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#11 Documentary: Mask-loving Koreans
▶️ Even before the pandemic face masks could be seen on the streets of urban East Asia, maybe as a way to fend off (=defend against) air pollution, hide a recent nose job (=plastic surgery on the nose) or just out of a sense of female vulnerability (=ability to get hurt easily). Corona has made mask-wearing permanent and few people can imagine ever taking them off again in public. Watch this video of a street survey in Korea, not for advice on how to deal with the pandemic but rather as a glimpse (=a short experience to help you understand sth) into a foreign culture.
❗️This video has subtitles for your learning benefit!
👉@afandi_english👈 #documentary
▶️ Even before the pandemic face masks could be seen on the streets of urban East Asia, maybe as a way to fend off (=defend against) air pollution, hide a recent nose job (=plastic surgery on the nose) or just out of a sense of female vulnerability (=ability to get hurt easily). Corona has made mask-wearing permanent and few people can imagine ever taking them off again in public. Watch this video of a street survey in Korea, not for advice on how to deal with the pandemic but rather as a glimpse (=a short experience to help you understand sth) into a foreign culture.
❗️This video has subtitles for your learning benefit!
👉@afandi_english👈 #documentary
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#52 Afandi Quiz: Mysterious song
Today’s quiz is about a mysterious song from a mysterious country! Can you guess where it’s from? Pay attention to the language and style.
👉@afandi_english👈 #quiz #song_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a mysterious song from a mysterious country! Can you guess where it’s from? Pay attention to the language and style.
👉@afandi_english👈 #quiz #song_quiz
Hm…
👍 Algeria was correct. The language is Arabic as you can tell by the sounds like ‘ayn (ع) and ghayn (غ).
👎 Iran was wrong. The language was clearly not a match. Farsi sounds quite different from Arabic. Saudi Arabia was wrong. Yes the language was Arabic but hey – the Saudis are not known for their pop music as they argue that music is generally bad unless it’s religious. Spain seems possible for the guitar but the language would be very different.
👍 Algeria was correct. The language is Arabic as you can tell by the sounds like ‘ayn (ع) and ghayn (غ).
👎 Iran was wrong. The language was clearly not a match. Farsi sounds quite different from Arabic. Saudi Arabia was wrong. Yes the language was Arabic but hey – the Saudis are not known for their pop music as they argue that music is generally bad unless it’s religious. Spain seems possible for the guitar but the language would be very different.
#89 Our favourite mistakes: Grammar
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
- Kim bor? - Men!
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
- Who is here? - I'm.
✅ Well, it should be:
- Who is here? - I am.
❓Why?
❗️ Contractions with pronouns, like I’m, he’s, you’ve, she’ll, … cannot stand at the end of a sentence. Other contractions can be used in the end position, e.g. No I haven’t, He doesn’t or I’m afraid I can’t.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #grammar
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
- Kim bor? - Men!
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
- Who is here? - I'm.
✅ Well, it should be:
- Who is here? - I am.
❓Why?
❗️ Contractions with pronouns, like I’m, he’s, you’ve, she’ll, … cannot stand at the end of a sentence. Other contractions can be used in the end position, e.g. No I haven’t, He doesn’t or I’m afraid I can’t.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #grammar
#4 World Food: Fish & Chips from the 🇬🇧UK
▶️ Fish & Chips is …
... made with:
Deep-fried (=fried in a lot of oil) cod (=a type of fish) in a batter (=a thin dough to cover the fish with before frying) and chips – deep-fried potato sticks, or what Americans call “French fries”. Chips in Britain are much thicker than American French fries.
... eaten with:
Salt and malt vinegar (=brownish vinegar made from dried grains), ketchup or “chip shop curry sauce”, a warm thick sauce that tastes Indian but isn’t.
Healthy or not? 🔴
Easy to make? 🟡
Cheap enough? 🟡
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food
▶️ Fish & Chips is …
... made with:
Deep-fried (=fried in a lot of oil) cod (=a type of fish) in a batter (=a thin dough to cover the fish with before frying) and chips – deep-fried potato sticks, or what Americans call “French fries”. Chips in Britain are much thicker than American French fries.
... eaten with:
Salt and malt vinegar (=brownish vinegar made from dried grains), ketchup or “chip shop curry sauce”, a warm thick sauce that tastes Indian but isn’t.
Healthy or not? 🔴
Easy to make? 🟡
Cheap enough? 🟡
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food
#55 Travelogue Germany: Election time
Tomorrow is Germany’s general election and chancellor Merkel will step down after 16 years in office. Which party would you vote for?
⚫️ The Christian Democrats (CDU)
Merkel’s conservative party – a symbol of stability and tradition but no vision for the future.
🔴 The Social Democrats (SPD)
The party that helped Merkel stay in power but actually wants more social justice for low-income citizens.
🟢 The Green Party (Grüne)
The party of environmentalists and climate activists. They’re big now and want to save the planet by starting in Germany.
🟡 The Liberal Democrats (FDP)
They want a small, business-friendly government.
🔵 The Alternative for Germany (AfD)
The populist anti-immigration party that wants to give Germany back to the German people.
🟣 The Left Party (Linke)
Diehard communists mostly from the former communist East.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #germany
Tomorrow is Germany’s general election and chancellor Merkel will step down after 16 years in office. Which party would you vote for?
