#49 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Chuifang is a traveller from 🇹🇼Taiwan on a two-week trip around Europe. As she touches down (=lands, arrives by plane) in Frankfurt and starts her trip in 🇩🇪Germany she sees a lot of German flags everywhere. She’s puzzled (=very confused) because in her travel guide book she read that Germans are not very patriotic and seldom express any love for their country.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Chuifang is a traveller from 🇹🇼Taiwan on a two-week trip around Europe. As she touches down (=lands, arrives by plane) in Frankfurt and starts her trip in 🇩🇪Germany she sees a lot of German flags everywhere. She’s puzzled (=very confused) because in her travel guide book she read that Germans are not very patriotic and seldom express any love for their country.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
#54 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Sara from 🇲🇽Mexico studies in China. She works part-time as a tour guide for Spanish-speaking tourists – a job she enjoys as she is confident and can solve any problem. At her university she fell in love with Nando, a student from 🇮🇩Indonesia. When Sara agrees to visit Indonesia for the first time Nando is excited to let her meet his family. Unfortunately for the couple, Nando’s parents are quite traditional and don’t like Sara. Why?
👉@afandi_english👈 #quiz #culture_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Sara from 🇲🇽Mexico studies in China. She works part-time as a tour guide for Spanish-speaking tourists – a job she enjoys as she is confident and can solve any problem. At her university she fell in love with Nando, a student from 🇮🇩Indonesia. When Sara agrees to visit Indonesia for the first time Nando is excited to let her meet his family. Unfortunately for the couple, Nando’s parents are quite traditional and don’t like Sara. Why?
👉@afandi_english👈 #quiz #culture_quiz
#62 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Li Ming from 🇨🇳China works as a communications officer and translator for a large mining firm (=a company that operates mines). On a business trip to 🇦🇺Australia, he, his boss and a few other colleagues are welcomed by the Australian partners at a casual (=informal) business lunch. In the following days, Li Ming has to work extra hard to translate between the two sides as his boss is still upset about that business lunch. What went wrong?
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Li Ming from 🇨🇳China works as a communications officer and translator for a large mining firm (=a company that operates mines). On a business trip to 🇦🇺Australia, he, his boss and a few other colleagues are welcomed by the Australian partners at a casual (=informal) business lunch. In the following days, Li Ming has to work extra hard to translate between the two sides as his boss is still upset about that business lunch. What went wrong?
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
#68 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Alicia from 🇪🇸Spain is excited. Two years after she travelled around Southeast Asia her 🇻🇳Vietnamese friend Hằng Binh is visiting her home in Spain. When Hằng Binh calls, Alicia tells her to come at 9 o’clock to share a traditional meal with the family. Alicia wants her friend to try the Spanish national dish Paella which is rice cooked with sea food.
Unfortunately that evening Hằng Binh doesn’t show up (=appear, arrive). There seems to be some misunderstanding.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Alicia from 🇪🇸Spain is excited. Two years after she travelled around Southeast Asia her 🇻🇳Vietnamese friend Hằng Binh is visiting her home in Spain. When Hằng Binh calls, Alicia tells her to come at 9 o’clock to share a traditional meal with the family. Alicia wants her friend to try the Spanish national dish Paella which is rice cooked with sea food.
