Do you share this young lady’s excitement?
Anonymous Poll
13%
She's right, it’s cool and I’d love one too.
17%
Somehow excited but not like her.
33%
Good for her but I don’t need that now.
38%
No, either she’s crazy or it’s propaganda.
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#62 Movie Time: The Intern (2015)
▶️ Today’s film is a comedy-drama with Robert de Niro as a 70-year-old widower (=a man whose wife has died) who starts a new career at an online fashion company in New York. Watch how his life experience and charming style save his boss from the malice (=evilness) of the corporate world (=the private sector of the economy; private companies).
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #american_films #drama #comedy
▶️ Today’s film is a comedy-drama with Robert de Niro as a 70-year-old widower (=a man whose wife has died) who starts a new career at an online fashion company in New York. Watch how his life experience and charming style save his boss from the malice (=evilness) of the corporate world (=the private sector of the economy; private companies).
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #american_films #drama #comedy
#123 Afandi Quiz: What’s the word?
The same word can mean very different things in different languages. “Loy” in German is just the name of a village somewhere in the North whereas in Uzbek it means “mud”.
👉@afandi_english👈 #word_quiz
The same word can mean very different things in different languages. “Loy” in German is just the name of a village somewhere in the North whereas in Uzbek it means “mud”.
👉@afandi_english👈 #word_quiz
Same word but unrelated, what can we call that?
Anonymous Quiz
12%
convolution
10%
cohabitation
18%
conspiracy
30%
coincidence
20%
connotation
10%
collocation
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#54 Know Your World: Unconctacted tribes
▶️ The 🇧🇷Brazilian rainforest is home to most of the world’s roughly (=approximately) 100 uncontacted tribes (=small societies living in the nature). Watch this video for some impressive footage (=video material) and cautioning (=warning) words from Brazil’s official (=sb representing the government) in charge (=responsible).
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #documentary
▶️ The 🇧🇷Brazilian rainforest is home to most of the world’s roughly (=approximately) 100 uncontacted tribes (=small societies living in the nature). Watch this video for some impressive footage (=video material) and cautioning (=warning) words from Brazil’s official (=sb representing the government) in charge (=responsible).
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #documentary
#1 Odd Man Out
🆕 Here’s your chance to check whether you’ve learned your lessons from our favourite #mistakes – find the odd man out, that is the one item that doesn’t fit in.
▶️ Pay attention to your pronunciation when reading the following sentence:
She looked into the mirror, changed her dress again, called her fiancé and waited for him impatiently.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #oddmanout #pronunciation
🆕 Here’s your chance to check whether you’ve learned your lessons from our favourite #mistakes – find the odd man out, that is the one item that doesn’t fit in.
▶️ Pay attention to your pronunciation when reading the following sentence:
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#17 Afandi Karaoke: Sorry (by Justin Bieber)
▶️ You don’t have to be a fan of Justin Bieber to enjoy this video and practice your English with it. Something captivating (=sth catching you) about the tech (=technology) here!
👉@afandi_english👈 #karaoke
▶️ You don’t have to be a fan of Justin Bieber to enjoy this video and practice your English with it. Something captivating (=sth catching you) about the tech (=technology) here!
👉@afandi_english👈 #karaoke
#51 YouTube Channel Recommendation: JerryRigEverything
📊 English Level: Upper
🔤 Subtitles: Provided
💬 Topics: Technology, driving, experiments, DIY
💡 Content: This channel is slightly (=a little bit) nerdish (=crazy about technology and every detail of it) but a great source of English if you’re interested in technology and building stuff. Jerry loves to take stuff apart and see how things work, and he can make things work like a total DIY (=‘do it yourself’, not buying things but making them by oneself) guy. Very hands-on (=practical and simple, working with one’s hands).
⛓ Link: https://www.youtube.com/@JerryRigEverything
👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube
📊 English Level: Upper
🔤 Subtitles: Provided
💬 Topics: Technology, driving, experiments, DIY
💡 Content: This channel is slightly (=a little bit) nerdish (=crazy about technology and every detail of it) but a great source of English if you’re interested in technology and building stuff. Jerry loves to take stuff apart and see how things work, and he can make things work like a total DIY (=‘do it yourself’, not buying things but making them by oneself) guy. Very hands-on (=practical and simple, working with one’s hands).
