#12 Featured article: Working From Bed (WFB)
📍 Apart from resting, do you like to do your daily life tasks, working on your laptop or checking your phone in the comfy (=comfortable) environment of your bed? It could be bad for you. Read this BBC article to check out why.
⛓ https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210217-is-it-bad-to-you-work-from-your-bed-for-a-year
👉@afandi_english👈 #article #psychology
📍 Apart from resting, do you like to do your daily life tasks, working on your laptop or checking your phone in the comfy (=comfortable) environment of your bed? It could be bad for you. Read this BBC article to check out why.
⛓ https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210217-is-it-bad-to-you-work-from-your-bed-for-a-year
👉@afandi_english👈 #article #psychology
Bbc
What happens when you work from bed for a year
The allure of working from bed is strong – but turning your mattress into your office can trigger a slew of health problems, both psychological and physical.
#25 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Giuliano is an 🇮🇹Italian exchange student studying architecture in Helsinki, 🇫🇮Finland. He is quite happy with his Finnish university as the facilities (=buildings and equipment for a particular use) are excellent and the study projects are interesting. However, he doesn’t enjoy some of the classes, especially the seminars (=small classes at universities in which students discuss topics).
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Giuliano is an 🇮🇹Italian exchange student studying architecture in Helsinki, 🇫🇮Finland. He is quite happy with his Finnish university as the facilities (=buildings and equipment for a particular use) are excellent and the study projects are interesting. However, he doesn’t enjoy some of the classes, especially the seminars (=small classes at universities in which students discuss topics).
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
What’s the problem with the classes?
Final Results
14%
Finns often ignore newcomers, making Giuliano feel unwelcome.
33%
Finns use almost no body language at all, making Giuliano feel bored.
39%
Finns may keep silent for some long moments, making Giuliano feel awkward.
14%
Finns like talking about private problems, making Giuliano feel strange.
Afandi English
What’s the problem with the classes?
Pretty good!
👍 Finns (=Finnish people) are indeed more tolerant of silence than the rest of us. This often irritates (=makes sb feel strange or annoyed) foreigners in Finland. Combine that with the vivid (=lively, intense) expressiveness (=ability to express oneself) of Italians and you have a recipe for disaster (=sth that must go wrong)!
👎 Finns may use less body language than Italians, and actually everyone in the world uses less body language than Italians. But that is something Italians are aware of, not something that shocks them.
👎 While Finns may not be very emotional when meeting new people they don’t ignore them either.
👎 Finns don’t talk more about private problems than others, rather less than Italians actually.
👍 Finns (=Finnish people) are indeed more tolerant of silence than the rest of us. This often irritates (=makes sb feel strange or annoyed) foreigners in Finland. Combine that with the vivid (=lively, intense) expressiveness (=ability to express oneself) of Italians and you have a recipe for disaster (=sth that must go wrong)!
👎 Finns may use less body language than Italians, and actually everyone in the world uses less body language than Italians. But that is something Italians are aware of, not something that shocks them.
👎 While Finns may not be very emotional when meeting new people they don’t ignore them either.
👎 Finns don’t talk more about private problems than others, rather less than Italians actually.
#8 IELTS DOs & DON’Ts: Listening
▶️ Listening can be tricky, especially since you can hear the recording only once. How can we maximise our chances?
1) Get visual ❌ Don’t keep doing listening tasks with zero picture in your head. You will always struggle. ✅ Do try to understand daily life abroad. Get an idea of university life, transport systems, restaurants, gyms, etc. Watch TV serials or YouTube videos showing you daily life.
2) Concentration ❌ Don’t lose your focus or interest easily like a TikTok victim. ✅ Do consume videos, articles, podcasts and of course Afandi English posts that take more than a minute to understand. Learn to keep up your attention – you will need it for IELTS Listening.
3) Accents ❌ Don’t think English is just from abroad and therefore all the same. ✅ Do become familiar with different accents. In the recordings you may hear English from the UK, North America and/or the Southern Hemisphere (Australia, New Zealand and South Africa).
👉@afandi_english👈 #ielts
▶️ Listening can be tricky, especially since you can hear the recording only once. How can we maximise our chances?
1) Get visual ❌ Don’t keep doing listening tasks with zero picture in your head. You will always struggle. ✅ Do try to understand daily life abroad. Get an idea of university life, transport systems, restaurants, gyms, etc. Watch TV serials or YouTube videos showing you daily life.
2) Concentration ❌ Don’t lose your focus or interest easily like a TikTok victim. ✅ Do consume videos, articles, podcasts and of course Afandi English posts that take more than a minute to understand. Learn to keep up your attention – you will need it for IELTS Listening.
3) Accents ❌ Don’t think English is just from abroad and therefore all the same. ✅ Do become familiar with different accents. In the recordings you may hear English from the UK, North America and/or the Southern Hemisphere (Australia, New Zealand and South Africa).
👉@afandi_english👈 #ielts
#61 Our favourite mistakes: Grammar
1️⃣ Bu rasm shunday chiroyli.
2️⃣ Darsimiz har kuni soat 10da.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
1️⃣ This picture so beautiful.
2️⃣ Our class every day at 10 o’clock.
✅ Well, it should be:
1️⃣ This picture is so beautiful.
