Congrats to first-time winner Lisa!!! 👻👻👻🥳👏👍
And some truly amazing designs deserve recognition.. This time by Oisha, Boburshox and Muhammadali! 👏👏👏
And some truly amazing designs deserve recognition.. This time by Oisha, Boburshox and Muhammadali! 👏👏👏
#6 Know Your World: Geopolitical Anomalies
▶️ How many countries are there in the world? Around 200. But the exact answer depends on who you ask. Why? There are plenty of anomalies (=unusual things) in the world.
❗️Read the explanations below if you want to find out more.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #maps
▶️ How many countries are there in the world? Around 200. But the exact answer depends on who you ask. Why? There are plenty of anomalies (=unusual things) in the world.
❗️Read the explanations below if you want to find out more.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #maps
#68 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Alicia from 🇪🇸Spain is excited. Two years after she travelled around Southeast Asia her 🇻🇳Vietnamese friend Hằng Binh is visiting her home in Spain. When Hằng Binh calls, Alicia tells her to come at 9 o’clock to share a traditional meal with the family. Alicia wants her friend to try the Spanish national dish Paella which is rice cooked with sea food.
Unfortunately that evening Hằng Binh doesn’t show up (=appear, arrive). There seems to be some misunderstanding.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Alicia from 🇪🇸Spain is excited. Two years after she travelled around Southeast Asia her 🇻🇳Vietnamese friend Hằng Binh is visiting her home in Spain. When Hằng Binh calls, Alicia tells her to come at 9 o’clock to share a traditional meal with the family. Alicia wants her friend to try the Spanish national dish Paella which is rice cooked with sea food.
Unfortunately that evening Hằng Binh doesn’t show up (=appear, arrive). There seems to be some misunderstanding.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
Afandi English
What’s the misunderstanding?
Not bad!
👍 It’s indeed the meal times in Spain that caused this misunderstanding. Spanish people eat very little for breakfast, have a big but late lunch and a big and even later dinner. Starting dinner at 9pm is nothing very strange there. In Vietnam, on the other hand, it’s not strange to visit people in the morning, which is uncommon in Europe.
👍 It’s indeed the meal times in Spain that caused this misunderstanding. Spanish people eat very little for breakfast, have a big but late lunch and a big and even later dinner. Starting dinner at 9pm is nothing very strange there. In Vietnam, on the other hand, it’s not strange to visit people in the morning, which is uncommon in Europe.
#105 Our favourite mistakes: Grammar & Vocabulary
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Biz qo’y, ho’kiz va g’oz boqamiz.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
a) We feed sheep, ox and goose.
b) We feed sheeps, oxes and gooses.
✅ Well, it should be:
We keep sheep, oxen and geese.
❓Why?
❗️ In English, feeding is just the act of giving food. It doesn’t mean the animal is yours.
❗️ When there is more than one animal of one kind we should use plurals.
❗️ The plural forms of those animals are irregular.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #grammar #vocabulary
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Biz qo’y, ho’kiz va g’oz boqamiz.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
a) We feed sheep, ox and goose.
b) We feed sheeps, oxes and gooses.
✅ Well, it should be:
❗️ In English, feeding is just the act of giving food. It doesn’t mean the animal is yours.
❗️ When there is more than one animal of one kind we should use plurals.
❗️ The plural forms of those animals are irregular.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #grammar #vocabulary
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#7 Must Watch: Salad Fingers
▶️ Salad Fingers is a psycho (=strange, with mental problems) cartoon series from the early days of YouTube. Whether you find it funny or just creepy (=weird in a scary way) and horrible is up to you but it is definitely a classic!
👉@afandi_english👈 #must_watch
▶️ Salad Fingers is a psycho (=strange, with mental problems) cartoon series from the early days of YouTube. Whether you find it funny or just creepy (=weird in a scary way) and horrible is up to you but it is definitely a classic!
👉@afandi_english👈 #must_watch
#36 YouTube Channel Recommendation: Food Insider
📊 English Level: Intermediate
🔤 Subtitles: Automatic
💬 Topics: Food
💡 Content: This channel is all about food and pleasantly informative even if you don’t consider yourself a foodie (=someone who cares a lot about good food). Get some inspiration for your own cooking or just imagine the diverse tastes of world cuisines.
