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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.
#12 A Good Laugh: Bollywood
โถ๏ธ Indiaโs โBollywoodโ is not only the worldโs largest movie industry by output, the name is also an interesting linguistic phenomenon called โportemanteauโ โ the combination of two words in one. Which two words? Bombay + Hollywood = Bollywood.
Enjoy some truly epic (=impressive and historical) moments of Bollywood.
๐@afandi_english๐ #good_laugh
โถ๏ธ Indiaโs โBollywoodโ is not only the worldโs largest movie industry by output, the name is also an interesting linguistic phenomenon called โportemanteauโ โ the combination of two words in one. Which two words? Bombay + Hollywood = Bollywood.
Enjoy some truly epic (=impressive and historical) moments of Bollywood.
๐@afandi_english๐ #good_laugh
#78 Travelogue UK: Metropolis with a heart
Big cities are bad enough for humans, but for animals theyโre much worse, aside from rats and cockroaches perhaps. While London hasnโt quite been animalsโ paradise, the city does pride itself for an inclusive history in which animals must have their rightful place:
Memorial Trough
โBe kind and merciful to all animalsโ โ reads the inscription on a historic trough for horses. In previous centuries horses often suffered dehydration and diseases from drinking unclean water. So a certain kind and merciful David Benjamin is honoured for providing troughs with clean water.
War Memorial
โAnimals in War: This monument is dedicated to all the animals that served and died alongside British and Allied Forces in wars and campaigns throughout time. They had no choice.โ โ now this is a bit controversial or not? There are countless human victims of the British and Allied Forces, but the only nation to apologise is Germany.
๐@afandi_english๐ #travel #uk
Big cities are bad enough for humans, but for animals theyโre much worse, aside from rats and cockroaches perhaps. While London hasnโt quite been animalsโ paradise, the city does pride itself for an inclusive history in which animals must have their rightful place:
Memorial Trough
โBe kind and merciful to all animalsโ โ reads the inscription on a historic trough for horses. In previous centuries horses often suffered dehydration and diseases from drinking unclean water. So a certain kind and merciful David Benjamin is honoured for providing troughs with clean water.
War Memorial
โAnimals in War: This monument is dedicated to all the animals that served and died alongside British and Allied Forces in wars and campaigns throughout time. They had no choice.โ โ now this is a bit controversial or not? There are countless human victims of the British and Allied Forces, but the only nation to apologise is Germany.
๐@afandi_english๐ #travel #uk
Afandi English
#78 Travelogue UK: Metropolis with a heart Big cities are bad enough for humans, but for animals theyโre much worse, aside from rats and cockroaches perhaps. While London hasnโt quite been animalsโ paradise, the city does pride itself for an inclusive historyโฆ
---Vocab---
๐metropolis = very big city๐aside from = except, apart from ๐pride oneself for sth = be proud of sth you achieved ๐inclusive = not only one kind, diverse ๐sb has a rightful place = sb has a right to be somewhere ๐trough = long container with food and water for animals ๐merciful = nice, helpful ๐inscription = written words on sth ๐dehydration = lack of water ๐dedicated to sth = in the name of sb you respect ๐alongside = together with ๐Allied Forces = countries that were fighting wars together with Britain ๐campaign = armed conflict smaller than a war ๐throughout = all the time ๐controversial = sth that people cannot agree on ๐countless = very many
๐metropolis = very big city๐aside from = except, apart from ๐pride oneself for sth = be proud of sth you achieved ๐inclusive = not only one kind, diverse ๐sb has a rightful place = sb has a right to be somewhere ๐trough = long container with food and water for animals ๐merciful = nice, helpful ๐inscription = written words on sth ๐dehydration = lack of water ๐dedicated to sth = in the name of sb you respect ๐alongside = together with ๐Allied Forces = countries that were fighting wars together with Britain ๐campaign = armed conflict smaller than a war ๐throughout = all the time ๐controversial = sth that people cannot agree on ๐countless = very many
Should animals be honoured in a war memorial?
Anonymous Poll
63%
Absolutely. Not only humans lost their lives.
24%
Why not, but only if we honour human victims too.
10%
Not sure, we canโt acknowledge everyone.
3%
No, honouring animals in any way is wrong.