#86 Travelogue Greece: The Old Continent
▶️ Sometimes you can feel how global forces shape life on a local level. It is said that Europe is an old continent and that the 21st century belongs to Asia. You realise just how true that is when you cross the sea from 🇹🇷Turkey (Asia) to 🇬🇷Greece (Europe). Let’s take a closer look:
History
You’ll find ruins of lost empires all around the Mediterranean. Greece is full of protected ruins while in Turkey you don’t see them much. It’s more modern there.
Population
The Turkish side is quite crowded but in Greece you see fewer people, and most are old, locals as well as tourists.
Economy
Turkey is cheap, tourism is booming and there is lots of construction going on. On the Greek side it’s not like that at all.
👆 You can replace Greece with Europe and Turkey with Asia and it’ll be just as true.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #greece #turkey
▶️ Sometimes you can feel how global forces shape life on a local level. It is said that Europe is an old continent and that the 21st century belongs to Asia. You realise just how true that is when you cross the sea from 🇹🇷Turkey (Asia) to 🇬🇷Greece (Europe). Let’s take a closer look:
History
You’ll find ruins of lost empires all around the Mediterranean. Greece is full of protected ruins while in Turkey you don’t see them much. It’s more modern there.
Population
The Turkish side is quite crowded but in Greece you see fewer people, and most are old, locals as well as tourists.
Economy
Turkey is cheap, tourism is booming and there is lots of construction going on. On the Greek side it’s not like that at all.
👆 You can replace Greece with Europe and Turkey with Asia and it’ll be just as true.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #greece #turkey
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#86 Travelogue Greece: The Old Continent ▶️ Sometimes you can feel how global forces shape life on a local level. It is said that Europe is an old continent and that the 21st century belongs to Asia. You realise just how true that is when you cross the sea…
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📍shape (v) = strongly influence 📍ruin (n) = leftovers of old buildings 📍Mediterranean = the sea between Europe, Asia and Africa 📍boom (v) = develop quickly 📍just as + adj = equally, the same
📍shape (v) = strongly influence 📍ruin (n) = leftovers of old buildings 📍Mediterranean = the sea between Europe, Asia and Africa 📍boom (v) = develop quickly 📍just as + adj = equally, the same
#17 A Good Laugh: English that breaks the internet
▶️ Here’s some really explosive English from 🇮🇳India and 🇹🇭Thailand, hopefully not blowing up (=make sth explode) your device (=computer or phone)!
🔤 Subtitles provided (thankfully).
👉@afandi_english👈 #good_laugh #world_englishes
▶️ Here’s some really explosive English from 🇮🇳India and 🇹🇭Thailand, hopefully not blowing up (=make sth explode) your device (=computer or phone)!
🔤 Subtitles provided (thankfully).
👉@afandi_english👈 #good_laugh #world_englishes
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🎉 Special Day: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)
▶️ Meet Clark, the American dad who wants to give his loved ones (=family) a “fun old-fashioned family Christmas”. Unfortunately for him, doing that proves quite difficult when so many things go wrong. Watch this hilarious (=very funny) holiday classic from around the time of Home Alone.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #special_day #movie #american_films #comedy
▶️ Meet Clark, the American dad who wants to give his loved ones (=family) a “fun old-fashioned family Christmas”. Unfortunately for him, doing that proves quite difficult when so many things go wrong. Watch this hilarious (=very funny) holiday classic from around the time of Home Alone.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #special_day #movie #american_films #comedy
#122 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi checking out some decoration at a shop in 🇹🇿Tanzania
❓ Can you spot Afandi in this picture?
❗️ You might be the lucky winner of 5,000 Paynet-soums!
❓ 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!
🆕 If you win you have 30 minutes to claim your prize. If you don’t we’ll find another winner!
👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_afandi
❓ Can you spot Afandi in this picture?
❗️ You might be the lucky winner of 5,000 Paynet-soums!
❓ 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!
🆕 If you win you have 30 minutes to claim your prize. If you don’t we’ll find another winner!
👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_afandi
Congrats to Ra'no!!! 🥳🥳🥳
And thanks for the designs from Murodjon and Boburshox! 👏👏👏
And thanks for the designs from Murodjon and Boburshox! 👏👏👏
❗️Follow my travels more closely with daily updates, learning English literally on the go! 🌍
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Stay with Hoffmann's Travelogue for upcoming travels. https://t.me/+Tq4Tqwl6B6wSJvZJ
Until then follow and recommend Afandi English!
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Until then follow and recommend Afandi English!
—> https://t.me/afandi_english <—
#13 Correct me if you can
▶️ Please find the mistake in the following sentence:
My grandfather born and died in the same village.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #correct
▶️ Please find the mistake in the following sentence:
Dear subscribers, here's a mysterious message from 🇹🇿Tanzania where I am travelling right now. For two more weeks I cannot send daily posts as usual but you're welcome to follow my travels on the "Hoffmann's Travelogue" channel where you will find plenty of useful vocabulary in our good old Afandi style:
https://t.me/+Tq4Tqwl6B6wSJvZJ
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"Heri Ya Mwaka Mpya" means ...
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"Monkey meat for sale"
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"I'm stuck in the mud"
16%
"Your bananas are green"
53%
"Happy New Year"
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#39 Know Your World: English-speaking countries' song
▶️ There are so many countries in the world where English is used as an official language. Hearing a presentation or reading about that is probably quite boring, so someone made a song out of it. Hope that makes it easier to remember!
Check out some of the “Englishes”, i.e. varieties of English, are spoken around the world: https://t.me/afandi_english/793
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #world_englishes
▶️ There are so many countries in the world where English is used as an official language. Hearing a presentation or reading about that is probably quite boring, so someone made a song out of it. Hope that makes it easier to remember!
Check out some of the “Englishes”, i.e. varieties of English, are spoken around the world: https://t.me/afandi_english/793
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #world_englishes
#123 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi in Downtown Kampala, 🇺🇬Uganda
❓ Can you spot Afandi in this picture?
❗️ You might be the lucky winner of 5,000 Paynet-soums!
❓ 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!
🆕 If you win you have 30 minutes to claim your prize. If you don’t we’ll find another winner!
👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_afandi
❓ Can you spot Afandi in this picture?
❗️ You might be the lucky winner of 5,000 Paynet-soums!
❓ 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!
🆕 If you win you have 30 minutes to claim your prize. If you don’t we’ll find another winner!
👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_afandi
Congrats to Muhammadmustafo!!! 🥳🥳🥳
And lovely designs from Muhammad, Muslimbek and Sardorbek! 💯👏👍
And lovely designs from Muhammad, Muslimbek and Sardorbek! 💯👏👍