#4 Travel Notes: Culinary journey to 🇦🇲Armenia
▶️ New country, new food! Okay, I didn’t try all of these but which one would you like to try? I have three foods and three drinks for you:
1. Khinkali – dumplings filled with meat or cheese or both or other stuff. You hold them at the knob of dough which you shouldn’t eat.
2. Cheese bags – made of cheese with a cheese string and a cheese filling.
3. Chicken feet – I thought only Chinese people were into that.
4. Cones compote – something different!
5. Tesla – Armenia’s favourite energy drink.
6. Fizzy basil drink – why are Uzbeks doing so little with all their basil?
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #armenia
▶️ New country, new food! Okay, I didn’t try all of these but which one would you like to try? I have three foods and three drinks for you:
1. Khinkali – dumplings filled with meat or cheese or both or other stuff. You hold them at the knob of dough which you shouldn’t eat.
2. Cheese bags – made of cheese with a cheese string and a cheese filling.
3. Chicken feet – I thought only Chinese people were into that.
4. Cones compote – something different!
5. Tesla – Armenia’s favourite energy drink.
6. Fizzy basil drink – why are Uzbeks doing so little with all their basil?
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #armenia
I would like to try ...
Anonymous Poll
34%
1. Khinkali
20%
2. Cheese bags
19%
3. Chicken feet
18%
4. Cones compote
28%
5. Tesla drink
18%
6. Basil drink
22%
All of them
12%
None of them
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#42 Movie Time: Bread and Tulips (2000)
▶️ Today’s film is an 🇮🇹Italian romance comedy about a dissatisfied housewife going on a trip by herself after being forgotten at a motorway service area. Watch how she finds the beauty and excitement of just being herself in Venice and enjoy the sheer Italian-ness of the film.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #european_films #comedy #drama
▶️ Today’s film is an 🇮🇹Italian romance comedy about a dissatisfied housewife going on a trip by herself after being forgotten at a motorway service area. Watch how she finds the beauty and excitement of just being herself in Venice and enjoy the sheer Italian-ness of the film.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #european_films #comedy #drama
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#26 Know Your World: Logical fallacies
▶️ We all hate them – people who use stupid and illogical arguments when we quarrel (=fight, have an argument) with them. Get to know what logical fallacies (=false beliefs) there are and catch these people to make the world a more logical place!
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #infographic #psychology
▶️ We all hate them – people who use stupid and illogical arguments when we quarrel (=fight, have an argument) with them. Get to know what logical fallacies (=false beliefs) there are and catch these people to make the world a more logical place!
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #infographic #psychology
#5 Correct me if you can
▶️ Please find the mistake in the following sentence:
I want to study abroad if I will get a scholarship.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #correct
▶️ Please find the mistake in the following sentence:
#13 World Food: 🇹🇷Turkish Breakfast
▶️ A good breakfast is the start of a good day. Turkish breakfast is exactly that. It is rich and usually salty and is …
... made with:
Fresh white bread, feta cheese (=a type of white cheese), sucuk (=Turkish sausage with garlic), fried or boiled eggs, sliced fresh tomatoes and cucumbers, and black olives.
... eaten with:
Fresh ingredients sprinkled (=put small amounts of sth on top) with olive oil, salt and dried herbs. People drink black tea with sugar in small glasses.
Healthy or not? 🟢
Easy to make? 🟢
Cheap enough? 🟡
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food
▶️ A good breakfast is the start of a good day. Turkish breakfast is exactly that. It is rich and usually salty and is …
... made with:
Fresh white bread, feta cheese (=a type of white cheese), sucuk (=Turkish sausage with garlic), fried or boiled eggs, sliced fresh tomatoes and cucumbers, and black olives.
... eaten with:
Fresh ingredients sprinkled (=put small amounts of sth on top) with olive oil, salt and dried herbs. People drink black tea with sugar in small glasses.
Healthy or not? 🟢
Easy to make? 🟢
Cheap enough? 🟡
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food
#44 YouTube Channel Recommendation: WION
📊 English Level: Upper
🔤 Subtitles: Automatic
💬 Topics: World news, popular science
💡 Content: Follow the news with an 🇮🇳Indian spin (=present sth in a particular way) and familiarise yourself with Indian-accented high-level English – a variety that you are very likely to come face to face with at some point in your life.
