#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
Congrats to Diyorbek!!!!!! 🥳🥳🥳
And katta katta cheers to our designers Ruhshona, Muhammadayyubxon and Shahzod! 👏👏👏
And katta katta cheers to our designers Ruhshona, Muhammadayyubxon and Shahzod! 👏👏👏
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#7 Know Your World: Individualism vs Collectivism
▶️ “The west and the rest” – Western countries are quite different from non-Western countries. The difference is all about individualism and collectivism.
Individualism: People live mainly for themselves, they are the master of their own fate, they value choices and freedom, hold elections and respect human rights.
Collectivism: People live for the family (traditional) or society (socialism), they follow their parents and leaders, they respect authority and value unity and harmony.
Interestingly, today’s video suggests that these differences could be connected to the kind of food that people grow.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #documentary
▶️ “The west and the rest” – Western countries are quite different from non-Western countries. The difference is all about individualism and collectivism.
Individualism: People live mainly for themselves, they are the master of their own fate, they value choices and freedom, hold elections and respect human rights.
Collectivism: People live for the family (traditional) or society (socialism), they follow their parents and leaders, they respect authority and value unity and harmony.
Interestingly, today’s video suggests that these differences could be connected to the kind of food that people grow.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #documentary
#69 Afandi Quiz: What is this thing?
Here’s a weird-looking thing. What could it be?
👉@afandi_english👈 #thing_quiz
Here’s a weird-looking thing. What could it be?
👉@afandi_english👈 #thing_quiz
Afandi English
This thing is ...
Not bad!
💡 Many of you seem to be aware of mankind’s worst excesses (=overdoing sth, extreme behaviour) and chose the right answer. Cat lovers may happily spend $17.50 to give their beloved cat that special feeling of being licked while not actually being licked. The device (=thing) imitates a cat tongue.
💡 Many of you seem to be aware of mankind’s worst excesses (=overdoing sth, extreme behaviour) and chose the right answer. Cat lovers may happily spend $17.50 to give their beloved cat that special feeling of being licked while not actually being licked. The device (=thing) imitates a cat tongue.
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#7 Short Film: New Boy
▶️ Here’s another short film from 🇮🇪Ireland. This time about a black schoolboy at an Irish primary school. Check out how he manages to make friends after getting bullied (=being frightened or hurt by sb stronger, esp. at school).
👉@afandi_english👈 #short_film
▶️ Here’s another short film from 🇮🇪Ireland. This time about a black schoolboy at an Irish primary school. Check out how he manages to make friends after getting bullied (=being frightened or hurt by sb stronger, esp. at school).
👉@afandi_english👈 #short_film
#106 Our favourite mistakes: Pronunciation
▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• childhood
• happy
• have
• hobby
• homework
• house
❓What do these words have in common?
❗️ They contain the soft [h]. Do not pronounce the hard [x] as it is not found in any variety of English. On the other hand, Russian only has the hard [x] but not the soft [h] sound. In Uzbek there are actually both sounds but due to Russian influence the two have become largely indistinguishable. Make sure that every ‘h’ is soft when you speak English!
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #pronunciation
▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• childhood
• happy
• have
• hobby
• homework
• house
❓What do these words have in common?
❗️ They contain the soft [h]. Do not pronounce the hard [x] as it is not found in any variety of English. On the other hand, Russian only has the hard [x] but not the soft [h] sound. In Uzbek there are actually both sounds but due to Russian influence the two have become largely indistinguishable. Make sure that every ‘h’ is soft when you speak English!
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #pronunciation
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#2 Future: China’s vision for the internet
🆕 Anticipate (=expect and be ready for sth) the future with Afandi English. The world is changing rapidly – damn you if you sleepwalk (=walk while sleeping, getting into a bad situation because you don’t pay attention) into the future and don’t secure your place!
▶️ Today’s video is about how China is changing the internet as we know it. The key concept is “cyber sovereignty” – the idea that each country should have its own internet because each government should have control over what its citizens see and do online. This kind of domesticated (=tamed, not wild anymore) internet is becoming more and more popular in the world.
👉@afandi_english👈 #future
🆕 Anticipate (=expect and be ready for sth) the future with Afandi English. The world is changing rapidly – damn you if you sleepwalk (=walk while sleeping, getting into a bad situation because you don’t pay attention) into the future and don’t secure your place!
