#58 Travelogue UK: The future of shopping
Perhaps you thought self-checkout was pretty futuristic. But check out this “Just Walk Out” shop, opened in London by Amazon in 2021. Here’s how it works:
1. Getting inside
You have the Amazon app installed on your phone and scan a QR code at the entrance. As you enter the cameras keep an eye on you.
2. Grabbing stuff
Take anything, place it anywhere in your bag or pocket. Take similar products, put something back onto the shelf, grab a coffee – the cameras can detect anything you do. It works even without facial recognition, just cameras and sensors on the ceiling.
3. Time to pay
You just walk out with that strange feeling, like it’s your first time shoplifting. But sure enough, minutes later you check your app and it’s all there.
To what end? Tell me what you buy and I’ll tell you who you are. Amazon will know you better than you know yourself. Still a good deal?
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uk
Perhaps you thought self-checkout was pretty futuristic. But check out this “Just Walk Out” shop, opened in London by Amazon in 2021. Here’s how it works:
1. Getting inside
You have the Amazon app installed on your phone and scan a QR code at the entrance. As you enter the cameras keep an eye on you.
2. Grabbing stuff
Take anything, place it anywhere in your bag or pocket. Take similar products, put something back onto the shelf, grab a coffee – the cameras can detect anything you do. It works even without facial recognition, just cameras and sensors on the ceiling.
3. Time to pay
You just walk out with that strange feeling, like it’s your first time shoplifting. But sure enough, minutes later you check your app and it’s all there.
To what end? Tell me what you buy and I’ll tell you who you are. Amazon will know you better than you know yourself. Still a good deal?
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uk
Afandi English
#58 Travelogue UK: The future of shopping Perhaps you thought self-checkout was pretty futuristic. But check out this “Just Walk Out” shop, opened in London by Amazon in 2021. Here’s how it works: 1. Getting inside You have the Amazon app installed on your…
---Vocab---
📍self-checkout = paying in the supermarket without shop assistant 📍futuristic = very modern, like from the future 📍install sth = add a program to your computer or phone 📍keep an eye on sb = keep checking sb 📍grab = take sth quickly 📍detect sth = notice, discover sth 📍facial recognition = ability of a camera to recognise sb by their face 📍sensor = equipment to discover sth 📍shoplifting = stealing sth from a shop 📍sure enough = as predicted 📍To what end? = For what aim?
📍self-checkout = paying in the supermarket without shop assistant 📍futuristic = very modern, like from the future 📍install sth = add a program to your computer or phone 📍keep an eye on sb = keep checking sb 📍grab = take sth quickly 📍detect sth = notice, discover sth 📍facial recognition = ability of a camera to recognise sb by their face 📍sensor = equipment to discover sth 📍shoplifting = stealing sth from a shop 📍sure enough = as predicted 📍To what end? = For what aim?
Would you happily shop in this kind of supermarket?
Anonymous Poll
56%
Yes, technology is the future.
19%
Yes, it's convenient.
13%
Maybe once in a while.
12%
No, I’m worried for my privacy.
#31 YouTube Channel Recommendation: bald and bankrupt
📊 English Level: Upper
🔤 Subtitles: Automatic
💬 Topics: Travel
💡 Content: This fantastic YouTube channel is run by Benjamin Rich, a British failed-businessman-turned-traveller. He takes you right to the kind of strange travel situations that makes you understand cultural differences and provides an easy-to-understand and entertaining commentary. The places he’s most interested in are not touristy (=full of tourists) at all and tend to be run-down (=in a bad condition) and cheap but authentic.
⛓ Link: https://www.youtube.com/c/baldandbankrupt
👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube
📊 English Level: Upper
🔤 Subtitles: Automatic
💬 Topics: Travel
💡 Content: This fantastic YouTube channel is run by Benjamin Rich, a British failed-businessman-turned-traveller. He takes you right to the kind of strange travel situations that makes you understand cultural differences and provides an easy-to-understand and entertaining commentary. The places he’s most interested in are not touristy (=full of tourists) at all and tend to be run-down (=in a bad condition) and cheap but authentic.
⛓ Link: https://www.youtube.com/c/baldandbankrupt
👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube
#69 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi riding the London Underground
❓ 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
Afandi English
#69 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi riding the London Underground ❓ 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 Muhammadayyubxon!!! 🥳👻👏
And cheers for the fantastic designs, Yulduz, Feruza and Muhammadali! 🙏
And cheers for the fantastic designs, Yulduz, Feruza and Muhammadali! 🙏
#1 Maps: All about Asia
🆕 Afandi English is bringing you maps that can tell stories. Why do lots of reading when you can get knowledge more easily from maps?
▶️ Today’s map shows you how unequally the world’s population is distributed. Two countries alone, China and India, account for 40% of the world’s population, and they are surrounded by smaller but also pretty crowded countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines, each of which have populations of over 100 million people.
👉@afandi_english👈 #maps
🆕 Afandi English is bringing you maps that can tell stories. Why do lots of reading when you can get knowledge more easily from maps?
▶️ Today’s map shows you how unequally the world’s population is distributed. Two countries alone, China and India, account for 40% of the world’s population, and they are surrounded by smaller but also pretty crowded countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines, each of which have populations of over 100 million people.
👉@afandi_english👈 #maps
#56 Afandi Quiz: What’s the word?
Today’s quiz is about China’s so-called “nail houses”. In a rapidly developing economy old buildings have to go and make room for new construction projects. But some people refuse!
