#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…
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📍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.
#83 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi on top of things in Tashkent
❓ Can you spot Afandi in this picture?
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❓ How? 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
❓ Can you spot Afandi in this picture?
❗️ You might be the lucky winner of 5,000 Paynet-soums!
❓ How? 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 Abdullokh!!! 🥳🥳🥳
And thumbs up for our designers Xurshidbek, Ziyoviddin and Muhammadali! 👏👍✌️
And thumbs up for our designers Xurshidbek, Ziyoviddin and Muhammadali! 👏👍✌️
#8 Know Your World: Western views on Muslims
▶️ Europeans and Americans are often accused of Islamophobia (=fearing or hating Islam). Is it really that bad? What are the numbers? And what differences are there between countries?
⛓ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/10/08/in-the-u-s-and-western-europe-people-say-they-accept-muslims-but-opinions-are-divided-on-islam/
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #article #statistic
▶️ Europeans and Americans are often accused of Islamophobia (=fearing or hating Islam). Is it really that bad? What are the numbers? And what differences are there between countries?
⛓ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/10/08/in-the-u-s-and-western-europe-people-say-they-accept-muslims-but-opinions-are-divided-on-islam/
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #article #statistic
Pew Research Center
In the U.S. and Western Europe, people say they accept Muslims, but opinions are divided on Islam
Many across Western Europe and the U.S. would be willing to accept Muslims as family or as neighbors. Yet there is no consensus on whether Islam fits into these societies.
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#70 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
Afandi English
This song is from ...
Ouch!
👎 Unfortunately this song is not from 🇻🇳Vietnam although that’s a pretty good guess. 🇧🇩Bangladesh was wrong because it should have sounded more like Indian music then. 🇨🇳China was also wrong, by the sound of the language more than the style though.
👍 🇰🇭Cambodia was the right answer. The language of Cambodia is called Khmer and sounds harder than Vietnamese to which it is related.
👎 Unfortunately this song is not from 🇻🇳Vietnam although that’s a pretty good guess. 🇧🇩Bangladesh was wrong because it should have sounded more like Indian music then. 🇨🇳China was also wrong, by the sound of the language more than the style though.
👍 🇰🇭Cambodia was the right answer. The language of Cambodia is called Khmer and sounds harder than Vietnamese to which it is related.
#9 A Good Laugh: Knallerfrauen
▶️ Who said Germans aren’t funny? Watch this German lady getting into awkward (=strange) situations.
More Knallerfrauen here.
👉@afandi_english👈 #good_laugh
▶️ Who said Germans aren’t funny? Watch this German lady getting into awkward (=strange) situations.
More Knallerfrauen here.
👉@afandi_english👈 #good_laugh
#107 Our favourite mistakes: Vocabulary
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Biznes markazda kostyum shim kiyishiz kerak.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
At the business centre you should wear a costume.
✅ Well, it should be:
At the office you should wear a suit.
❓Why?
❗️ The word business centre is a pseudo-anglicism – a word that seems to be English but isn’t actually used in English-speaking countries. If you want to refer to the building you can say office building.
❗️ A costume is a special set of clothes that actors wear, or you may wear a zombie costume on a Halloween party. It has nothing to do with formal clothes. The word is an example for a false friend – a word that seems easy to translate but means something different.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #vocabulary
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Biznes markazda kostyum shim kiyishiz kerak.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
At the business centre you should wear a costume.
✅ Well, it should be:
At the office you should wear a suit.
❓Why?
❗️ The word business centre is a pseudo-anglicism – a word that seems to be English but isn’t actually used in English-speaking countries. If you want to refer to the building you can say office building.
❗️ A costume is a special set of clothes that actors wear, or you may wear a zombie costume on a Halloween party. It has nothing to do with formal clothes. The word is an example for a false friend – a word that seems easy to translate but means something different.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #vocabulary
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#5 Afandi Karaoke: Marry You (by Bruno Mars)
▶️ Here’s a song that is not only good for your English but also really helps you understand cultural differences!
👉@afandi_english👈 #karaoke
▶️ Here’s a song that is not only good for your English but also really helps you understand cultural differences!
👉@afandi_english👈 #karaoke
1) I live in ...
Anonymous Poll
86%
Andijan
4%
Fergana
0%
Namangan
5%
Tashkent
2%
elsewhere in Uzbekistan
3%
not in Uzbekistan
2) I am ...
Anonymous Poll
20%
a high school student
4%
an 'abituriyent'
43%
a university student
22%
a teacher
10%
none of the above