#7 Travel Notes: Wannabe Europe
▶️ 🇬🇪Georgia was recently hoping to become an official candidate country to join the 🇪🇺European Union but – oh no! – was refused. Maybe it will take another 10 years, who knows. That doesn’t stop Georgians from expressing their enthusiasm (=strong feeling of interest and enjoyment) for Europe.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #georgia
▶️ 🇬🇪Georgia was recently hoping to become an official candidate country to join the 🇪🇺European Union but – oh no! – was refused. Maybe it will take another 10 years, who knows. That doesn’t stop Georgians from expressing their enthusiasm (=strong feeling of interest and enjoyment) for Europe.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #georgia
#113 Spot Something: Anna’s Uzbek skull cap in her garden in 🇩🇪Germany
❓ Can you spot the skull cap in this picture?
❗️ You might be the lucky winner of 5,000 Paynet-soums!
❓ How? Spot the skull cap, mark it in the picture and send it to @jochenho. The time limit is 30 minutes.
🆕 If you win you have 30 minutes to claim your prize. If you don’t we’ll find another winner!
👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_something
❓ Can you spot the skull cap in this picture?
❗️ You might be the lucky winner of 5,000 Paynet-soums!
❓ How? Spot the skull cap, mark it in the picture and send it to @jochenho. The time limit is 30 minutes.
🆕 If you win you have 30 minutes to claim your prize. If you don’t we’ll find another winner!
👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_something
Congrats to Azizkhon! 👏👏👏
And nice designs, Faxriddin, Monaa and Oisha! 👍👏✌️
And nice designs, Faxriddin, Monaa and Oisha! 👍👏✌️
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#33 Know Your World: Face your face
▶️ We are not alone with our bodies. In fact, countless (=very many) little creatures (=living thing) call our body their home. Find out about one of humanity’s most faithful (=loyal) friend – the face mite (=a kind of small insect) – by watching this charmingly (=pleasantly, attractively) animated video.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #documentary
▶️ We are not alone with our bodies. In fact, countless (=very many) little creatures (=living thing) call our body their home. Find out about one of humanity’s most faithful (=loyal) friend – the face mite (=a kind of small insect) – by watching this charmingly (=pleasantly, attractively) animated video.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #documentary
#103 Afandi Quiz: What’s this map about?
▶️ Here’s a world map showing countries in different colours.
👉@afandi_english👈 #maps #map_quiz
▶️ Here’s a world map showing countries in different colours.
👉@afandi_english👈 #maps #map_quiz
What does this map show?
Final Results
13%
Abolishment of death penalty
12%
Wheat as the main staple food
56%
Use of the Latin alphabet
19%
Above average inflation rate
Afandi English
What does this map show?
Well done!
💡 The map shows the spread of the Latin alphabet, by far the most widely used alphabet in the world. That spread is still going on actually as 🇰🇿Kazakhstan is now switching from Cyrillic to Latin and wants to become fully Latinised by 2031.
💡 The map shows the spread of the Latin alphabet, by far the most widely used alphabet in the world. That spread is still going on actually as 🇰🇿Kazakhstan is now switching from Cyrillic to Latin and wants to become fully Latinised by 2031.
#14 World Food: Spaghetti Bolognese from 🇮🇹Italy
▶️ It is probably the most popular pasta (=Italian noodles) dish in the world. In English-speaking countries you can also hear the short form “spag bol”. In fact, this dish is so famous that there’s even a spaghetti icon on Telegram (🍝). It is ...
... made with:
Spaghetti, fresh or canned (=in a metal can) tomatoes, minced meat (=meat in small pieces), onions and garlic.
... eaten with:
Mediterranean (=from the countries between Europe and Africa, surrounding the Mediterranean Sea) herbs (=small aromatic plants used for cooking) like oregano and basil, and grated (=turned into small stripes) Parmesan cheese (=hard cheese with a strong flavour)
Healthy or not? 🟡
Easy to make? 🟢
Cheap enough? 🟢
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food
▶️ It is probably the most popular pasta (=Italian noodles) dish in the world. In English-speaking countries you can also hear the short form “spag bol”. In fact, this dish is so famous that there’s even a spaghetti icon on Telegram (🍝). It is ...
