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
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Know Your World #56: Pacific islanders’ recipe for happiness
▶️ Located in the South Pacific, 🇻🇺Vanuatu is an island nation of roughly 300,000 people. Find out how the locals achieve levels of happiness that are above those of rich and “successful” countries.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #documentary
▶️ Located in the South Pacific, 🇻🇺Vanuatu is an island nation of roughly 300,000 people. Find out how the locals achieve levels of happiness that are above those of rich and “successful” countries.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #documentary
Afandi Quiz #125: What’s this map about?
▶️ Here’s a map of the world showing percentage points for various countries. The highest is 🇿🇼Zimbabwe with a whopping (=crazy high) 269%, the lowest is 🇨🇳China with only 2.1%
👉@afandi_english👈 #maps #map_quiz
▶️ Here’s a map of the world showing percentage points for various countries. The highest is 🇿🇼Zimbabwe with a whopping (=crazy high) 269%, the lowest is 🇨🇳China with only 2.1%
👉@afandi_english👈 #maps #map_quiz
This map shows the … of 2022.
Anonymous Quiz
44%
inflation rate
21%
economic growth
12%
tourism growth rate
23%
change in child mortality
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#grammar
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#pronunciation
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#self_study
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#tongue_twisters
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#uni_vocab
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#vocabulary
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#correct
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#grammar
Brush up your grammar.
#ielts
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#learn2learn
Take advice on how to learn a foreign language.
#mistakes
The biggest collection of Uzbek learners’ typical mistakes in English – at your fingertips.
#oddmanout
See if you can find the mistake.
#pronunciation
Fix your pronunciation problems, one at a time.
#self_study
Sit down and help yourself. Interesting videos plus script plus activities.
#tongue_twisters
Work on your pronunciation and fluency in one go.
#uni_vocab
Understand university-related vocabulary.
#vocabulary
Learn about lexical problems and pick the right words next time.
#world_englishes
Realise that English is a world language and prepare for the worst. Or the best?
#writing
Say goodbye to your most common and unnecessary writing mistakes.
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Movie Time #64: The King's Speech (2010)
▶️ Today's movie is a historical drama about King George VI of England, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. He found it very difficult to deliver speeches because of a stammer (=stutter, being unable to speak fluently). Watch how his speech therapist skilfully (=with good ability) treats him during difficult times as World War 2 is about to break out (=start of a war or epidemic). The film won four Oscars (=film award in Hollywood).
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #british_films #drama
▶️ Today's movie is a historical drama about King George VI of England, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. He found it very difficult to deliver speeches because of a stammer (=stutter, being unable to speak fluently). Watch how his speech therapist skilfully (=with good ability) treats him during difficult times as World War 2 is about to break out (=start of a war or epidemic). The film won four Oscars (=film award in Hollywood).
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #british_films #drama