⛓ Link: https://www.youtube.com/c/WION
👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube
📊 English Level: Upper
🔤 Subtitles: Automatic
💬 Topics: World news, popular science
💡 Content: Follow the news with an 🇮🇳Indian spin (=present sth in a particular way) and familiarise yourself with Indian-accented high-level English – a variety that you are very likely to come face to face with at some point in your life.
⛓ Link: https://www.youtube.com/c/WION
👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube
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#27 Know Your World: Culture classes for immigrants
▶️ Ever since the refugee (=sb escaping from a bad situation, esp. wars) crisis of 2015 Europe hasn’t been the same. Should refugees understand the locals or locals understand the refugees? Watch this documentary about Muslim immigrants in 🇳🇴Norway.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #documentary
▶️ Ever since the refugee (=sb escaping from a bad situation, esp. wars) crisis of 2015 Europe hasn’t been the same. Should refugees understand the locals or locals understand the refugees? Watch this documentary about Muslim immigrants in 🇳🇴Norway.
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #documentary
#97 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Omar is a low-budget (=spending little money) travel blogger from 🇲🇾Malaysia. It is his first trip to Europe. In 🇪🇸Spain he visits a so-called “feria” – a big festival celebrated in a small town. He is really excited about it but also disturbed by one thing.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Omar is a low-budget (=spending little money) travel blogger from 🇲🇾Malaysia. It is his first trip to Europe. In 🇪🇸Spain he visits a so-called “feria” – a big festival celebrated in a small town. He is really excited about it but also disturbed by one thing.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
What’s the problem with the Spanish festival?
Final Results
29%
All shops are closed and there’s nowhere to buy anything.
26%
Spanish festivals can be dangerous, with angry bulls, etc.
32%
Local people often make fun of religion during festivals.
12%
Police are off-duty and foreigners often get robbed.
Afandi English
What’s the problem with the Spanish festival?
Hm!
💡 Our Malaysian traveller is irritated (=annoyed, disturbed) by the fact that all shops are closed, forcing him to eat expensive food in restaurants. Go anywhere in Asia, celebrations are rarely so holy that people don’t go about (=do sth as usual) their business. In most parts of Europe, however, shops also close on Sundays.
💡 Our Malaysian traveller is irritated (=annoyed, disturbed) by the fact that all shops are closed, forcing him to eat expensive food in restaurants. Go anywhere in Asia, celebrations are rarely so holy that people don’t go about (=do sth as usual) their business. In most parts of Europe, however, shops also close on Sundays.
#130 Our favourite mistakes: Writing
▶️ Please translate the following items:
Andijon davlat universiteti
Oksford universiteti nashriyoti
Jahon savdo tashkiloti
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
Andijan state university
Oxford university press
World trade organisation
✅ Well, it should be:
Andijan State University
Oxford University Press
World Trade Organisation
❓Why?
❗️ Proper nouns in English are capitalised. If they consist of several words then all of the words are capitalised, not just the first word (unlike in Uzbek).
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #writing
▶️ Please translate the following items:
Andijon davlat universiteti
Oksford universiteti nashriyoti
Jahon savdo tashkiloti
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
Andijan state university
Oxford university press
World trade organisation
✅ Well, it should be:
Oxford University Press
World Trade Organisation
❗️ Proper nouns in English are capitalised. If they consist of several words then all of the words are capitalised, not just the first word (unlike in Uzbek).
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #writing
#5 Travel Notes: Christian Armenia
▶️ Think what you want about religion but I find it fascinating to observe people at their most spiritual moments. 🇦🇲Armenia is situated in the mountains. Mountain dwellers (=people who live in the mountains) around the world have always been more likely to preserve (=keep) ancient traditions and not follow current changes around them. Visiting an Armenian church or monastery (=religious building where monks or nuns live) therefore feels a little bit like travelling through time as well. It is quite unlike anything you find in the hustle and bustle (=noise and activity of a crowded place) of Europe or America.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #armenia
▶️ Think what you want about religion but I find it fascinating to observe people at their most spiritual moments. 🇦🇲Armenia is situated in the mountains. Mountain dwellers (=people who live in the mountains) around the world have always been more likely to preserve (=keep) ancient traditions and not follow current changes around them. Visiting an Armenian church or monastery (=religious building where monks or nuns live) therefore feels a little bit like travelling through time as well. It is quite unlike anything you find in the hustle and bustle (=noise and activity of a crowded place) of Europe or America.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #armenia