#2 Featured article: Coronavirus in Central Asia

📍 It’s always interesting to read about one’s own country and culture from a different perspective. Today’s article is about the Central Asian countries’ handling of the corona crisis in these days. As always, Turkmenistan is a rather interesting place!

⛓https://www.economist.com/asia/2020/07/23/central-asian-governments-admit-they-have-a-problem-with-covid-19?utm_campaign=coronavirus-special-edition&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=salesforce-marketing-cloud&utm_term=2020-07-25&utm_content=article-link-1

👉@afandi_english👈 #article #economist

#3 Featured article: Studying abroad in times of covid-19

📍 Are you confused about what covid-19 means for your plans to study abroad? Or just wondering how covid-19 changes just about everything? Read this article about how universities in the developed world are both struggling and innovating in the crisis.

⛓https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/08/08/covid-19-will-be-painful-for-universities-but-also-bring-change?utm_campaign=coronavirus-special-edition&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=salesforce-marketing-cloud

👉@afandi_english👈 #article #economist

#4 Featured article: Globalisation on the head

📍 Nigerian women, not unlike other African women, love to experiment with different hair styles. Check out this article to find out in what weird ways this makes a great example of international trade.

⛓ https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2020/08/15/nigerias-demand-for-fancy-wigs-fuels-a-global-trade?utm_campaign=the-economist-today&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=salesforce-marketing-cloud

👉@afandi_english👈 #article #economist

#7 Featured article: Forgotten brothers

📍 Most of us have heard some horror stories from that strange Uyghur land behind the mountains, but just like other problems that don’t seem to go away we cannot keep worrying every day. Meanwhile we’re all addicted to Made in China and Chinese money makes the world go round, that’s why this human tragedy is possible. Read this very long article – if you manage – to find out how even the fortunate Uyghurs who left China aren’t so fortunate after all.

⛓ https://www.economist.com/1843/2020/10/15/if-i-speak-out-they-will-torture-my-family-voices-of-uyghurs-in-exile

👉@afandi_english👈 #article #economist

#8 Featured article: Clean cotton

📍 Cotton is a crop (=a plant that people farm) with a troubled past. Whether or not the future is bright also depends on Uzbekistan. Read this article for an international perspective on the cotton issue.

⛓ https://www.economist.com/international/2020/10/25/can-the-stain-of-forced-and-child-labour-be-removed-from-cotton

👉@afandi_english👈 #article #economist

#9 Featured article: Nervous countries

📍 Read this article to find out just how nervous governments can be when faced with protesting citizens, or not even protesting ones. One boy in Singapore holding up a smiley face is revealing just that. Funny and sad at the same time!

⛓ https://www.economist.com/asia/2020/11/28/public-order-in-singapore-has-been-shaken-by-a-hand-drawn-smiley-face

👉@afandi_english👈 #article #economist

#10 Featured article: The World in 2021

📍 What lies ahead after this strange year of 2020? Read about some safe predictions from the Economist.

⛓ https://www.economist.com/the-world-ahead/2020/11/16/ten-trends-to-watch-in-the-coming-year

👉@afandi_english👈 #article #economist

#11 Featured article: Vaccine globalism

The Economist has always been a source of high-quality news but like other mainstream media outlets has not properly dealt with the controversies (=debatable issues) about the vaccines, the lockdowns, coronavirus testing and the virus itself. Afandi’s advice: Listen to everyone, believe no one! 😏

⛓ https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/01/28/vaccine-nationalism-means-that-poor-countries-will-be-left-behind

👉@afandi_english👈 #article #economist

#17 Featured article: Taking it slow

📍 Bulgaria is the EU’s least vaccinated country. Read today’s featured article to find out why. The article is also available in audio format.

⛓ https://www.economist.com/europe/2021/08/12/with-just-15-fully-jabbed-bulgaria-is-giving-away-vaccine-shots

👉@afandi_english👈 #article #economist

#2 Know Your World: The World in 2022

🆕 Mondays on Afandi English are for world knowledge, giving you the necessary information to understand and discuss current affairs (=news, things happening in the world). We can find world knowledge in documentaries, infographics, statistics, articles and maps, so let’s look at those!

▶️ Here’s a series of podcasts from the Economist – your #1 source of high-level vocabulary! It’s all about global trends for the coming year. If you’re into international politics, economics and technology you’ll love this one.

https://play.acast.com/s/8044dc9e-e5f2-44bd-9c1c-e86bd88b72a0/10db2554-763c-46c9-ac36-cc80e39c93f4

👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #podcast #economist

The Economist #1: What if China and India became friends?

🆕 So you think your English is great? Read The Economist then, I bet there are some words you don’t know. The Economist helps you achieve real Academic English. And not only that, you can learn a great deal about what’s happening in the world.

▶️ Today’s article is about the relationship between the world’s most populous (=having a large population) two nations – 🇨🇳China and 🇮🇳India, or 40% of humanity. Their political and economic weight can make all the difference.

👉@afandi_english👈 #article #economist

▶️ Afandi English is over 4 years old now and there’s a ton of stuff you’ve missed. Here are some hashtags for posts about knowledge:

#article
Stay informed about the world.

#economist
Grab information and vocab from the mother of news magazines.

#future
Feel the world of tomorrow even today.

#infographic
Let your eye travel across important topics.

#inspiration
See the world in a new light.

#know_your_world
Understand today’s world.

#know_yourself
Know thyself and live well.

#maps
Realise reality with maps.

#psychology
See the human nature so no one can fool you.

#talk
Hear what experts have to say in TED Talks, etc.

#talking_point
Sharpen your mind with controversies.

#travel
Travel the world while staring at your phone.

#uni_vocab
Get to grips with key concepts in higher education.

#wikipedia
Feel the weirdness of this world.

#world_englishes
Be sure you know really know the world’s first language.

#world_food
Check out some lovely meals that you may prepare at home, too.

The Economist #2: Western values in the rest of the world

▶️ Back in the days it was assumed that undemocratic nations would become democratic once they got richer. That’s obviously false. But there’s a glimpse of truth (=a little bit of truth) in it all the same (=anyway). Read this article to find out.

👉@afandi_english👈 #article #economist

https://t.me/economist_rss

Here's a Telegram channel that allows you to view all Economist articles for free. Never mind the Chinese characters, the articles are all in English.

#economist

The Economist #3: Preparing for AI

▶️ ChatGPT has taken the world by storm (=become very popular) and it makes us wonder how Artificial Intelligence will change our lives in the future. Listen to this podcast with British AI researcher and tech entrepreneur (=sb who starts a company) Mustafa Suleyman.

👉@afandi_english👈 #podcast #economist #future

Know Your World #65: Central Asia’s new alliances

▶️ Read this recent article from the Economist about the Stan countries’ foreign policy outlook for the coming years.

👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #article #economist

Know Yourself #13: Why you have a foreign accent

▶️ Do you hate your accent in English? Do you lack talent or what is it? Let this video from the Economist enlighten (=explain) you.

🔤 Subtitles provided.

👉@afandi_english👈 #know_yourself #economist