#145 Our favourite mistakes: Writing
▶️ Look at the writing above. 👆
❓What’s wrong here?
❗️The student is using brackets (=these things 👉(...)👈) for correction.
❓Why?
❗️ The purpose of using brackets for correction is to maintain an orderly look of the text (“chiroylism”). Crossing out wrong words would look messy. Unfortunately, brackets do not have this function in English. They are used for giving extra information, not marking wrong words.
❓What to do instead?
❗️ Simple. Justcross it out! 😏
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #writing
▶️ Look at the writing above. 👆
❓What’s wrong here?
❗️
❗️ The purpose of using brackets for correction is to maintain an orderly look of the text (“chiroylism”). Crossing out wrong words would look messy. Unfortunately, brackets do not have this function in English. They are used for giving extra information, not marking wrong words.
❓What to do instead?
❗️ Simple. Just
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #writing
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#13 Future: Meat from the lab
▶️ Is this meat real or fake? Yes it’s meat but no, it’s no it’s not from a slaughtered (=killed for meat) animal. Lab (=laboratory) meat solves a lot of problems but at the same time raises a lot of questions. Watch this report from 🇮🇱Israel.
👉@afandi_english👈 #future #know_your_world
▶️ Is this meat real or fake? Yes it’s meat but no, it’s no it’s not from a slaughtered (=killed for meat) animal. Lab (=laboratory) meat solves a lot of problems but at the same time raises a lot of questions. Watch this report from 🇮🇱Israel.
👉@afandi_english👈 #future #know_your_world
Would you like try this kind of meat?
Anonymous Poll
12%
Yes, I find such stuff exciting.
25%
Maybe, but let others try it first.
30%
No, it feels wrong.
33%
Hold on, is this halal?
#50 YouTube Channel Recommendation: Invisible People
📊 English Level: Various
🔤 Subtitles: Mostly provided
💬 Topics: Social problems, biographies
💡 Content: This channel is a bit of a shocker if you thought that there was no poverty in rich countries. It’s all about homeless people and their stories of drugs, crime, violence, disability and every other problem you can imagine. The channel gives them a voice and aims to restore (=bring back) their dignity (=respect sb or oneself as a human). Meanwhile it teaches us a whole lot about society.
⛓ Link: https://www.youtube.com/@InvisiblePeople
👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube #know_your_world
📊 English Level: Various
🔤 Subtitles: Mostly provided
💬 Topics: Social problems, biographies
💡 Content: This channel is a bit of a shocker if you thought that there was no poverty in rich countries. It’s all about homeless people and their stories of drugs, crime, violence, disability and every other problem you can imagine. The channel gives them a voice and aims to restore (=bring back) their dignity (=respect sb or oneself as a human). Meanwhile it teaches us a whole lot about society.
⛓ Link: https://www.youtube.com/@InvisiblePeople
👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube #know_your_world
#136 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi on a 🇹🇿Tanzanian 🍍pineapple plantation
❓ 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 Samandar!!! 👏👏👏
And the coolest designs of today are Shohruhbek's and Khamidullo's 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
And the coolest designs of today are Shohruhbek's and Khamidullo's 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
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#7 Know Yourself: The power of repetition
▶️ Why is it that we go through the education system just once, finish our education and live the rest of our lives? This video by The School of Life rightfully argues that modern education needs to learn from religious education. Why? The power of repetition.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_yourself #documentary #psychology
▶️ Why is it that we go through the education system just once, finish our education and live the rest of our lives? This video by The School of Life rightfully argues that modern education needs to learn from religious education. Why? The power of repetition.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_yourself #documentary #psychology
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#20 A Good Laugh: How money changes situations
▶️ Are you worried about your pronunciation? Well one solution to all your problems might just be money! This 🇬🇧British sketch (=funny short video or theatre performance) from the 1970s is not only funny, it also points to (=mention sth important) a deeper truth.
👉@afandi_english👈 #good_laugh
▶️ Are you worried about your pronunciation? Well one solution to all your problems might just be money! This 🇬🇧British sketch (=funny short video or theatre performance) from the 1970s is not only funny, it also points to (=mention sth important) a deeper truth.
👉@afandi_english👈 #good_laugh
#19 Correct me if you can
▶️ Find the mistake in the following sentence:
Nobody doesn’t have any time.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #correct
▶️ Find the mistake in the following sentence:
Forwarded from Hoffmann's Old Travelogue
#1 Travelogue 🇰🇿Kazakhstan: Xormanglar!
▶️ My Kazakh friend hired a bunch of (=some, a couple of) 🇺🇿Uzbeks to build his new house. Better quality and also cheaper, he says. Too bad I couldn't really tell him what they were saying to each other as their Xorazmcha (=the dialect of Khorezm in western Uzbekistan) left me (=made me) absolutely clueless (=not knowing, having no idea).
When they talk to my friend everyone tries to adapt and they basically understand each other. Usually Russian would be the language of interethnic (=between ethnic groups) communication but my friend is a Kazakh from China, so he doesn't really do (=use) Russian. And that works just fine! 🤓
#travel #kazakhstan
▶️ My Kazakh friend hired a bunch of (=some, a couple of) 🇺🇿Uzbeks to build his new house. Better quality and also cheaper, he says. Too bad I couldn't really tell him what they were saying to each other as their Xorazmcha (=the dialect of Khorezm in western Uzbekistan) left me (=made me) absolutely clueless (=not knowing, having no idea).
When they talk to my friend everyone tries to adapt and they basically understand each other. Usually Russian would be the language of interethnic (=between ethnic groups) communication but my friend is a Kazakh from China, so he doesn't really do (=use) Russian. And that works just fine! 🤓
#travel #kazakhstan
Afandi English
#1 Travelogue 🇰🇿Kazakhstan: Xormanglar! ▶️ My Kazakh friend hired a bunch of (=some, a couple of) 🇺🇿Uzbeks to build his new house. Better quality and also cheaper, he says. Too bad I couldn't really tell him what they were saying to each other as their Xorazmcha…
The Travelogue is back on, subscribe and stay tuned for more glimpses into the outside world! 😏
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#50 Know Your World: How to worry wisely about AI
▶️ Humanity is facing the decision of how to deal with ever smarter artificial intelligence. Read this recent article from the Economist to find out what’s happening.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #article #future
▶️ Humanity is facing the decision of how to deal with ever smarter artificial intelligence. Read this recent article from the Economist to find out what’s happening.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #article #future
#119 Afandi Quiz: What’s this map about?
▶️ Here’s a map of Europe showing percentage points between 2.8% for 🇹🇷Turkey and 69.4% for 🇮🇸Iceland.
👉@afandi_english👈 #maps #map_quiz
▶️ Here’s a map of Europe showing percentage points between 2.8% for 🇹🇷Turkey and 69.4% for 🇮🇸Iceland.
👉@afandi_english👈 #maps #map_quiz
This map shows the share of …
Anonymous Quiz
25%
active Christians
10%
monthly income saved
30%
daily coffee drinkers
36%
children born outside marriage