#51 Afandi Quiz: What is this thing?
🆕 Today’s quiz is about a mysterious item I recently found in Germany.
👉@afandi_english👈 #quiz #thing_quiz
🆕 Today’s quiz is about a mysterious item I recently found in Germany.
👉@afandi_english👈 #quiz #thing_quiz
This thing is to ...
Final Results
8%
dye flowers
23%
cut vegetables
23%
display holograms
47%
catch flies
Afandi English
#51 Afandi Quiz: What is this thing? 🆕 Today’s quiz is about a mysterious item I recently found in Germany. 👉@afandi_english👈 #quiz #thing_quiz
Well done!
👍 This hand-held device is indeed designed to help you catch flies or other insects. You can remove them without touching or killing them.
👎 To cut vegetables it’s not sharp enough, to display holograms it’s not high-tech enough, and to dye flowers – who does that anyway?!
👍 This hand-held device is indeed designed to help you catch flies or other insects. You can remove them without touching or killing them.
👎 To cut vegetables it’s not sharp enough, to display holograms it’s not high-tech enough, and to dye flowers – who does that anyway?!
#18 Featured article: Languages and Climate
📍 Why do languages sound so different? Some of it apparently has to do with the natural environment where languages develop. Read this IELTS-like passage to find out how some scientists come to surprising conclusions.
⛓ https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/11/06/454853229/did-the-language-you-speak-evolve-because-of-the-heat
👉@afandi_english👈 #article
📍 Why do languages sound so different? Some of it apparently has to do with the natural environment where languages develop. Read this IELTS-like passage to find out how some scientists come to surprising conclusions.
⛓ https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/11/06/454853229/did-the-language-you-speak-evolve-because-of-the-heat
👉@afandi_english👈 #article
#27 Tongue twister: Insane Insects
❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ A big black bug bit a little blue beetle but the little blue beetle bit the big black bug back.
Translation:
Katta qora kana kichik ko'k qo'ng'izni tishladi, lekin kichik ko'k qo'ng'iz katta qora kanani qaytarib tishladi.
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Pronunciation: /g/ and /k/ in the final position are sometimes hard to distinguish. Make sure you do!
👉@afandi_english👈 #tongue_twisters
❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ A big black bug bit a little blue beetle but the little blue beetle bit the big black bug back.
Translation:
Katta qora kana kichik ko'k qo'ng'izni tishladi, lekin kichik ko'k qo'ng'iz katta qora kanani qaytarib tishladi.
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Pronunciation: /g/ and /k/ in the final position are sometimes hard to distinguish. Make sure you do!
👉@afandi_english👈 #tongue_twisters
Dear English learners in Andijan,
If you'd like to join the new Speaking Club at Inyaz every Thursday please join the Telegram group for information and reminders!
❗️Today we'll have another session!
https://t.me/joinchat/wU3JQrkWq685YmVl
If you'd like to join the new Speaking Club at Inyaz every Thursday please join the Telegram group for information and reminders!
❗️Today we'll have another session!
https://t.me/joinchat/wU3JQrkWq685YmVl
Telegram
Inyaz Speaking Club
The Speaking Club has moved into Cyberspace! Interested in hosting one? Send a private message to @jochenho
#88 Our favourite mistakes: Grammar & Vocab
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Korona bo’p qoldim.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
I was corona.
✅ Well, it should be:
I have corona. / I’ve got corona. / I got corona. / I caught corona.
❓Why?
❗️ You cannot translate bo’lmoq as be here. Maybe the logic works in Uzbek but when you think about it, how can a person be a virus or a disease?
❗️ The same applies to virus and grip (flu).
❗️ The Uzbek original sentence stresses the moment of infection which lies in the past. Therefore the past tense is used. In English you can translate this emphasis as got or caught.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #grammar #vocabulary
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Korona bo’p qoldim.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
I was corona.
✅ Well, it should be:
I have corona. / I’ve got corona. / I got corona. / I caught corona.
❓Why?
❗️ You cannot translate bo’lmoq as be here. Maybe the logic works in Uzbek but when you think about it, how can a person be a virus or a disease?
❗️ The same applies to virus and grip (flu).
