#42 YouTube Channel Recommendation: Marques Brownlee
๐ English Level: Upper
๐ค Subtitles: Automatic
๐ฌ Topics: Tech
๐ก Content: Marques Brownlee is a high-profile (=famous, of high quality) YouTuber who shows you all you need to know about the latest trends in technology. Heโs so professional and famous that he gets to (=gets a chance to) interview celebrities (=famous people) like Bill Gates and Will Smith.
โ Link: https://www.youtube.com/c/mkbhd
๐@afandi_english๐ #youtube
๐ English Level: Upper
๐ค Subtitles: Automatic
๐ฌ Topics: Tech
๐ก Content: Marques Brownlee is a high-profile (=famous, of high quality) YouTuber who shows you all you need to know about the latest trends in technology. Heโs so professional and famous that he gets to (=gets a chance to) interview celebrities (=famous people) like Bill Gates and Will Smith.
โ Link: https://www.youtube.com/c/mkbhd
๐@afandi_english๐ #youtube
๐ Happy Arafa, everyone! Afandi is buried in plov, nowhere to be spotted today! ๐
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๐ Special Day: Mass Migration for Eid
โถ๏ธ Some Muslim-majority countries like ๐ฎ๐ฉIndonesia or ๐ง๐ฉBangladesh are seriously crowded and after two years of covid travel restrictions people travel once again to visit their family. Check out what that can look like!
๐@afandi_english๐ #special_day #documentary
โถ๏ธ Some Muslim-majority countries like ๐ฎ๐ฉIndonesia or ๐ง๐ฉBangladesh are seriously crowded and after two years of covid travel restrictions people travel once again to visit their family. Check out what that can look like!
๐@afandi_english๐ #special_day #documentary
#82 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Todayโs quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
โถ๏ธ Chris from ๐ณ๐ฟNew Zealand has been living as an expat (=Westerner working in a non-Western country) in ๐ฏ๐ตJapan for two years now. He used to work for an American company but recently joined a Japanese firm. His foreign friends warned him that it wouldnโt be easy for him. His Japanese boss and colleagues seem kind to him and praise him when he works extra hours but he still doesnโt feel like heโs part of the team.
๐@afandi_english๐ #culture_quiz
Todayโs quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
โถ๏ธ Chris from ๐ณ๐ฟNew Zealand has been living as an expat (=Westerner working in a non-Western country) in ๐ฏ๐ตJapan for two years now. He used to work for an American company but recently joined a Japanese firm. His foreign friends warned him that it wouldnโt be easy for him. His Japanese boss and colleagues seem kind to him and praise him when he works extra hours but he still doesnโt feel like heโs part of the team.
๐@afandi_english๐ #culture_quiz
What is Chris not getting about Japanese culture?
Final Results
25%
After long working hours he should spend his free time with his colleagues as well.
23%
Displays of kindness have the opposite meaning in Japan. They want him to quit.
23%
Japanese secretly hate those who work extra hours for pretending to be busy.
30%
There is no being part of the team. Japanese donโt usually work in teams.
Afandi English
What is Chris not getting about Japanese culture?
Ouch!
๐ก๐ฏ๐ต Japanese work culture is quite peculiar (=strange in an interesting and surprising way). A lot of people are โsalarymanโ โ someone who works many years for the same company, typically in an office, and devotes (=dedicate, give everything) even their free time to the company, including nights out (=going to bars or discos in the evening). The Japanese government tries to persuade people to leave the office at a normal time and take more days off but employees often feel ashamed and donโt want to seem lazy.
โถ๏ธ Watch this video for more interesting insights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y-YJEtxHeo
๐ก๐ฏ๐ต Japanese work culture is quite peculiar (=strange in an interesting and surprising way). A lot of people are โsalarymanโ โ someone who works many years for the same company, typically in an office, and devotes (=dedicate, give everything) even their free time to the company, including nights out (=going to bars or discos in the evening). The Japanese government tries to persuade people to leave the office at a normal time and take more days off but employees often feel ashamed and donโt want to seem lazy.
โถ๏ธ Watch this video for more interesting insights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y-YJEtxHeo
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Why does Japan work so hard? | CNBC Explains
Japan has some of the longest working hours in the world. CNBC's Uptin Saiidi travels to Tokyo to understand its corporate culture and see explore how the government is trying to make a change.
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#1 Self-study: Tom & Savannah ๐ Brand new on the channel: Materials for self-study! Learn English with interesting videos. You wonโt believe how much English you can extract from a video if you go to the bottom of it. IELTS students โ here is your sourceโฆ
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#23 Self-study: Young Italian Farmers
โถ๏ธ Todayโs video and handout are about well-educated young Italians who choose to live and work in the countryside. Dig deeper (=think about sth more deeply), follow the script and use it for self-study!
โ๏ธIf you think this is good material for your self-study, please follow the instructions in #1 ๐ and the instructions on the handout below ๐.
๐@afandi_english๐ #self_study #documentary
โถ๏ธ Todayโs video and handout are about well-educated young Italians who choose to live and work in the countryside. Dig deeper (=think about sth more deeply), follow the script and use it for self-study!
โ๏ธIf you think this is good material for your self-study, please follow the instructions in #1 ๐ and the instructions on the handout below ๐.
๐@afandi_english๐ #self_study #documentary
#121 Our favourite mistakes: Vocabulary
โถ๏ธ Please translate the following sentence:
Avval registratsiya qilishingiz kerak. Shu yoโl bilan kursga qatnashingiz mumkin.
