Forwarded from Hoffmann's Travelogue (Joho)
Travelogue ๐น๐ทTurkey #1: Visiting a school in Turkey
โถ๏ธ It's a paradox (=sth that doesn't fit together). Turkey is so much in the middle of everything but doesn't have a middle itself. Eastern Turkey and Western Turkey are worlds apart (=very different). Here in the East, teachers are sent from the West to civilise the crude (=rough, uncultured) Easterners - mainly local Kurdish and Syrian refugee children.
Many things remind me of Uzbekistan. The patriotism, the hospitality, the whole feel of the place. But there are also differences: Most of teachers smoke during the break, students and teachers speak different languages, and a lot of the school's equipment is donated (=given for free as a help) by the EU to lessen (=reduce) the migration pressure on Europe.
๐ลanlฤฑurfa, Turkey
#turkey #culture
โถ๏ธ It's a paradox (=sth that doesn't fit together). Turkey is so much in the middle of everything but doesn't have a middle itself. Eastern Turkey and Western Turkey are worlds apart (=very different). Here in the East, teachers are sent from the West to civilise the crude (=rough, uncultured) Easterners - mainly local Kurdish and Syrian refugee children.
Many things remind me of Uzbekistan. The patriotism, the hospitality, the whole feel of the place. But there are also differences: Most of teachers smoke during the break, students and teachers speak different languages, and a lot of the school's equipment is donated (=given for free as a help) by the EU to lessen (=reduce) the migration pressure on Europe.
๐ลanlฤฑurfa, Turkey
#turkey #culture
Afandi Quiz #148: Whatโs the word?
Hereโs a sign somewhere in China. What kind of mistake is it?
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Hereโs a sign somewhere in China. What kind of mistake is it?
๐@afandi_english๐ #word_quiz
It's a/an ...
Anonymous Quiz
30%
typo
12%
mistranslation
19%
error
10%
omission
7%
inconsistency
22%
all of the above
Spot Afandi and his donkey #158: Afandi daydreaming in ๐ฎ๐ฉIndonesia
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Movie Time #77: Suck Me Shakespeer (2013)
โถ๏ธ Todayโs movie is a ๐ฉ๐ชGerman comedy about a school full of troublesome teenagers. Watch how a criminal teacher-by-accident gives the kids just what they need.
๐ค Subtitles provided.
๐ฃ Do you speak German? Then watch this movie with German subtitles.
๐@afandi_english๐ #movie #comedy #european_films
โถ๏ธ Todayโs movie is a ๐ฉ๐ชGerman comedy about a school full of troublesome teenagers. Watch how a criminal teacher-by-accident gives the kids just what they need.
๐ค Subtitles provided.
๐ฃ Do you speak German? Then watch this movie with German subtitles.
๐@afandi_english๐ #movie #comedy #european_films
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โถ๏ธ Hereโs finally a corpus (=large collection of authentic language material) website thatโs easy to use and doesnโt confuse the non-linguists among us. Corpora (=plural of โcorpusโ or the material in it) is a fantastic language learning resource โ it can show you the usage of words.
๐ https://corpusmate.com/search
๐@afandi_english๐ #website
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