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#30 Movie Time: Hot Fuzz (2007)
▶️ Today’s movie is a 🇬🇧British action comedy about a very talented police officer who manages to turn a beautiful but criminal village upside down. Watch how he does it and don’t miss the final shoot-out (=a fight using guns).
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #british_films #comedy
▶️ Today’s movie is a 🇬🇧British action comedy about a very talented police officer who manages to turn a beautiful but criminal village upside down. Watch how he does it and don’t miss the final shoot-out (=a fight using guns).
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #british_films #comedy
#90 Spot Something: Anna and Ida’s piyola
❓ Can you spot the piyola inside this shop in 🇮🇷Iran?
❗️If you can you might win 5,000 Paynet-soums!
👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_something
❓ Can you spot the piyola inside this shop in 🇮🇷Iran?
❗️If you can you might win 5,000 Paynet-soums!
👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_something
Congrats to Tony Stark!!! 🥳🥳🥳 Not an easy job today!
Again lots of funky designs, here are the ones from Avazxon, Mo'minjon and Muhammadali! ✌️👍💯
Again lots of funky designs, here are the ones from Avazxon, Mo'minjon and Muhammadali! ✌️👍💯
#75 Travelogue Uzbekistan: Corona Society
The use of face masks, social distancing and hand sanitizers says less about the virus than people actually. What's there to analyse?
Face Masks
Uzbeks have worn them for some reasons other than protection: a) to go with the flow, b) to avoid paying a fine, c) to look more professional, d) to cover up as a Muslima or e) to distinguish oneself as a progressive global citizen.
Social Distancing
This was never really a thing here, thankfully. You can’t tell Uzbeks not to shake hands or hug. It spared them from the alienation that many westerners feel nowadays.
Hand Sanitizer
Some mask lovers got addicted to this ritual. It makes them feel health-conscious and modern. Sadly, some kids are still greeted by nurse-looking spray-bottle-wielding teachers every morning.
While the signs remain in place (laziness? decoration?) masks have been repurposed as number plate covers.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uzbekistan
The use of face masks, social distancing and hand sanitizers says less about the virus than people actually. What's there to analyse?
Face Masks
Uzbeks have worn them for some reasons other than protection: a) to go with the flow, b) to avoid paying a fine, c) to look more professional, d) to cover up as a Muslima or e) to distinguish oneself as a progressive global citizen.
Social Distancing
This was never really a thing here, thankfully. You can’t tell Uzbeks not to shake hands or hug. It spared them from the alienation that many westerners feel nowadays.
Hand Sanitizer
Some mask lovers got addicted to this ritual. It makes them feel health-conscious and modern. Sadly, some kids are still greeted by nurse-looking spray-bottle-wielding teachers every morning.
While the signs remain in place (laziness? decoration?) masks have been repurposed as number plate covers.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uzbekistan
Afandi English
#75 Travelogue Uzbekistan: Corona Society The use of face masks, social distancing and hand sanitizers says less about the virus than people actually. What's there to analyse? Face Masks Uzbeks have worn them for some reasons other than protection: a) to…
---Vocab---
📍social distancing = people keeping a distance from one another 📍go with the flow = do what other people do 📍fine (noun) = money you pay as a punishment 📍progressive = having modern ideas 📍global citizen = sb who travels a lot and thinks of the whole world as their home 📍spare sb = not harm sb 📍alienation = feeling of not belonging together anymore 📍health-conscious = thinking a lot about one’s health 📍wield sth = hold a weapon or tool that you are going to use 📍repurpose sth = use sth for another purpose 📍number plate = sign with numbers on a car (American English = license plate)
📍social distancing = people keeping a distance from one another 📍go with the flow = do what other people do 📍fine (noun) = money you pay as a punishment 📍progressive = having modern ideas 📍global citizen = sb who travels a lot and thinks of the whole world as their home 📍spare sb = not harm sb 📍alienation = feeling of not belonging together anymore 📍health-conscious = thinking a lot about one’s health 📍wield sth = hold a weapon or tool that you are going to use 📍repurpose sth = use sth for another purpose 📍number plate = sign with numbers on a car (American English = license plate)
Which has been the most useless and unhealthy way to protect against corona?
