42 Travelogue Uzbekistan: Copybook vs Notebook 4:1
The snappy word daftar is translated in two ways apparently – copybook sounds quite odd in English but is a good description of how this thing is often used, unlike what the word notebook suggests. What’s the difference?
Copybook
You copy random texts from the screen of your phone or your classmate’s daftar into your own daftar. You have no idea about what you write, nor do you care. Your teacher collects it and calls that “education”.
Notebook
You write what you need to remember in your own style and for your own use. No one checks it and no one collects it. Perhaps you won’t look at it again but when you took your notes you really thought about it all.
Daftars exist in the exact same format in Russia and also have exciting designs. But I doubt they can they match these ones here. 😜
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📍snappy = short and clear 📍apparently = it seems 📍odd = strange
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uzbekistan
The snappy word daftar is translated in two ways apparently – copybook sounds quite odd in English but is a good description of how this thing is often used, unlike what the word notebook suggests. What’s the difference?
Copybook
You copy random texts from the screen of your phone or your classmate’s daftar into your own daftar. You have no idea about what you write, nor do you care. Your teacher collects it and calls that “education”.
Notebook
You write what you need to remember in your own style and for your own use. No one checks it and no one collects it. Perhaps you won’t look at it again but when you took your notes you really thought about it all.
Daftars exist in the exact same format in Russia and also have exciting designs. But I doubt they can they match these ones here. 😜
---Vocab---
📍snappy = short and clear 📍apparently = it seems 📍odd = strange
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uzbekistan