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Know Your World #65: Central Asia’s new alliances
▶️ Read this recent article from the Economist about the Stan countries’ foreign policy outlook for the coming years.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #article #economist
▶️ Read this recent article from the Economist about the Stan countries’ foreign policy outlook for the coming years.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #article #economist
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Movie Time #70: Welcome to the Sticks (2008)
▶️ Today’s film is a 🇫🇷French comedy about a man from sunny Southern France who has to move to the North of France where it always rains, where people eat bad food, speak a strange dialect and are unsophisticated (=simple, not clever). Watch how he slowly accepts his fate and falls in love with the place.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #comedy #european_films
▶️ Today’s film is a 🇫🇷French comedy about a man from sunny Southern France who has to move to the North of France where it always rains, where people eat bad food, speak a strange dialect and are unsophisticated (=simple, not clever). Watch how he slowly accepts his fate and falls in love with the place.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #comedy #european_films
Talking Point #5: Invasive technology
▶️ How times have changed. For a bit of convenience (=sth is easy and practical) we’re giving up our privacy. Smart assistants like Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri and Google’s creatively named “Google” save our time and make for (=create) some funny interactive moments. But they listen to everything that happens in our homes. How do you feel about that?
👉@afandi_english👈 #talking_point #future
▶️ How times have changed. For a bit of convenience (=sth is easy and practical) we’re giving up our privacy. Smart assistants like Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri and Google’s creatively named “Google” save our time and make for (=create) some funny interactive moments. But they listen to everything that happens in our homes. How do you feel about that?
👉@afandi_english👈 #talking_point #future
World Food #20: Biryani Rice from 🇮🇳India and 🇵🇰Pakistan
▶️ Here is India’s answer to plov. Biryani is lighter and has more spices in it. There are three versions of it: Chicken Biryani, Mutton Biryani and Vegetable Biryani.
... made with:
Long-grain rice (basmati), chicken / mutton / vegetables, and then the spices (whichever you can get): Cloves, star anise, bayleaf, ginger, turmeric, chili, cinnamon, cardamom, cumin, etc. Use Google picture search to see what they look like.
... eaten with:
Raita – a salty sauce made of yoghurt, cucumber, onion, garlic, herbs and spices.
Healthy or not? 🟢
Easy to make? 🟢
Cheap enough? 🟡
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food
▶️ Here is India’s answer to plov. Biryani is lighter and has more spices in it. There are three versions of it: Chicken Biryani, Mutton Biryani and Vegetable Biryani.
... made with:
Long-grain rice (basmati), chicken / mutton / vegetables, and then the spices (whichever you can get): Cloves, star anise, bayleaf, ginger, turmeric, chili, cinnamon, cardamom, cumin, etc. Use Google picture search to see what they look like.
... eaten with:
Raita – a salty sauce made of yoghurt, cucumber, onion, garlic, herbs and spices.
Healthy or not? 🟢
Easy to make? 🟢
Cheap enough? 🟡
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food
Unmissable Websites #2: AI image generator
▶️ Here’s an AI tool to create pictures. Just write whatever is on your mind, press enter and there it is. Shockingly good!
See what comes up when you enter “Afandi and his donkey studying English”. 😝
🔗 https://open.ai/
👉@afandi_english👈 #website #ai
▶️ Here’s an AI tool to create pictures. Just write whatever is on your mind, press enter and there it is. Shockingly good!
See what comes up when you enter “Afandi and his donkey studying English”. 😝
🔗 https://open.ai/
👉@afandi_english👈 #website #ai
Spot Something #147: A deodorant in Tokyo, 🇯🇵Japan
❓ Can you spot the deodorant in this picture?
❗️ You might be the lucky winner of 10,000 Paynet-soums!
❓ How? Spot the deodorant, mark it in the picture and send that to @jochenho. The time limit is 30 minutes.
🆕 If you win you have 30 minutes to claim your prize. If you don’t we’ll find another winner!
👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_something
❓ Can you spot the deodorant in this picture?
❗️ You might be the lucky winner of 10,000 Paynet-soums!
❓ How? Spot the deodorant, mark it in the picture and send that to @jochenho. The time limit is 30 minutes.
🆕 If you win you have 30 minutes to claim your prize. If you don’t we’ll find another winner!
👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_something
Congrats to O'g'iloy!!! 👏👏👏
And arigato to our designers for today - Abdulahatty, Murodjon and Quvonchbek! 👍👍👍
And arigato to our designers for today - Abdulahatty, Murodjon and Quvonchbek! 👍👍👍
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Know Yourself #11: Learning Styles – only a myth?
▶️ Are you a visual learner? Or perhaps a kinaesthetic (=about body movements) type? Or you’re an auditory (=about hearing) one. Whatever you think you are, science has some news for you.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_yourself #psychology
▶️ Are you a visual learner? Or perhaps a kinaesthetic (=about body movements) type? Or you’re an auditory (=about hearing) one. Whatever you think you are, science has some news for you.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_yourself #psychology
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Afandi Karaoke #19: Beggin’ (by Måneskin)
▶️ Here’s a beautiful and slightly challenging song for you to sing along. See how you manage! Beggin’ is a remake from a 1960s American song performed by an Italian band that has a Danish name.
👉@afandi_english👈 #karaoke
▶️ Here’s a beautiful and slightly challenging song for you to sing along. See how you manage! Beggin’ is a remake from a 1960s American song performed by an Italian band that has a Danish name.
👉@afandi_english👈 #karaoke
The odd man out is:
Anonymous Quiz
16%
blur
14%
mercy
5%
burn
14%
girl
10%
earn
9%
first
14%
bury
18%
stir
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Know Your World #66: All major religions in 10 minutes
▶️ Here’s a pretty concise (=short but informative) overview of the world’s religions. Check out their basic beliefs, in the name of world peace!
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world
▶️ Here’s a pretty concise (=short but informative) overview of the world’s religions. Check out their basic beliefs, in the name of world peace!
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world
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Afandi Quiz #139: Mysterious language
🆕 We only get to hear a tiny fraction (=small part of sth) of the world’s 6,000+ languages. That’s a shame. Give your curious ears a treat from time to time!
▶️ The language this lady is speaking sounds truly mysterious. What could it be?
👉@afandi_english👈 #language_quiz
🆕 We only get to hear a tiny fraction (=small part of sth) of the world’s 6,000+ languages. That’s a shame. Give your curious ears a treat from time to time!
▶️ The language this lady is speaking sounds truly mysterious. What could it be?
👉@afandi_english👈 #language_quiz