👉@afandi_english👈 #quiz #word_quiz
Today’s quiz is about China’s so-called “nail houses”. In a rapidly developing economy old buildings have to go and make room for new construction projects. But some people refuse!
👉@afandi_english👈 #quiz #word_quiz
The owners refused to have their house …
Final Results
68%
demolished
15%
spoilt
7%
deleted
11%
refurbished
Afandi English
The owners refused to have their house …
So easy?
👍 Demolished was correct of course. That’s a word specifically used for buildings, meaning knocked down.
👎 Spoilt is gone bad, usually describing food, plans or children. Refurbished is for buildings and means renovated. Deleted is used with information, messages, etc.
👍 Demolished was correct of course. That’s a word specifically used for buildings, meaning knocked down.
👎 Spoilt is gone bad, usually describing food, plans or children. Refurbished is for buildings and means renovated. Deleted is used with information, messages, etc.
#28 Tongue twister: What if?
❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ How much wood could woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood? A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as any woodchuck would, if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
Translation:
Agar o'rmon kemiruvchisi yog'ochni tashlay olsa, qancha yog'ochni o'rmon kemiruvchisi tashlay oladi? Agar o'rmon kemiruvchisi yog'ochni tashlay olsa, o'rmon kemiruvchisi har qanday o'rmon kemiruvchisi tashlagani kabi yog'ochni tashlaydi.
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Intonation: This tongue twister has an enjoyable rhythm when you say it fluently.
👉@afandi_english👈 #tongue_twisters
❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ How much wood could woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood? A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as any woodchuck would, if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
Translation:
Agar o'rmon kemiruvchisi yog'ochni tashlay olsa, qancha yog'ochni o'rmon kemiruvchisi tashlay oladi? Agar o'rmon kemiruvchisi yog'ochni tashlay olsa, o'rmon kemiruvchisi har qanday o'rmon kemiruvchisi tashlagani kabi yog'ochni tashlaydi.
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Intonation: This tongue twister has an enjoyable rhythm when you say it fluently.
👉@afandi_english👈 #tongue_twisters
#93 Our favourite mistakes: Grammar
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Men kecha qattiq ish qildim va tezda charchab qoldim.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
Yesterday I worked very hardly and got tired very fastly.
✅ Well, it should be:
Yesterday I worked very hard and got tired very fast.
❓Why?
❗️ The correct adverbs are hard and fast, and unlike other adverbs they are the same as in their adjective form.
❗️ The word hardly exists but has a different meaning. It means almost not, e.g. I hardly work. —> Deyarlik ishlamayman.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #grammar
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Men kecha qattiq ish qildim va tezda charchab qoldim.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
Yesterday I worked very hardly and got tired very fastly.
✅ Well, it should be:
Yesterday I worked very hard and got tired very fast.
❓Why?
❗️ The correct adverbs are hard and fast, and unlike other adverbs they are the same as in their adjective form.
❗️ The word hardly exists but has a different meaning. It means almost not, e.g. I hardly work. —> Deyarlik ishlamayman.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #grammar
#5 World Food: Nasi Goreng from 🇮🇩Indonesia
▶️ Nasi Goreng is …
... made with:
Rice and any vegetables. Can be with or without any kind of meat or prawns (=a type of sea food, ‘shrimps’ in American English). Plenty of oil and soya sauce are used. “Nasi” means “rice” and “goreng” means “fried”, so we’re basically talking about fried rice here!
... eaten with:
Nasi Goreng is often served with fried eggs. Indonesians also like prawn crackers (=thick chips) on the side and “Sambal”, a spicy chili sauce.
Healthy or not? 🟡
Easy to make? 🟢
Cheap enough? 🟢
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food
▶️ Nasi Goreng is …
... made with:
Rice and any vegetables. Can be with or without any kind of meat or prawns (=a type of sea food, ‘shrimps’ in American English). Plenty of oil and soya sauce are used. “Nasi” means “rice” and “goreng” means “fried”, so we’re basically talking about fried rice here!
... eaten with:
Nasi Goreng is often served with fried eggs. Indonesians also like prawn crackers (=thick chips) on the side and “Sambal”, a spicy chili sauce.
Healthy or not? 🟡
Easy to make? 🟢
Cheap enough? 🟢
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food
#59 Travelogue Germany: Cycling in Germany
You thought Germany was a nation of cars but today it is just as much a nation of bicycles. How so?
Bike paths
There’s a whole network of roads that are not for cars but for bikes. You can get special maps for cycling.
Bike compartments
Should I take the train or the bike? You can do both at the same time. Even on the metro!
Signposting
If you don’t have a map just follow the arrows and you’ll be fine. You can also see the distance to your destination in kilometres.
Equipment
Germans are serious cyclists. Most of them wear helmets and bright-coloured clothes for better visibility.
eBikes
Nowadays you may get overtaken by some old geezers. How do they do it? A lot of them have eBikes now that are battery-powered.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #germany
You thought Germany was a nation of cars but today it is just as much a nation of bicycles. How so?
Bike paths
There’s a whole network of roads that are not for cars but for bikes. You can get special maps for cycling.
Bike compartments
Should I take the train or the bike? You can do both at the same time. Even on the metro!
Signposting
If you don’t have a map just follow the arrows and you’ll be fine. You can also see the distance to your destination in kilometres.
Equipment
Germans are serious cyclists. Most of them wear helmets and bright-coloured clothes for better visibility.
eBikes
Nowadays you may get overtaken by some old geezers. How do they do it? A lot of them have eBikes now that are battery-powered.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #germany