⛓ Link: https://www.youtube.com/@JerryRigEverything
👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube
#140 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi with Comrade Lenin in Osh, 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan
❓ 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 Kamoliddin! 👏👏👏 Well done, not easy today but also not a lot of competition! 😉
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Know Your World #55: Homeless by choice
▶️ Check out how this 🇲🇽Mexican guy makes a living (=earn money to live) in 🇺🇸New York on a super slim (=very small) budget (=money you can use).
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #documentary
▶️ Check out how this 🇲🇽Mexican guy makes a living (=earn money to live) in 🇺🇸New York on a super slim (=very small) budget (=money you can use).
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #documentary
Afandi Quiz #124: What is this thing?
Here's something that looks like some lavash bread or tortilla or chapati but isn't!
👉@afandi_english👈 #thing_quiz
Here's something that looks like some lavash bread or tortilla or chapati but isn't!
👉@afandi_english👈 #thing_quiz
What is it then?
Final Results
22%
a colour-reversed image of the universe
17%
a map of the Sahara Desert
21%
a blanket
40%
skin cancer
Almost well done, I think we've found the right answer after all!
These are realistic-looking tortilla blankets. They don't just look funny, they're also super soft and very forgiving when it comes to stains (=dirty areas on clothes).
These are realistic-looking tortilla blankets. They don't just look funny, they're also super soft and very forgiving when it comes to stains (=dirty areas on clothes).
Our favourite mistakes #147: Pronunciation
▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• confidence
• distance
• development
• government
• helpless
• speechless
❓What do these words have in common?
❗️ Words ending in -ence/-ance, -ment and -less are pronounced with schwa (ə), just like the last letter in борми.
• kɒnfɪdəns
• dɪstəns
• dɪveləpmənt
• gʌvənmənt
• helpləs
• spi:ʧləs
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #pronunciation
▶️ Try pronouncing the following words:
• distance
• development
• government
• helpless
• speechless
❗️ Words ending in -ence/-ance, -ment and -less are pronounced with schwa (ə), just like the last letter in борми.
• kɒnfɪdəns
• dɪstəns
• dɪveləpmənt
• gʌvənmənt
• helpləs
• spi:ʧləs
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #pronunciation
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Movie Time #63: The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)
▶️ Today’s film is a comedy-drama about an 🇮🇳Indian family of chefs that ends up (=get an unplanned result) somewhere in the 🇫🇷French countryside. Watch how good food transcends (=goes beyond, overcomes) cultural differences and leads to a happy multicultural ending.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #comedy #drama #european_films #international_films
▶️ Today’s film is a comedy-drama about an 🇮🇳Indian family of chefs that ends up (=get an unplanned result) somewhere in the 🇫🇷French countryside. Watch how good food transcends (=goes beyond, overcomes) cultural differences and leads to a happy multicultural ending.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #comedy #drama #european_films #international_films
Travelogue 🇩🇪Germany #11: The cure
▶️ Perhaps you know the Russian word "курорт" which is the German word for "spa town". There are many of them in Germany, and they're usually named "Bad ...". That doesn't mean "bad" in English but "bath".
Some have natural salt deposits (=presence of minerals or elements) in the ground, and inhaling (=breathing in deeply) salty steam (=humid air) can cure (=heal) many ills.
To make the salty water breathable people built these tall structures stuffed (=filled) with tree twigs (=small branches) from which salt water runs down.
Still today it is common to 'go on a cure' for a month or just spend a wellness (=sth good for your body, like massage, sauna, etc) weekend at a spa town. Spa town architecture is also very beautiful.
https://t.me/+Tq4Tqwl6B6wSJvZJ
▶️ Perhaps you know the Russian word "курорт" which is the German word for "spa town". There are many of them in Germany, and they're usually named "Bad ...". That doesn't mean "bad" in English but "bath".
Some have natural salt deposits (=presence of minerals or elements) in the ground, and inhaling (=breathing in deeply) salty steam (=humid air) can cure (=heal) many ills.
To make the salty water breathable people built these tall structures stuffed (=filled) with tree twigs (=small branches) from which salt water runs down.
Still today it is common to 'go on a cure' for a month or just spend a wellness (=sth good for your body, like massage, sauna, etc) weekend at a spa town. Spa town architecture is also very beautiful.
Check out Hoffmann's Travelogue for more:https://t.me/+Tq4Tqwl6B6wSJvZJ