⛓ Link: https://www.youtube.com/c/INSIDERfood
👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube
📊 English Level: Intermediate
🔤 Subtitles: Automatic
💬 Topics: Food
💡 Content: This channel is all about food and pleasantly informative even if you don’t consider yourself a foodie (=someone who cares a lot about good food). Get some inspiration for your own cooking or just imagine the diverse tastes of world cuisines.
⛓ Link: https://www.youtube.com/c/INSIDERfood
👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube
#70 Travelogue UK: Anti-Vaxxers
Vaccine pros and cons are fiercely debated around the planet, and the UK is no exception. Let’s hear what anti-vaxxers have to say:
Blood clots
Western vaccines, especially AstraZeneca developed in Oxford, come with a number of possible side effects. The biggest worry are blood clots that can give you a stroke or heart attack. Hence the word game “National Clottery”.
Brainwash
The main point here: Switch off your TV and look around you – there is no pandemic. The media is exaggerating the dangers of the virus while not telling us enough about the risks of the vaccines.
It’s not cool
Some people argue that getting vaccinated is just not cool. A multiracial bunch of Londoners wrote a catchy rap song “Dont Tek Di Vaccine”. They play it outside a tube station while handing out flyers. Check out the song on YouTube.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uk
Vaccine pros and cons are fiercely debated around the planet, and the UK is no exception. Let’s hear what anti-vaxxers have to say:
Blood clots
Western vaccines, especially AstraZeneca developed in Oxford, come with a number of possible side effects. The biggest worry are blood clots that can give you a stroke or heart attack. Hence the word game “National Clottery”.
Brainwash
The main point here: Switch off your TV and look around you – there is no pandemic. The media is exaggerating the dangers of the virus while not telling us enough about the risks of the vaccines.
It’s not cool
Some people argue that getting vaccinated is just not cool. A multiracial bunch of Londoners wrote a catchy rap song “Dont Tek Di Vaccine”. They play it outside a tube station while handing out flyers. Check out the song on YouTube.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uk
Afandi English
#70 Travelogue UK: Anti-Vaxxers Vaccine pros and cons are fiercely debated around the planet, and the UK is no exception. Let’s hear what anti-vaxxers have to say: Blood clots Western vaccines, especially AstraZeneca developed in Oxford, come with a number…
---Vocab---
📍anti-vaxxers = people who are against vaccination 📍pros and cons = advantages and disadvantages 📍fiercely debate sth = discuss a problem in a very emotional way 📍blood clot = blood becoming thick 📍sth comes with sth = sth is included in sth 📍side effect = not main effect; usually small but bad effect 📍stroke = dangerous blood clot in the brain 📍word game = joking with similar words 📍exaggerate = make sth seem bigger or more serious than it is 📍multiracial = having people from different races, e.g. black and white people together 📍catchy = easy to remember 📍tube station = metro station in London 📍hand out sth = give sth to sb by hand 📍flyer = piece of paper used for advertising
📍anti-vaxxers = people who are against vaccination 📍pros and cons = advantages and disadvantages 📍fiercely debate sth = discuss a problem in a very emotional way 📍blood clot = blood becoming thick 📍sth comes with sth = sth is included in sth 📍side effect = not main effect; usually small but bad effect 📍stroke = dangerous blood clot in the brain 📍word game = joking with similar words 📍exaggerate = make sth seem bigger or more serious than it is 📍multiracial = having people from different races, e.g. black and white people together 📍catchy = easy to remember 📍tube station = metro station in London 📍hand out sth = give sth to sb by hand 📍flyer = piece of paper used for advertising
Do these anti-vaxxers have a point?
Anonymous Poll
9%
Yes, vaccines are killing people.
22%
Yes, vaccines are just a huge business.
28%
Yes, vaccines are a way to control people.
16%
No, anti-vaxxers are wrong.
26%
I can’t decide who is right.
#82 SUPER AFANDI: Afandi protecting the motherland
❗️ 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?
❓ Spot Afandi, mark him in the picture and send it to @jochenho. The time limit is 30 minutes. Not sure what Afandi looks like? Check the pinned message above!
👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_afandi
❗️ 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?
❓ Spot Afandi, mark him in the picture and send it to @jochenho. The time limit is 30 minutes. Not sure what Afandi looks like? Check the pinned message above!
👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_afandi