2️⃣ Our class is every day at 10 o’clock.
❓Why?
❗️ We need the verb to be here in these sentences, otherwise they are incomplete. Many students know this but still make mistakes.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #grammar
1️⃣ Bu rasm shunday chiroyli.
2️⃣ Darsimiz har kuni soat 10da.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
1️⃣ This picture so beautiful.
2️⃣ Our class every day at 10 o’clock.
✅ Well, it should be:
1️⃣ This picture is so beautiful.
2️⃣ Our class is every day at 10 o’clock.
❓Why?
❗️ We need the verb to be here in these sentences, otherwise they are incomplete. Many students know this but still make mistakes.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #grammar
Afandi English
#1 Self-study: Tom & Savannah 🆕 Brand new on the channel: Materials for self-study! Learn English with interesting videos. You won’t believe how much English you can extract from a video if you go to the bottom of it. IELTS students – here is your source…
Media is too big
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
#8 Self-study: A hippie village in the rainforest
▶️ Today’s video and handout are about an American who moved to Ecuador and started his own special community there. The people living in the community have to keep one basic rule – love, not money. Check out how it works!
❗️If you think this is good material for your self-study, please follow the instructions in #1 👆 and the instructions on the handout below 👇.
👉@afandi_english👈 #self_study
▶️ Today’s video and handout are about an American who moved to Ecuador and started his own special community there. The people living in the community have to keep one basic rule – love, not money. Check out how it works!
❗️If you think this is good material for your self-study, please follow the instructions in #1 👆 and the instructions on the handout below 👇.
👉@afandi_english👈 #self_study
#27 Travelogue Switzerland vs Uzbekistan: Trusted customers
More and more supermarkets in Europe let customers use self-checkout. Just scan in the products and pay by card or mobile. Of course you can also bring your bag and don’t have to lock it away. Compare that to the supermarket lockers of Uzbekistan telling customers that anyone could be a shoplifter.
What's the difference?
Guilt culture
Where can you just get on a train without anyone checking your ticket? In the guilt culture countries of Northern Europe. People pay because they would feel guilty if they didn’t. More on that soon on Afandi English!
Corona
The pandemic has given cashless and contactless payments a boost. Many Europeans are scared by the idea that they could catch the virus just by touching cash money.
---Vocab---
📍checkout = the place in a supermarket where you pay 📍locker = a cupboard that you can lock with a key 📍shoplifter = sb who steals sth in a shop 📍boost = increase
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #switzerland #uzbekistan
More and more supermarkets in Europe let customers use self-checkout. Just scan in the products and pay by card or mobile. Of course you can also bring your bag and don’t have to lock it away. Compare that to the supermarket lockers of Uzbekistan telling customers that anyone could be a shoplifter.
What's the difference?
Guilt culture
Where can you just get on a train without anyone checking your ticket? In the guilt culture countries of Northern Europe. People pay because they would feel guilty if they didn’t. More on that soon on Afandi English!
Corona
The pandemic has given cashless and contactless payments a boost. Many Europeans are scared by the idea that they could catch the virus just by touching cash money.
---Vocab---
📍checkout = the place in a supermarket where you pay 📍locker = a cupboard that you can lock with a key 📍shoplifter = sb who steals sth in a shop 📍boost = increase
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #switzerland #uzbekistan
Forget about self-checkout. Should customers be allowed to bring their bags into Uzbek supermarkets?
Anonymous Poll
44%
Yes, we aren't shoplifters!
21%
Yes, lockers are inconvenient.
19%
No, you can't trust people.
16%
I couldn't care less.
Media is too big
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
#6 Movie Time: The Iron Lady (2011)
▶️ Today’s movie is about the life of Margaret Thatcher, the 🇬🇧UK’s first female prime minister. Watch this movie on the occasion (=for a special event) of the International Women’s day to see some proper girl power at work (=in action)!
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #british_films #drama
▶️ Today’s movie is about the life of Margaret Thatcher, the 🇬🇧UK’s first female prime minister. Watch this movie on the occasion (=for a special event) of the International Women’s day to see some proper girl power at work (=in action)!
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #british_films #drama
#42 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi at Trump’s shopping centre in Istanbul
❓ Can you spot Afandi and his donkey in this picture?
❗️If you can, follow the instructions in #1 (see pinned message) and win 5,000 Paynet-soums!
👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_afandi
❓ Can you spot Afandi and his donkey in this picture?
❗️If you can, follow the instructions in #1 (see pinned message) and win 5,000 Paynet-soums!
👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_afandi
Congrats to Temurbek!!! 🥳🥳🥳 And excellent designs again thanks to Muhammadali, Axrorbek, Ilhomjon and Boburshox! 😍
#4 Documentary: 3 women, 3 lives
▶️ Today you're getting as many as (=a big amount) three documentaries that all have – you guessed it – something to do with the International Women’s Day. Although this holiday isn’t so international actually it’s still a welcome opportunity to think and discuss about the role of women in society.
👉@afandi_english👈 #documentary
▶️ Today you're getting as many as (=a big amount) three documentaries that all have – you guessed it – something to do with the International Women’s Day. Although this holiday isn’t so international actually it’s still a welcome opportunity to think and discuss about the role of women in society.
👉@afandi_english👈 #documentary