Unfortunately that evening Hằng Binh doesn’t show up (=appear, arrive). There seems to be some misunderstanding.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
#75 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Selma and Lars are young couple from 🇸🇪Sweden. For their honeymoon (=a trip right after one’s wedding) they travel to 🇬🇷Greece and spend a romantic two-week holiday on an island in the Mediterranean Sea (=the sea between Europe and Africa). They decide to rent a car to explore the island. Right on the first day they almost crash the car as they drive on a narrow mountain slope (=a road going up or down) and see cars on the other side flashing their lights.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Selma and Lars are young couple from 🇸🇪Sweden. For their honeymoon (=a trip right after one’s wedding) they travel to 🇬🇷Greece and spend a romantic two-week holiday on an island in the Mediterranean Sea (=the sea between Europe and Africa). They decide to rent a car to explore the island. Right on the first day they almost crash the car as they drive on a narrow mountain slope (=a road going up or down) and see cars on the other side flashing their lights.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
#82 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Chris from 🇳🇿New Zealand has been living as an expat (=Westerner working in a non-Western country) in 🇯🇵Japan for two years now. He used to work for an American company but recently joined a Japanese firm. His foreign friends warned him that it wouldn’t be easy for him. His Japanese boss and colleagues seem kind to him and praise him when he works extra hours but he still doesn’t feel like he’s part of the team.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Chris from 🇳🇿New Zealand has been living as an expat (=Westerner working in a non-Western country) in 🇯🇵Japan for two years now. He used to work for an American company but recently joined a Japanese firm. His foreign friends warned him that it wouldn’t be easy for him. His Japanese boss and colleagues seem kind to him and praise him when he works extra hours but he still doesn’t feel like he’s part of the team.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
#90 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Burak is a student from 🇹🇷Turkey studying in Riga, 🇱🇻Latvia. Apart from a couple of strange traditions and food he is mostly cool with Latvian culture but the one day that his local friend Peteris took him to the sauna he felt very uneasy (=uncomfortable).
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Burak is a student from 🇹🇷Turkey studying in Riga, 🇱🇻Latvia. Apart from a couple of strange traditions and food he is mostly cool with Latvian culture but the one day that his local friend Peteris took him to the sauna he felt very uneasy (=uncomfortable).
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
#97 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Omar is a low-budget (=spending little money) travel blogger from 🇲🇾Malaysia. It is his first trip to Europe. In 🇪🇸Spain he visits a so-called “feria” – a big festival celebrated in a small town. He is really excited about it but also disturbed by one thing.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Omar is a low-budget (=spending little money) travel blogger from 🇲🇾Malaysia. It is his first trip to Europe. In 🇪🇸Spain he visits a so-called “feria” – a big festival celebrated in a small town. He is really excited about it but also disturbed by one thing.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
#104 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Hannes and Merten are two young entrepreneurs from 🇳🇴Norway. They have come all the way to 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia where they want to sell advanced equipment to a Saudi oil production company. In their email exchange the Arabs seemed like very keen (=excited, interested) buyers but the negotiations (=talking about the price) drag on (=continue for too long) and the Norwegians fail to strike a deal (=agree to buy or sell sth) within the three days of their stay.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Hannes and Merten are two young entrepreneurs from 🇳🇴Norway. They have come all the way to 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia where they want to sell advanced equipment to a Saudi oil production company. In their email exchange the Arabs seemed like very keen (=excited, interested) buyers but the negotiations (=talking about the price) drag on (=continue for too long) and the Norwegians fail to strike a deal (=agree to buy or sell sth) within the three days of their stay.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
▶️ Afandi English is over 3 years old now and there’s a ton of stuff you’ve missed. Here are some hashtags for quizzes on the channel:
#correct
See if you can spot Uzbek students’ favourite mistakes.
#culture_quiz
Get to the bottom of cultural misunderstandings.
#map_quiz
Check your knowledge of the world.
#oddmanout
Find the word or pronunciation that doesn’t fit in.
#picture_quiz
Look at a picture and guess which country it is.
#quote_quiz
Guess who said it.
#song_quiz
Listen and guess the country.
#spot_afandi
Train your eagle eyes for the next Afandi spotting game.
#spot_something
Travel to exotic locations and spot another item, not Afandi.
#thing_quiz
Check out some weird stuff and guess what it is.
#word_quiz
Test your English to see if you can crack these ones.
#correct
See if you can spot Uzbek students’ favourite mistakes.
#culture_quiz
Get to the bottom of cultural misunderstandings.
#map_quiz
Check your knowledge of the world.
#oddmanout
Find the word or pronunciation that doesn’t fit in.
#picture_quiz
Look at a picture and guess which country it is.
#quote_quiz
Guess who said it.
#song_quiz
Listen and guess the country.
#spot_afandi
Train your eagle eyes for the next Afandi spotting game.
#spot_something
Travel to exotic locations and spot another item, not Afandi.
#thing_quiz
Check out some weird stuff and guess what it is.
#word_quiz
Test your English to see if you can crack these ones.