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?
❗️
👉@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.
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👉@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.
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👉@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.
Forwarded from Hoffmann's Old Travelogue
This & That 🇺🇿Uzbekistan #5: A longish bike trip
▶️ Last weekend I went to a village in the Tashkent Region. As always there's a lot to discover on the way:
City vs Region
As soon as you cross the border into the region things get shabby (=low quality). The roads, the houses, the cars, just everything. While I'm not shocked by shabbiness I'm shocked by the difference. It'll be difficult to close the widening gap between Tashkent and the regions in the future.
The Riverside
There was a faster route staying on the main road but I thought riding by the riverside would be nicer. I was wrong. The river is barely (=almost not) visible and it's an industrial zone more than a recreational area (=place to relax). Dusty unpaved (=no pavement, no asphalt) roads with one truck after the other don't make for (=result in) a pleasant ride.
On a lighter note (=less sad or serious), I saved a kitten from getting run over and just as I was holding it a car stopped next to me and I gave it to them. Meouw!
#uzbekistan
▶️ Last weekend I went to a village in the Tashkent Region. As always there's a lot to discover on the way:
City vs Region
As soon as you cross the border into the region things get shabby (=low quality). The roads, the houses, the cars, just everything. While I'm not shocked by shabbiness I'm shocked by the difference. It'll be difficult to close the widening gap between Tashkent and the regions in the future.
The Riverside
There was a faster route staying on the main road but I thought riding by the riverside would be nicer. I was wrong. The river is barely (=almost not) visible and it's an industrial zone more than a recreational area (=place to relax). Dusty unpaved (=no pavement, no asphalt) roads with one truck after the other don't make for (=result in) a pleasant ride.
On a lighter note (=less sad or serious), I saved a kitten from getting run over and just as I was holding it a car stopped next to me and I gave it to them. Meouw!
#uzbekistan