Forwarded from Hoffmann's Old Travelogue
Travelogue 🇺🇸USA #14: The Uzbek Dream
▶️ In New York I stayed with a bunch of Uzbek guys who had all come to America illegally through the Mexican border. They work mainly in food deliveries and construction as they don't speak enough English for other jobs.
And this is how they live: 10 guys, 3 rooms, in a $5000 apartment somewhere in Queens (=a district of New York) from where you can reach Manhattan (=the central district of New York) within less than an hour by subway. The apartment is pretty clean for the fact that (=although) they are all guys. They come from all over Uzbekistan and often shop at the Uzbek supermarket in New York.
One of them is taking English classes on Telegram with some lady student somewhere in Uzbekistan. During their class she explained him the verb "to be". I thought it was a very interesting educational setting!
📍New York, USA
#travel #usa
▶️ In New York I stayed with a bunch of Uzbek guys who had all come to America illegally through the Mexican border. They work mainly in food deliveries and construction as they don't speak enough English for other jobs.
And this is how they live: 10 guys, 3 rooms, in a $5000 apartment somewhere in Queens (=a district of New York) from where you can reach Manhattan (=the central district of New York) within less than an hour by subway. The apartment is pretty clean for the fact that (=although) they are all guys. They come from all over Uzbekistan and often shop at the Uzbek supermarket in New York.
One of them is taking English classes on Telegram with some lady student somewhere in Uzbekistan. During their class she explained him the verb "to be". I thought it was a very interesting educational setting!
📍New York, USA
#travel #usa
Unmissable Websites #4: YouGlish
▶️ This website helps you utilize (=make use of) YouTube for language learning. Not just English, it works for all the major languages. You enter a word or phrase that you want to see in context, press the button and it takes you to a random video in which your word or phrase occurs (=appears). All with subtitles.
🔗 https://youglish.com/
👉@afandi_english👈 #website
▶️ This website helps you utilize (=make use of) YouTube for language learning. Not just English, it works for all the major languages. You enter a word or phrase that you want to see in context, press the button and it takes you to a random video in which your word or phrase occurs (=appears). All with subtitles.
🔗 https://youglish.com/
👉@afandi_english👈 #website
Youglish
How to Pronounce English Naturally | YouGlish
Struggling with English pronunciation? YouGlish uses real people speaking real English to help you master tricky sounds. No more dictionary confusion!
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Spot Afandi and his donkey #151: Afandi in smoggy Shanghai, 🇨🇳China
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And thanks to our designers for today: Avazxon, Sarvinoz and Ravshanbek 💯👍😎
And thanks to our designers for today: Avazxon, Sarvinoz and Ravshanbek 💯👍😎
Forwarded from Hoffmann's Old Travelogue
Travelogue 🇨🇳China #1: Been a long time
▶️ It was strange to be back in China after more than 5 years. Here are some impressions:
Cash is really a thing of the past in China. Locals usually pay with their phones but I can't do that. In one small shop the shopkeeper had just a little black plastic bag under the counter (=table in a shop) that she kept a small amount of cash in.
There are a looot more metro lines than before. I think around 20 lines just in Shanghai.
Air pollution is still around. I was told Beijing is much better now (after being worse than Shanghai). It's always bad in the winter.
Less people wear pointless (=stupid, unnecessary) masks than in Japan. China's zero-covid policy was a disaster and people want to forget about those dark days.
📍Shanghai, China
#travel #china
▶️ It was strange to be back in China after more than 5 years. Here are some impressions:
Cash is really a thing of the past in China. Locals usually pay with their phones but I can't do that. In one small shop the shopkeeper had just a little black plastic bag under the counter (=table in a shop) that she kept a small amount of cash in.
There are a looot more metro lines than before. I think around 20 lines just in Shanghai.
Air pollution is still around. I was told Beijing is much better now (after being worse than Shanghai). It's always bad in the winter.
Less people wear pointless (=stupid, unnecessary) masks than in Japan. China's zero-covid policy was a disaster and people want to forget about those dark days.
📍Shanghai, China
#travel #china
Be Inspired #6: Fake phone, real smiles
▶️ Here's an interesting picture from 🇮🇩Indonesia, not my own though.
We're used to real phones and fake smiles. Have we lost something as we got older and richer?
👉@afandi_english👈 #inspiration
▶️ Here's an interesting picture from 🇮🇩Indonesia, not my own though.
We're used to real phones and fake smiles. Have we lost something as we got older and richer?
👉@afandi_english👈 #inspiration
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Movie Time #73: Tanna (2015)
▶️ Today’s film is based on a true forbidden love story from the small Pacific island nation of 🇻🇺Vanuatu in a co-production with 🇦🇺Australia. Plunge (=fall suddenly and deeply) into another world as you experience this epic (=very impressive) struggle between love marriage and arranged marriage.
🔤 English subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #drama #international_films
▶️ Today’s film is based on a true forbidden love story from the small Pacific island nation of 🇻🇺Vanuatu in a co-production with 🇦🇺Australia. Plunge (=fall suddenly and deeply) into another world as you experience this epic (=very impressive) struggle between love marriage and arranged marriage.
🔤 English subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #drama #international_films
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Know Your World #69: The benefits of being bilingual
▶️ Demand more from your brain and it will do more for you! Such is the case with bilingualism, which has been shown to be more beneficial than we thought!
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #documentary
▶️ Demand more from your brain and it will do more for you! Such is the case with bilingualism, which has been shown to be more beneficial than we thought!
🔤 Subtitles provided.
👉@afandi_english👈 #know_your_world #documentary
Afandi Quiz #143: What is this thing?
Here’s a mysterious electric thing.
👉@afandi_english👈 #thing_quiz
Here’s a mysterious electric thing.
👉@afandi_english👈 #thing_quiz
This thing is ...
Final Results
22%
a tattoo removal device
33%
a microphone for silent karaoke
17%
an ear warmer for cold days
28%
an ultrasound bat trap
Spot Afandi and his donkey #152: Afandi hanging out with tropical fish at a coral reef in 🇮🇩Indonesia
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❓ Can you spot Afandi in this picture?
❗️ You might be the lucky winner of 🔥10,000🔥 Paynet-soums!
❓ How? Spot Afandi, mark him in the picture and send it by private message to @jochenho. The time limit is 30 minutes.
❗️ If you win you have 30 minutes to claim your prize. If you don’t we’ll find another winner!
👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_afandi