SUPER AFANDI #145: Afandi in Termez
❓ Can you spot Afandi in one of these pictures?
❗️ You might be the lucky winner of 🔥20,000🔥 Paynet-soums!
❓ How? Spot Afandi, mark him in the right picture and send it to @jochenho. The time limit is 30 minutes. Not sure what Afandi looks like? Check the 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 one of these pictures?
❗️ You might be the lucky winner of 🔥20,000🔥 Paynet-soums!
❓ How? Spot Afandi, mark him in the right picture and send it to @jochenho. The time limit is 30 minutes. Not sure what Afandi looks like? Check the 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 Oybek!!! 👏👏👏
And one little design-cha from Bozorgul! Cheers to that! 💯🤩👍
And one little design-cha from Bozorgul! Cheers to that! 💯🤩👍
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Know Your World #62: 🇮🇱Israel and 🇵🇸Palestine explained
▶️ It’s tempting to get emotional about the news these days. But as with every conflict there’s a long story to it that gets forgotten about when a conflict intensifies (=becomes stronger). Watch this explainer video by VOX to catch up on some background knowledge.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world
▶️ It’s tempting to get emotional about the news these days. But as with every conflict there’s a long story to it that gets forgotten about when a conflict intensifies (=becomes stronger). Watch this explainer video by VOX to catch up on some background knowledge.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world
Afandi Quiz #136: What is this thing?
Here’s a mysterious thing that appears to be a handheld device of some sort.
👉@afandi_english👈 #thing_quiz
Here’s a mysterious thing that appears to be a handheld device of some sort.
👉@afandi_english👈 #thing_quiz
What is it?
Final Results
54%
a candle sharpener
7%
a nail polish remover
34%
a carrot cutter
6%
an ear hair trimmer
Our favourite mistakes #149: Writing
▶️ Look at this piece of wannabe academic writing:
There is given an example in the article.
❓What’s wrong here?
❗️You can add “given” but do it after the object, i.e. There is an example given in the article.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #writing
▶️ Look at this piece of wannabe academic writing:
There is given an example in the article.
❓What’s wrong here?
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👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #writing
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Movie Time #69: Interstellar (2014)
▶️ Today’s film is an Oscar-winning science-fiction epic (=large-scale film production) that teaches you a thing or two (=a few things) about astrophysics. Leave your little world behind you and embark (=start a journey, esp. by ship) on an exciting mission to save mankind, diving into the depths of dark and cold space.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #drama #american_films
▶️ Today’s film is an Oscar-winning science-fiction epic (=large-scale film production) that teaches you a thing or two (=a few things) about astrophysics. Leave your little world behind you and embark (=start a journey, esp. by ship) on an exciting mission to save mankind, diving into the depths of dark and cold space.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #drama #american_films
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Know Your World #63: Is friendship in crisis?
▶️ There are studies that suggest people have less friends today than they used to. Watch this talk by British-American scholar and writer Richard Reeves.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #talk
▶️ There are studies that suggest people have less friends today than they used to. Watch this talk by British-American scholar and writer Richard Reeves.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #talk
Correct me if you can #22
▶️ Find the mistake in the following sentence:
Let’s go to a café, I’m starving.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #correct
▶️ Find the mistake in the following sentence:
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Know Yourself #10: Your Brain on Study Techniques
▶️ What makes your brain study better? Watch this TED Ed video to find out.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_yourself #psychology
▶️ What makes your brain study better? Watch this TED Ed video to find out.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_yourself #psychology
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🎉 Special Day: The History of Halloween
▶️ Whether you have any special feelings today or not, it’s worth looking into the history of Halloween as a festival that has conquered the world.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #special_day #know_your_world #documentary
▶️ Whether you have any special feelings today or not, it’s worth looking into the history of Halloween as a festival that has conquered the world.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #special_day #know_your_world #documentary
Rewind: 🇮🇱Israel and 🇵🇸Palestine
▶️ An explainer video about the conflict
▶️ “This Land Is Mine” – a music video showing a cartoon version of the conflict
▶️ “The Other Son” – A drama about a Jewish and Arab family having their sons swapped accidentally
▶️ “When Pigs Have Wings” – A comedy about a Palestinian fisherman finding a pig in the sea
▶️ An explainer video about the conflict
▶️ “This Land Is Mine” – a music video showing a cartoon version of the conflict
▶️ “The Other Son” – A drama about a Jewish and Arab family having their sons swapped accidentally
▶️ “When Pigs Have Wings” – A comedy about a Palestinian fisherman finding a pig in the sea
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Know Your World #64: Guns, Germs and Steel (Part 1)
▶️ This documentary from 2005 is a real classic. It tries to answer the question why Europeans, and more broadly Westerners, have dominated the globe for so long. Watch Part 2 here.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #documentary
▶️ This documentary from 2005 is a real classic. It tries to answer the question why Europeans, and more broadly Westerners, have dominated the globe for so long. Watch Part 2 here.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #documentary
Afandi Quiz #137: What’s this map about?
▶️ Here’s a world map showing countries in various shades of blue.
👉@afandi_english👈 #maps #map_quiz
▶️ Here’s a world map showing countries in various shades of blue.
👉@afandi_english👈 #maps #map_quiz
This map shows ...
Anonymous Quiz
32%
abortion rates
13%
belief in aliens
29%
censorship index
27%
cigarette consumption
Unmissable Website #1: Wordle
🆕 There's a lot of cool stuff out there in the depths of the internet. Let's dig it up.
▶️ Here's a word game you can play online on the New York Times website. They have a new one every day.
🔗 https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html
👉@afandi_english👈 #website #quiz
🆕 There's a lot of cool stuff out there in the depths of the internet. Let's dig it up.
▶️ Here's a word game you can play online on the New York Times website. They have a new one every day.
🔗 https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html
👉@afandi_english👈 #website #quiz
Nytimes
Wordle - A daily word game
Guess the hidden word in 6 tries. A new puzzle is available each day.