▶️ Today’s video is about how China is changing the internet as we know it. The key concept is “cyber sovereignty” – the idea that each country should have its own internet because each government should have control over what its citizens see and do online. This kind of domesticated (=tamed, not wild anymore) internet is becoming more and more popular in the world.
👉@afandi_english👈 #future
Do you think “cyber sovereignty” is a good thing?
Anonymous Poll
23%
Yes, countries should protect themselves.
30%
Yes, harmful content should be removed.
27%
No, but not everything should be allowed.
21%
No, people have the right to an open internet.
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#26 Movie Time: Angels & Demons (2009)
▶️ Today’s movie is a mystery thriller set in Rome, and more specifically in the 🇻🇦Vatican City (=smallest independent country in the world, seat of the Catholic church). The pope (=highest office in the Catholic church) suddenly dies and several bishops (=high-ranking Catholic officials) are brutally murdered. Watch how Tom Hanks as a knowledgeable historian unravels (=understands sth mysterious or complicated) the plot (=story of a film or novel) and catches the baddie (=bad guy, esp. in a film) in the end.
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #international_films #drama
▶️ Today’s movie is a mystery thriller set in Rome, and more specifically in the 🇻🇦Vatican City (=smallest independent country in the world, seat of the Catholic church). The pope (=highest office in the Catholic church) suddenly dies and several bishops (=high-ranking Catholic officials) are brutally murdered. Watch how Tom Hanks as a knowledgeable historian unravels (=understands sth mysterious or complicated) the plot (=story of a film or novel) and catches the baddie (=bad guy, esp. in a film) in the end.
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #international_films #drama
#71 Travelogue Uzbekistan: Showbiz
Who would have thought! Uzbekistan is full of talented actors, and all it takes to activate this talent is a camera, a proper professional outfit (put your mask on already!!!) and the right location.
Good students
People expect to find them in a library, so let’s go there for some proper shots. Everyone gets a random book and acts as if they were fully immersed in it. And then have a student carefully sifting through the shelves in search for the perfect book – a real classic.
Happy foreigners
Up until 2018 foreigners working in Uzbekistan apparently had to go to Tashkent for their work visa. Now we get our work visa in the region where we live, so it’s relatively easier. Let’s celebrate that four years later and show some happy foreigners on TV. Little plastic flags, a smart-looking officer, documents with signatures and stamps, a pile of visa stickers, masks – all decoration.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uzbekistan
Who would have thought! Uzbekistan is full of talented actors, and all it takes to activate this talent is a camera, a proper professional outfit (put your mask on already!!!) and the right location.
Good students
People expect to find them in a library, so let’s go there for some proper shots. Everyone gets a random book and acts as if they were fully immersed in it. And then have a student carefully sifting through the shelves in search for the perfect book – a real classic.
Happy foreigners
Up until 2018 foreigners working in Uzbekistan apparently had to go to Tashkent for their work visa. Now we get our work visa in the region where we live, so it’s relatively easier. Let’s celebrate that four years later and show some happy foreigners on TV. Little plastic flags, a smart-looking officer, documents with signatures and stamps, a pile of visa stickers, masks – all decoration.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uzbekistan
Afandi English
#71 Travelogue Uzbekistan: Showbiz Who would have thought! Uzbekistan is full of talented actors, and all it takes to activate this talent is a camera, a proper professional outfit (put your mask on already!!!) and the right location. Good students People…
---Vocab---
📍showbiz = short for ‘show business’ = sth not real, just to show people 📍Who would have thought! = Oh what a surprise! 📍all it takes = all that is needed 📍proper = good, right 📍outfit = clothes, clothing style 📍shots = photos 📍random = any, doesn’t matter which one 📍be immersed in sth = be totally inside sth 📍sift through sth = go slowly through sth, looking for sth carefully 📍in search for sth = looking for sth 📍apparently = seemingly, it seems 📍relatively = compared to before or somewhere else
📍showbiz = short for ‘show business’ = sth not real, just to show people 📍Who would have thought! = Oh what a surprise! 📍all it takes = all that is needed 📍proper = good, right 📍outfit = clothes, clothing style 📍shots = photos 📍random = any, doesn’t matter which one 📍be immersed in sth = be totally inside sth 📍sift through sth = go slowly through sth, looking for sth carefully 📍in search for sth = looking for sth 📍apparently = seemingly, it seems 📍relatively = compared to before or somewhere else
What do you make of this kind of showbiz?
Anonymous Poll
38%
It's funny. I love it.
26%
It's fake and stupid.
18%
It's wrong and shameful.
18%
Whatever. Let them do it.