❗️ The Uzbek original sentence stresses the moment of infection which lies in the past. Therefore the past tense is used. In English you can translate this emphasis as got or caught.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #grammar #vocabulary
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#2 Places I want to go: Florence, Italy 🇮🇹
🆕 Let’s face it. Travelling hasn’t been easy and isn’t getting easier any time soon. So why not take advantage of some virtual travelling with Afandi English. Get to know important places in the world and pick up some vocab on the way! For maximum effect watch the video several times and cross-check with the vocab list. You may also print it and add your own notes to it.
▶️ Today’s video is about Florence, one of Italy’s most historical cities. Enjoy the narrator’s (=storyteller) Italian accent.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel
🆕 Let’s face it. Travelling hasn’t been easy and isn’t getting easier any time soon. So why not take advantage of some virtual travelling with Afandi English. Get to know important places in the world and pick up some vocab on the way! For maximum effect watch the video several times and cross-check with the vocab list. You may also print it and add your own notes to it.
▶️ Today’s video is about Florence, one of Italy’s most historical cities. Enjoy the narrator’s (=storyteller) Italian accent.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel
#54 Travelogue UK: The London Underground
If you thought metro systems are more or less the same in the world you couldn’t be more wrong. Cities, just like people, have a character of their own, and what you find under the ground says a lot:
London is old
Dating back to 1863, London has the oldest metro system in the world, and that’s also what it feels like. The trains make a lot of noise, there is no mobile phone signal, some stations resemble labyrinths and sometimes there really is quite a gap between the train and the platform.
London is expensive
Ticket prices are steep. Prepare to pay $7 for a single journey, or more if you travel during rush hours. It’s easy to get into the system – just tap your credit card and save the shock for later.
London is weird
Some stations have truly amazing names, like Seven Sisters, Swiss Cottage, Elephant and Castle, Angel, East India, Barking, … Oh and did you know there was a London Underground Mosquito?
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uk
If you thought metro systems are more or less the same in the world you couldn’t be more wrong. Cities, just like people, have a character of their own, and what you find under the ground says a lot:
London is old
Dating back to 1863, London has the oldest metro system in the world, and that’s also what it feels like. The trains make a lot of noise, there is no mobile phone signal, some stations resemble labyrinths and sometimes there really is quite a gap between the train and the platform.
London is expensive
Ticket prices are steep. Prepare to pay $7 for a single journey, or more if you travel during rush hours. It’s easy to get into the system – just tap your credit card and save the shock for later.
London is weird
Some stations have truly amazing names, like Seven Sisters, Swiss Cottage, Elephant and Castle, Angel, East India, Barking, … Oh and did you know there was a London Underground Mosquito?
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uk
---Vocab---
📍sth resembles sth = sth is like sth 📍labyrinth = place with many ways crossing each other, making it difficult to find ones way 📍steep = here: high, expensive 📍rush hour = busy time in traffic when people go to work or go back home 📍tap (v) = here: pay by holding your card against a reader
📍sth resembles sth = sth is like sth 📍labyrinth = place with many ways crossing each other, making it difficult to find ones way 📍steep = here: high, expensive 📍rush hour = busy time in traffic when people go to work or go back home 📍tap (v) = here: pay by holding your card against a reader
What does Tashkent’s metro say about the city? (You can choose more than one option)
Anonymous Poll
35%
Tashkent is cheap.
48%
Tashkent is beautiful.
45%
Tashkent is Russianised.
27%
Tashkent is rough.
#29 YouTube Channel Recommendation: CNA
📊 English Level: Upper
🔤 Subtitles: Usually available
💬 Topics: News, society, food
💡 Content: CNA is a Singaporean news channel with a distinctly (=particularly, noticeably) Asian perspective on news. They have a lot of content about Singapore, Southeast Asia and China, and even a documentary about Uzbekistan. Despite some government propaganda (=advertising for the government, trying to influence people) on the channel – Singapore is a rich but not that free country – if you agree that the 21st century is the Asian century then CNA is a great source of news for you.
⛓ Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/channelnewsasia
👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube
📊 English Level: Upper
🔤 Subtitles: Usually available
💬 Topics: News, society, food
💡 Content: CNA is a Singaporean news channel with a distinctly (=particularly, noticeably) Asian perspective on news. They have a lot of content about Singapore, Southeast Asia and China, and even a documentary about Uzbekistan. Despite some government propaganda (=advertising for the government, trying to influence people) on the channel – Singapore is a rich but not that free country – if you agree that the 21st century is the Asian century then CNA is a great source of news for you.
⛓ Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/channelnewsasia
👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube