#41 Know Your World: Life after 44 years in prison

▶️ Having spent most of his life in prison, Otis Johnson feels rather strange in today’s New York.

🔤 Subtitles provided.

👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #documentary

#2 Be Inspired: Patriotism

▶️ George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was an Irish playwright (=sb who writes theatre plays) and political activist – and an outspoken (=not shy to say sth) critic (=sb who criticises sth) of patriotism (=loving one’s country).

👉@afandi_english👈 #inspiration

#138 Our favourite mistakes: Vocabulary

▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Xayrli kech! Ishlariz qaley bo’lyapti?

❌ Perhaps you think it is:
Good night! How is it going on?

✅ Well, it should be:
Good evening! How is it going?

❓Why?

❗️ Good night is a way of saying goodbye, not hello.

❗️ Go on is a phrasal verb and means continue. Asking how something is going on is strange in this greeting situation.

👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #vocabulary

#47 YouTube Channel Recommendation: Wired & Wired UK

📊 English Level: Advanced

🔤 Subtitles: Mostly provided

💬 Topics: Science, tech

💡 Content: This channel is for curious people with an interest in science and technology. Their approach is very human though, explaining things for a general audience.

⛓ Links: https://www.youtube.com/@WIRED and
https://www.youtube.com/@wireduk

👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube

#49 Movie Time: A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

▶️ Today’s film is a 🇬🇧British comedy from the Monty Python group of comedians. Watch the exciting and incredibly funny plot (=story of a film or novel) that unfolds after a semi-successful bank robbery (=stealing money from the bank). A classic!

🔤 Subtitles provided.

👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #british_films #comedy

#110 Afandi Quiz: Which country?

▶️ Here is a mysterious picture from a mysterious country.

👉@afandi_english👈 #picture_quiz

#16 World Food: 🇳🇬Nigerian Street Food

▶️ Join us on a food tour through Lagos, Nigeria. Travel from the comfort of your sofa, imagine the tastes and enjoy the beautiful and infectious (=spreading like a disease) accent!

👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food #world_englishes

#14 Correct me if you can

▶️ Please find the mistake in the following sentence:

How do you feel yourself?

👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #correct

Dear subscribers, if you haven't checked out my Travelogue yet I'd like to urge you to take a look. There are daily posts about my recent trip to the Middle East and Africa, and lots of vocab to pick up on the go!

🛫https://t.me/+Tq4Tqwl6B6wSJvZJ 🛬

#50 Movie Time: The Social Dilemma (2020)

▶️ Today’s film is something between a documentary and a drama. In it, tech industry insiders report how social media has turned from a blessing into something evil, causing many social and personal problems. An absolute must-watch for concerned citizens (=people who are worried about society)!

🔤 Subtitles provided.

👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #documentary #future

#42 Know Your World: Rubbish can be clean and fun

▶️ Creativity has always been part of what it means to be 🇩🇰Danish. The country’s capital Copenhagen is full of unusual attractions, and a new one has just been added: “CopenHill” – an artificial ski slope (=place on a mountain where people ski) and park on the roof of a power plant (=factory producing electricity).

🔤 Subtitles provided.

👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #documentary

#111 Afandi Quiz: Mysterious song

Today’s quiz is about a mysterious song from a mysterious country! Can you guess where it’s from? Pay attention to the language and style.

👉@afandi_english👈 #quiz #song_quiz

#16 Must Watch: Nobody Cares About What You Say

▶️ This song titled “Outtayerdaminde”, i.e. “out of your damn mind”, is a slap in the face of (=strong criticism) attention-seeking influencers trying to make noise online. It’s a compilation (=collection of pictures or songs) of the most embarrassing stuff there is out there. It makes you think “Wow, what a time to be alive!” 😅

👉@afandi_english👈 #must_watch

#139 Our favourite mistakes: Vocabulary & Grammar

▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
U 25 yoshli programist, har oyda ikki ming topadi.

❌ Perhaps you think it is:
He’s a 25 years old programmist and earns two thousands per month.

✅ Well, it should be:
He’s a 25-year-old programmer and earns two thousand per month.

❓Why?

❗️ To turn 25 years old into an adjective it gets hyphenated (=with hyphens, short strokes to connect words) and the plural -s in years is dropped.

❗️ Programist is Russian, this job is called programmer in English.

❗️ As numbers, thousand and also million cannot be in the plural. You can say thousands and millions (meaning many thousand/million) but not with a number before it.

👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #vocabulary #grammar

#37 Tongue twister: War

❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:

▶️ A loyal warrior will rarely worry why we rule.

Translation:
Sadoqatli jangchi nimaga biz boshqarishimizdan kamdan-kam xovotir oladi.

🔘 Fluency and accuracy: Tongue twisters force you to pay more attention to correct pronunciation, while at the same time you’re trying to speak fast. Keep practicing them until your both fluent and accurate, it’ll benefit your speaking skill!

👉@afandi_english👈 #tongue_twisters