⚫️ The Christian Democrats (CDU)
Merkel’s conservative party – a symbol of stability and tradition but no vision for the future.
🔴 The Social Democrats (SPD)
The party that helped Merkel stay in power but actually wants more social justice for low-income citizens.
🟢 The Green Party (Grüne)
The party of environmentalists and climate activists. They’re big now and want to save the planet by starting in Germany.
🟡 The Liberal Democrats (FDP)
They want a small, business-friendly government.
🔵 The Alternative for Germany (AfD)
The populist anti-immigration party that wants to give Germany back to the German people.
🟣 The Left Party (Linke)
Diehard communists mostly from the former communist East.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #germany
---Vocab---
📍chancellor = head of government in Germany and Austria, like a prime minister 📍step down = here: stop being a leader 📍vision = idea for a good future 📍diehard = fanatic, resisting change
📍chancellor = head of government in Germany and Austria, like a prime minister 📍step down = here: stop being a leader 📍vision = idea for a good future 📍diehard = fanatic, resisting change
Which party would you vote for?
Anonymous Poll
12%
⚫️ The Christian Democrats
26%
🔴 The Social Democrats
20%
🟢 The Green Party
27%
🟡 The Liberal Democrats
7%
🔵 The Alternative for Germany
7%
🟣 The Left Party
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#16 Movie Time: No Man’s Land (2001)
▶️ Today’s movie is a tragicomedy (=a film or play that’s both sad and funny) about the 🇺🇳United Nations peace mission in the 🇧🇦Bosnian war of the 1990s. Watch how hostility (=being enemies) between the locals and incompetence (=not having enough ability to do one’s job) among the foreigners prevent every solution!
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #international_films #comedy #drama
▶️ Today’s movie is a tragicomedy (=a film or play that’s both sad and funny) about the 🇺🇳United Nations peace mission in the 🇧🇦Bosnian war of the 1990s. Watch how hostility (=being enemies) between the locals and incompetence (=not having enough ability to do one’s job) among the foreigners prevent every solution!
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #international_films #comedy #drama
Afandi English
Aziz do’stlar, 🥳 Good news! I would like to tell you about my new English class starting tomorrow, 25 January! FAQs (=Frequently Asked Questions): ❓Who’s the teacher? ❗️Mr Hoffmann from Germany, lecturer for English teaching methodology at Inyaz Andijan…
❗️Dear subscribers in Andijan, I'm starting my private English classes again tomorrow (27 September) at Inyaz.
Changed: Better room, better technology, more cooperative and independent learning.
Unchanged: Time, price, level and learning aims of the class.
👉For more questions and/or registration please send me a private message (@jochenho).
Changed: Better room, better technology, more cooperative and independent learning.
Unchanged: Time, price, level and learning aims of the class.
👉For more questions and/or registration please send me a private message (@jochenho).
#66 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi at Buckingham Palace while the Queen is sleeping
❓ Can you spot Afandi in this picture?
❗️If you can you might win 5,000 Paynet-soums! Mark the picture and send it to @jochenho. You have half an hour!
👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_afandi
❓ Can you spot Afandi in this picture?
❗️If you can you might win 5,000 Paynet-soums! Mark the picture and send it to @jochenho. You have half an hour!
👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_afandi
Congrats to Shoxrux! 🥳🥳🥳
And cheers to the two Oyatillos for their designs! 👍👍👍
And cheers to the two Oyatillos for their designs! 👍👍👍
#24 It’s a strange world: Singularity
❓Are computers smarter than humans? If not, will they be? If yes, when will they be?
❗️ Most experts agree that we’re not far away from this moment, the moment that is called “singularity”. Probably within our lifetime even! So it’s good to know a thing or two (=a couple of things) about it, right?
⛓ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity
▶️ Here’s a TED Talk about the Singularity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnT1xgZgkpk
👉@afandi_english👈 #strange_world #technology
❓Are computers smarter than humans? If not, will they be? If yes, when will they be?
❗️ Most experts agree that we’re not far away from this moment, the moment that is called “singularity”. Probably within our lifetime even! So it’s good to know a thing or two (=a couple of things) about it, right?
⛓ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity
▶️ Here’s a TED Talk about the Singularity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnT1xgZgkpk
👉@afandi_english👈 #strange_world #technology
#53 Afandi Quiz: Which country?
▶️ Here is a mysterious picture.
👉@afandi_english👈 #quiz #picture_quiz
▶️ Here is a mysterious picture.
👉@afandi_english👈 #quiz #picture_quiz
Afandi English
#1 Self-study: Tom & Savannah 🆕 Brand new on the channel: Materials for self-study! Learn English with interesting videos. You won’t believe how much English you can extract from a video if you go to the bottom of it. IELTS students – here is your source…
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#17 Self-study: Miss Japan
▶️ Today’s video and handout are about a black woman who became “Miss Japan” – the country’s officially most beautiful woman. Find out why many Japanese people disagree!
❗️If you think this is good material for your self-study, please follow the instructions in #1 👆 and the instructions on the handout below 👇.
👉@afandi_english👈 #self_study
▶️ Today’s video and handout are about a black woman who became “Miss Japan” – the country’s officially most beautiful woman. Find out why many Japanese people disagree!
❗️If you think this is good material for your self-study, please follow the instructions in #1 👆 and the instructions on the handout below 👇.
👉@afandi_english👈 #self_study