Anonymous Poll
21%
Face masks
13%
Social distancing
8%
Hand sanitizer
31%
All of them
28%
No, they were all useful
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#77 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!
👎 The language of this song was Portuguese, not Spanish, so it couldn’t have been 🇪🇸Spain or 🇨🇷Costa Rica. Portuguese is spoken in both Portugal and Brazil and sounds softer than Spanish, the latter (=the last mentioned one) by some being likened to (=compared to, found similar to) the sound of a machine gun. Portuguese has a lot of /z/ and /ʒ/ sounds, both of which don’t exist in Spanish. Meanwhile, the style of the song is Latin American, not European, so it couldn’t have been from 🇵🇹Portugal.
👍 🇧🇷Brazil was correct. Brazilian music is very rhythmic, Samba and Bossa Nova being the country’s famous genres.
👎 The language of this song was Portuguese, not Spanish, so it couldn’t have been 🇪🇸Spain or 🇨🇷Costa Rica. Portuguese is spoken in both Portugal and Brazil and sounds softer than Spanish, the latter (=the last mentioned one) by some being likened to (=compared to, found similar to) the sound of a machine gun. Portuguese has a lot of /z/ and /ʒ/ sounds, both of which don’t exist in Spanish. Meanwhile, the style of the song is Latin American, not European, so it couldn’t have been from 🇵🇹Portugal.
👍 🇧🇷Brazil was correct. Brazilian music is very rhythmic, Samba and Bossa Nova being the country’s famous genres.
#32 Tongue twister: Ough My Goughd!
❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ English can be understood through tough thorough thought, though.
Translation:
Ingliz tilini qattiq, batafsil o’ylash orqali tushinish mumkin lekin.
❗️ Insanely, the letter combination “ough” has as many as 9 different pronunciations. Practice the most common ones by looking at the words as a whole.
👉@afandi_english👈 #tongue_twisters
❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ English can be understood through tough thorough thought, though.
Translation:
Ingliz tilini qattiq, batafsil o’ylash orqali tushinish mumkin lekin.
❗️ Insanely, the letter combination “ough” has as many as 9 different pronunciations. Practice the most common ones by looking at the words as a whole.
👉@afandi_english👈 #tongue_twisters
#114 Our favourite mistakes: Pronunciation
▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• bull
• bullet
• bully
• bush
• butcher
• cushion
• pudding
❓What do these words have in common?
❗️ The ‘u’ in these words is pronounced [ʊ], as in “book”, not [ʌ] as in “bus”. For clarity in Cyrillic (not Russian pronunciation):
• bull – ❌ балл, ✅ булл
• bullet – ❌ баллет, ✅ буллит
• bully – ❌ балли, ✅ булли
• bush – ❌ баш, ✅ буш
• butcher – ❌ бачер, ✅ бучер
• cushion – ❌ кашин, ✅ кушин
• pudding – ❌ паддинг, ✅ пуддинг
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #pronunciation
▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• bull
• bullet
• bully
• bush
• butcher
• cushion
• pudding
❓What do these words have in common?
❗️ The ‘u’ in these words is pronounced [ʊ], as in “book”, not [ʌ] as in “bus”. For clarity in Cyrillic (not Russian pronunciation):
• bull – ❌ балл, ✅ булл
• bullet – ❌ баллет, ✅ буллит
• bully – ❌ балли, ✅ булли
• bush – ❌ баш, ✅ буш
• butcher – ❌ бачер, ✅ бучер
• cushion – ❌ кашин, ✅ кушин
• pudding – ❌ паддинг, ✅ пуддинг
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #pronunciation