#48 Travelogue Germany: Berlin Airport
Germans are known for their punctuality and planning skills, or are they? The story of Berlin’s new airport is a different story:
Bureaucracy
Rules and standards above all else. In another country they might have just opened the airport anyway and solve the little problems later, but not so in Germany.
Cost explosion
The cost of the airport was three times higher than estimated. Some of the construction was of low quality and there were plenty of scandals.
Delays
Construction began in 2006 but it was opened in 2020. That’s fourteen years. By contrast, Beijing’s new airport is several times bigger than Berlin’s and was built in just five years.
In the end it’s still a beautiful, modern and much needed airport.
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📍estimate = guess 📍scandal = bad behaviour that shocks people
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #germany
Germans are known for their punctuality and planning skills, or are they? The story of Berlin’s new airport is a different story:
Bureaucracy
Rules and standards above all else. In another country they might have just opened the airport anyway and solve the little problems later, but not so in Germany.
Cost explosion
The cost of the airport was three times higher than estimated. Some of the construction was of low quality and there were plenty of scandals.
Delays
Construction began in 2006 but it was opened in 2020. That’s fourteen years. By contrast, Beijing’s new airport is several times bigger than Berlin’s and was built in just five years.
In the end it’s still a beautiful, modern and much needed airport.
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📍estimate = guess 📍scandal = bad behaviour that shocks people
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #germany
What's your conclusion?
Anonymous Poll
53%
Germans are also just humans, not machines.
15%
Their problems are not real problems.
23%
I wouldn't have expected that.
8%
Not sure what to think.
#60 SUPER AFANDI: Afandi at a classy café
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#10 Infographic: Global attitudes towards vaccines
▶️ While the whole planet seems to be getting vaccinated against Covid-19 this year, people have very different attitudes to this. Between full support and complete rejection there quite a few mixed views that often get ignored. Think where you fit in!
👉@afandi_english👈 #infographic
▶️ While the whole planet seems to be getting vaccinated against Covid-19 this year, people have very different attitudes to this. Between full support and complete rejection there quite a few mixed views that often get ignored. Think where you fit in!
👉@afandi_english👈 #infographic
Concerning Covid-19 vaccines I think I am ...
Anonymous Poll
28%
a vaccine supporter (for all vaccines)
21%
vaccine hesitant (slow to get it)
13%
vaccine obligated (pushed by school or work)
25%
vaccine skeptical (against forced vaccination)
13%
an anti-vaxxer (against vaccines in general)
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#46 Afandi Quiz: What’s the word?
Today’s quiz is about a grammatically interesting lady.
👉@afandi_english👈 #word_quiz #grammar
Today’s quiz is about a grammatically interesting lady.
👉@afandi_english👈 #word_quiz #grammar
"Ain't nobody got time for that" is an example of a/an ...
Final Results
8%
subjunctive
9%
loan word
15%
possessive pronoun
13%
etymology
51%
double negative
4%
determiner
Afandi English
"Ain't nobody got time for that" is an example of a/an ...
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👍 Double negative was correct. Many languages, including Uzbek and Russian, have double negatives. In English it only occurs in the spoken language of some dialects or ethnolects (i.e. Afro-American English).
👍 Double negative was correct. Many languages, including Uzbek and Russian, have double negatives. In English it only occurs in the spoken language of some dialects or ethnolects (i.e. Afro-American English).
#4 A Good Laugh: Demotivational Quotes
▶️ Being human we all like a bit of inspiration and encouragement to motivate ourselves in this shitty life. However, motivational speakers and inspiring quotes (=sentence that sb said or wrote) sometimes just get too much and make us blame ourselves for not being more successful. To help relieve (=reduce sth unpleasant) the stress, here’s a parody (=funny imitation)!
👉@afandi_english👈 #good_laugh
▶️ Being human we all like a bit of inspiration and encouragement to motivate ourselves in this shitty life. However, motivational speakers and inspiring quotes (=sentence that sb said or wrote) sometimes just get too much and make us blame ourselves for not being more successful. To help relieve (=reduce sth unpleasant) the stress, here’s a parody (=funny imitation)!
👉@afandi_english👈 #good_laugh