#47 Know Your World: The last Zoroastrians of 🇮🇷Iran

▶️ As several countries are celebrating Navruz we may ask ourselves where this celebration comes from. The origin of it is actually the ancient religion of Zoroastrianism, the first monotheistic religion (=a religion with only one god). There are only very few Zoroastrians left in the world today. Learn more about their small community in Iran.

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🎉Special Day: Afandi Pranksters

▶️ April Fools’ Day is our long-awaited chance! Instead of fooling subscribers, today Afandi English is giving you 7 easy pranks (=actions to fool people):

😂 Dirty clothes: Tell your friend there’s some dirt or bird poop on the back of their jacket or trousers. They’ll twist their body but there’s nothing!

😝 Phone prank: Call your friend from another phone and pretend to be someone else.

😜 What?: Pretend you’re not hearing your friend. Say “What?” until they get crazy and shout.

🤓 Sticky note: Place a sticky note with a message on someone’s back.

😅 Toothpaste biscuits: Fill biscuits with toothpaste and put them on the table. Wait till someone takes a bite!

😏 Toilet paper: Put toilet paper into someone’s shoes and they’ll wonder why their shoes are too small.

🤪 Soupy shower: Put soup powder into the showerhead. The one taking a shower will have a great experience.

Tried any? Share in the group: https://t.me/Afandi_English_Chat

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🎉Special Day: Eid al-Fitr across the world

▶️ Happy Eid, everyone! Check out some holiday vibes (=atmosphere) of 🇮🇶Iraq, 🇺🇦Ukraine, 🇱🇧Lebanon, 🇦🇱Albania, 🇶🇦Qatar, 🇵🇸Palestine, 🇸🇩Sudan and even the 🛰International Space Station!

🔤 Subtitles provided.

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🎉Special Day: Where Have All The Flowers Gone?

▶️ As the world remembers then end of World War II today let's sing an anti-war song that has a truly remarkable (=special) history. American singer Pete Seeger combined an old Irish folk song melody with verses (=parts of a poem or song) from a Ukrainian/Russian folk song and turned it into a protest song that now stands for (=represents, is associated with) pacifism (=belief in or activism for peace) in general and the peace movement of the 1960s and 70s against the Vietnam War.

This version is sung by Joan Baez, a contemporary (=modern) American folk singer famous for her social justice activism.

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🎉Special Day: Don’t say this to children

▶️ Children are pure and innocent (=not guilty), and yet we often blame them for being clumsy (=not careful, dropping things or falling), ignorant (=not knowing sth) or wicked (=evil). It hurts them and makes everything worse. Let a bunch of German kids teach you a lesson today. Happy Children’s Day! 👧👦

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▶️ Afandi English is over 4 years old now and there’s a ton of stuff you’ve missed. Here are some hashtags for posts about movies & videos:

#american_films
Pick your favouries from the home country of movies.

#british_films
Feel very British with the best of British cinema.

#cartoon
Let yourself be entertained and watch cartoons in English.

#comedy
Learn English while laughing!

#documentary
Get knowledge and academic vocab at the same time.

#drama
Stay closer to real life with dramas.

#european_films
Realise that Europeans make great movies, too.

#good_laugh
Watch the funniest of them all.

#international_films
Check out movies from all corners of the globe!

#karaoke
Use the most enjoyable way to learn English.

#movie
Don’t be choosy and watch them all. With subtitles.

#must_watch
Make sure you don’t miss out.

#short_film
Watch movies even when you don’t have time.

#special_day
Enjoy festivals with Afandi English.

#youtube
Get the most out of YouTube with channel recommendations.

🎉 Special Day: A window to the world

▶️ Teachers open doors and books are windows to the world. Metaphors like these remind us of the beauty and value we can find in education. Watch this heartwarming video from 🇮🇳India and feel special today. Happy Teachers’ Day! ☺️

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Afandi Quiz #134: Mysterious song

On the occasion of today’s Renunification Day, the 🇩🇪German national holiday, here are four old songs from the time of German separation (1949-1990). Can you find the one that is from East Germany?

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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.

🔤 Subtitles provided.

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🎉 Special Day: A Holiday to Remember

▶️ Watch this heartwarming christmassy Chevrolet commercial (=short advertising film) about an awfully forgetful granny.

🔤 Subtitles provided.

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🎉 Special Day: The #1 classical New Year song

▶️ Auld Lang Syne is a 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scottish song that is rivaled (=challenged) only by ABBA’s Happy New Year. Check out the story behind it.

🔤 Subtitles provided.

🎊 And Happy New Year, everyone! Look forward to Afandi English nourishing (=feeding) your hungry mind in 2024.

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🏮 Special Day: Welcome the Year of the Dragon!

▶️ Tune in to the world’s biggest televised event – the Chinese Spring Festival Gala. It’s a potpourri (=mix) of bombastic (=big, shocking) musical performances, spectacular kongfu (=Chinese martial art) shows, not that funny standup comedy and lots of propaganda (=advertising for the government). And it’s going on RIGHT NOW! 👇

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTEG19BHt1U

🐉 By the way, the year of the dragon is considered the luckiest one!

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🎉 Special Day: Happy April Fools!

▶️ Penguins can fly, but only on one day of the year! Watch this enchanting (=pleasant, lovely) video about a colony (here: a group of animals living together) of flying penguins with which the BBC fooled their TV audience in 2008.

🔤 Subtitles provided.

If you haven’t fooled anyone today, why not check out some ideas from last year’s Afandi Prankster Guide?

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🎉 Special Day: 10 Eid Festival Songs

▶️ Happy Eid! Celebrate the moment with Afandi English as a global citizen with festive tunes from around the world.

🎵🇨🇦🎵🇮🇳🎵🇸🇪🎵🇹🇿🎵🇺🇬🎵🇬🇧🎵🇵🇰🎵🇺🇿🎵🇲🇾🎵

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🎉 Special Day: Happy Mother's Day!

▶️ What do you do for your mother? Get inspired today by a chubby (=a little bit fat) boy in 🇹🇭Thailand.

❗️ A lot of countries celebrate their Mother's Day today. Even if you don't, your mum deserves (=is worth) it!

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🎉 Special Day: Happy Children’s Day!

▶️ Here’s a beautiful short film from 🇮🇳India about boy who works as a chaiwala (=person selling spiced milk tea in India or Pakistan).

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🎉 Special Day: Happy Eid! La la la!

▶️ Here’s 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia’s teenage Instagram sensation (here: popular person) Rama Rubat with a song about Eid.

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