โ Perhaps you think it is:
First you should registrate. By this way you can attend to / join to the course.
โ Well, it should be:
First you should register. In this way you can attend / join the course.
โWhy?
โ๏ธ There is no such word as registrate. The noun is registration and the verb is register. Both are pronounced with [ะดะถ], not [ะณ].
โ๏ธ By this way is a non-existing mixture of by the way and in this way. The two phrases mean different things. By the way means darvoqe.
โ๏ธ Both attend and join do not need any preposition.
๐@afandi_english๐ #mistakes #vocabulary
โถ๏ธ Please translate the following sentence:
Avval registratsiya qilishingiz kerak. Shu yoโl bilan kursga qatnashingiz mumkin.
โ Perhaps you think it is:
First you should registrate. By this way you can attend to / join to the course.
โ Well, it should be:
โWhy?
โ๏ธ There is no such word as registrate. The noun is registration and the verb is register. Both are pronounced with [ะดะถ], not [ะณ].
โ๏ธ By this way is a non-existing mixture of by the way and in this way. The two phrases mean different things. By the way means darvoqe.
โ๏ธ Both attend and join do not need any preposition.
๐@afandi_english๐ #mistakes #vocabulary
#11 World Food: ๐บ๐ธ๐ฌ๐ง Mac & Cheese
โถ๏ธ This dish is British in origin but now considered a very American thing that came back to Britain as that. Make sure you get one thing right โ macaroni is only one kind of pasta, i.e. short little tubes. Each shape has a different Italian name but we can call all of them pasta. Mac & Cheese is โฆ
... made with:
Pasta, usually macaroni, and lots of cheese, usually cheddar cheese. Sometimes butter and milk make the dish more creamy.
... eaten with:
Nothing in particular, but a salad is good to balance out the fattiness of Mac & Cheese.
Healthy or not? ๐ด
Easy to make? ๐ข
Cheap enough? ๐ก
๐@afandi_english๐ #world_food
โถ๏ธ This dish is British in origin but now considered a very American thing that came back to Britain as that. Make sure you get one thing right โ macaroni is only one kind of pasta, i.e. short little tubes. Each shape has a different Italian name but we can call all of them pasta. Mac & Cheese is โฆ
... made with:
Pasta, usually macaroni, and lots of cheese, usually cheddar cheese. Sometimes butter and milk make the dish more creamy.
... eaten with:
Nothing in particular, but a salad is good to balance out the fattiness of Mac & Cheese.
Healthy or not? ๐ด
Easy to make? ๐ข
Cheap enough? ๐ก
๐@afandi_english๐ #world_food
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#34 Movie Time: The Circle (2017)
โถ๏ธ Todayโs movie is a drama set in the not-too-faraway future of a fictitious (=fictional, not real) evil social media platform called โThe Circleโ. Tom Hanks plays its eccentric (=proud to be crazy) founder while Emma Watson is in the main role of a brave employee. Watch how she changes herself and the company.
๐ค Subtitles provided.
๐@afandi_english๐ #movie #american_films #drama #future
โถ๏ธ Todayโs movie is a drama set in the not-too-faraway future of a fictitious (=fictional, not real) evil social media platform called โThe Circleโ. Tom Hanks plays its eccentric (=proud to be crazy) founder while Emma Watson is in the main role of a brave employee. Watch how she changes herself and the company.
๐ค Subtitles provided.
๐@afandi_english๐ #movie #american_films #drama #future
#97 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi going on a mulberry binge
โ Can you spot Afandi in this picture?
โ๏ธ You might be the lucky winner of 5,000 Paynet-soums!
โ 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!
๐@afandi_english๐ #spot_afandi
โ Can you spot Afandi in this picture?
โ๏ธ You might be the lucky winner of 5,000 Paynet-soums!
โ 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!
๐@afandi_english๐ #spot_afandi
Congrats to Humoyun!!! ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ
And too many fantastic designs today - unfortunately only three of them to show here: Qodirjon's, Oybek's and Muhammadali's! ๐๐๐
And too many fantastic designs today - unfortunately only three of them to show here: Qodirjon's, Oybek's and Muhammadali's! ๐๐๐
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#83 Afandi Quiz: Mysterious song
Todayโs quiz is about a mysterious song from a mysterious country! Can you guess where itโs from? Pay attention to the language and style.
๐@afandi_english๐ #quiz #song_quiz
Todayโs quiz is about a mysterious song from a mysterious country! Can you guess where itโs from? Pay attention to the language and style.
๐@afandi_english๐ #quiz #song_quiz
This song is from ...
Final Results
13%
๐ฎ๐ทIran
49%
๐ฆ๐ฒArmenia
27%
๐ท๐ดRomania
10%
๐ธ๐ฎSlovenia
Afandi English
This song is from ...
50-50!
๐ก The style wasnโt so obvious but the language should have told you. Armenia was the right answer. Armenian language is nothing like other languages, only vaguely related to Georgian. To be from Romania it should have some Latin-origin words similar to French and possibly even English. If the song was from Iran you would have understood a lot of shared vocabulary. The language of Slovenia on the other hand is related to Russian.
๐ก The style wasnโt so obvious but the language should have told you. Armenia was the right answer. Armenian language is nothing like other languages, only vaguely related to Georgian. To be from Romania it should have some Latin-origin words similar to French and possibly even English. If the song was from Iran you would have understood a lot of shared vocabulary. The language of Slovenia on the other hand is related to Russian.