... made with:
Spaghetti, fresh or canned (=in a metal can) tomatoes, minced meat (=meat in small pieces), onions and garlic.
... eaten with:
Mediterranean (=from the countries between Europe and Africa, surrounding the Mediterranean Sea) herbs (=small aromatic plants used for cooking) like oregano and basil, and grated (=turned into small stripes) Parmesan cheese (=hard cheese with a strong flavour)
Healthy or not? 🟡
Easy to make? 🟢
Cheap enough? 🟢
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food
#84 Travelogue Georgia: Oh My Dog!
▶️ If Turkey is a country of cats then 🇬🇪Georgia is for dogs. You can see dogs everywhere in the country. They don’t do much really and aren’t much of a nuisance but you do hear some howling at night. Most but not all of them are vaccinated and neutered by the government. Those dogs have a tag on their ears. Anyway, why dogs?
Laissez-faire
Georgia is a very liberal country. People are quite free to do and say what they want. Hence there is no heavy-handed policy about anything, neither drugs or crime nor street dogs.
Religion
Muslim countries rarely have a problem with street dogs because dogs are considered dirty animals in Islam. Christianity doesn’t say much about dogs but it does preach mercy and tolerance towards the weak.
Westernisation
Georgians have a deep dislike of their Soviet past and their big bully neighbour Russia. They are looking to the West instead and want to dissociate themselves from the cruelty of the East.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #georgia
▶️ If Turkey is a country of cats then 🇬🇪Georgia is for dogs. You can see dogs everywhere in the country. They don’t do much really and aren’t much of a nuisance but you do hear some howling at night. Most but not all of them are vaccinated and neutered by the government. Those dogs have a tag on their ears. Anyway, why dogs?
Laissez-faire
Georgia is a very liberal country. People are quite free to do and say what they want. Hence there is no heavy-handed policy about anything, neither drugs or crime nor street dogs.
Religion
Muslim countries rarely have a problem with street dogs because dogs are considered dirty animals in Islam. Christianity doesn’t say much about dogs but it does preach mercy and tolerance towards the weak.
Westernisation
Georgians have a deep dislike of their Soviet past and their big bully neighbour Russia. They are looking to the West instead and want to dissociate themselves from the cruelty of the East.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #georgia
Afandi English
#84 Travelogue Georgia: Oh My Dog! ▶️ If Turkey is a country of cats then 🇬🇪Georgia is for dogs. You can see dogs everywhere in the country. They don’t do much really and aren’t much of a nuisance but you do hear some howling at night. Most but not all of…
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📍nuisance = sth annoying or disturbing 📍howl = sound of a dog higher and longer than barking 📍neuter (an animal) = sterilise, remove the ability to have babies 📍tag = a little plastic sign on sth 📍laissez-faire (from French) = letting people do what they want, being permissive 📍liberal = giving people political freedom 📍hence = therefore, that’s why 📍heavy-handed = very strict 📍rarely = seldom, not often 📍preach = teach people religiously 📍mercy = forgiveness 📍tolerance = accepting differences 📍bully = using one’s strength unfairly to hurt sb weaker 📍dissociate oneself from sb/sth = cut one’s connection to sb/sth 📍cruelty = purposely hurt sb
📍nuisance = sth annoying or disturbing 📍howl = sound of a dog higher and longer than barking 📍neuter (an animal) = sterilise, remove the ability to have babies 📍tag = a little plastic sign on sth 📍laissez-faire (from French) = letting people do what they want, being permissive 📍liberal = giving people political freedom 📍hence = therefore, that’s why 📍heavy-handed = very strict 📍rarely = seldom, not often 📍preach = teach people religiously 📍mercy = forgiveness 📍tolerance = accepting differences 📍bully = using one’s strength unfairly to hurt sb weaker 📍dissociate oneself from sb/sth = cut one’s connection to sb/sth 📍cruelty = purposely hurt sb
What should the government do about street dogs?
Anonymous Poll
21%
Street dogs are dangerous and dirty and should be killed.
36%
Like in Georgia they should be neutred so they can’t have babies.
43%
Nothing. Dogs have a right to live, just like humans.