#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
#17 It’s a strange world: Guilt vs shame culture
❓What are you more afraid of? That you do something morally wrong or that people see you doing something wrong?
❗️The answer may be in your culture. If you come from a Western country you're more likely to care about your conscience, not so much about what other people think or say. Non-Westerners, on the other hand, may feel that avoiding shame is the most important thing.
⛓ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilt%E2%80%93shame%E2%80%93fear_spectrum_of_cultures
▶️ Here’s a video about guilt and shame cultures:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR37k_cuOjw
👉@afandi_english👈 #strange_world #culture
❓What are you more afraid of? That you do something morally wrong or that people see you doing something wrong?
❗️The answer may be in your culture. If you come from a Western country you're more likely to care about your conscience, not so much about what other people think or say. Non-Westerners, on the other hand, may feel that avoiding shame is the most important thing.
⛓ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilt%E2%80%93shame%E2%80%93fear_spectrum_of_cultures
▶️ Here’s a video about guilt and shame cultures:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR37k_cuOjw
👉@afandi_english👈 #strange_world #culture
#29 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Ryan from 🇨🇦Canada is excited to be in 🇯🇵Japan for promoting his startup (=a small technology firm) company’s product: a social distance measuring bracelet (=sth you wear around the wrist or arm) that beeps (=makes a little sound) when another person comes too close. At a meeting with a potential (=possible) partner company he talks a lot about business opportunities and that there is a lot of money to be made in the future.
In the end, however, the Japanese side declines (=says no to) the offer.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Ryan from 🇨🇦Canada is excited to be in 🇯🇵Japan for promoting his startup (=a small technology firm) company’s product: a social distance measuring bracelet (=sth you wear around the wrist or arm) that beeps (=makes a little sound) when another person comes too close. At a meeting with a potential (=possible) partner company he talks a lot about business opportunities and that there is a lot of money to be made in the future.
In the end, however, the Japanese side declines (=says no to) the offer.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
#33 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Nick is an 🇺🇸American high school student. He’s just an ordinary guy who loves to hang out with (=spend time with) his friends. One of his buddies (=close friend) is Daniel, the son of a Jewish family that recently moved to the United States from 🇮🇱Israel.
After a party the boys go over to Daniel’s place. Nick feels hungry and helps himself to a portion of cereal (=food made of grain usually eaten with milk, e.g. cornflakes) before going to bed. The next morning during breakfast Daniel’s mother seems angry about something but Nick cannot figure out what it is.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Nick is an 🇺🇸American high school student. He’s just an ordinary guy who loves to hang out with (=spend time with) his friends. One of his buddies (=close friend) is Daniel, the son of a Jewish family that recently moved to the United States from 🇮🇱Israel.
After a party the boys go over to Daniel’s place. Nick feels hungry and helps himself to a portion of cereal (=food made of grain usually eaten with milk, e.g. cornflakes) before going to bed. The next morning during breakfast Daniel’s mother seems angry about something but Nick cannot figure out what it is.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
#37 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Ron is a middle-aged businessman from the 🇬🇧UK. He used to work for a trading firm but has recently emigrated (=moved to another country) from his rainy native town of Bristol to sunny Cape Town in 🇿🇦South Africa. Inspired (=given a new idea) by the country’s vineyards (=grape farm) he decides to set up a wine trading business, hoping to export local wines to the rest of the world. Unfortunately he finds it difficult to deal with suppliers (=people or companies who provide goods) and feels that for some reason they don’t seem to trust him.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Ron is a middle-aged businessman from the 🇬🇧UK. He used to work for a trading firm but has recently emigrated (=moved to another country) from his rainy native town of Bristol to sunny Cape Town in 🇿🇦South Africa. Inspired (=given a new idea) by the country’s vineyards (=grape farm) he decides to set up a wine trading business, hoping to export local wines to the rest of the world. Unfortunately he finds it difficult to deal with suppliers (=people or companies who provide goods) and feels that for some reason they don’t seem to trust him.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
#41 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Anna from 🇷🇺Russia and Jesse from 🇧🇪Belgium are a young couple travelling in 🇺🇿Uzbekistan. As travel vloggers they are excited to see the countryside where they were invited to an Uzbek wedding. The following day as they wait for a Damas to take them back to the city they are sitting together looking through their photos when suddenly they are approached by an angry young man.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Anna from 🇷🇺Russia and Jesse from 🇧🇪Belgium are a young couple travelling in 🇺🇿Uzbekistan. As travel vloggers they are excited to see the countryside where they were invited to an Uzbek wedding. The following day as they wait for a Damas to take them back to the city they are sitting together looking through their photos when suddenly they are approached by an angry young man.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
#45 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Jesper from 🇩🇰Denmark is a talented young professional who has recently taken up a job at a bank in New York, 🇺🇸USA. He is very focused on his job but also wants to be a good colleague. Unfortunately, he could not leave a good impression at the first business lunch with his colleagues. Why?
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Jesper from 🇩🇰Denmark is a talented young professional who has recently taken up a job at a bank in New York, 🇺🇸USA. He is very focused on his job but also wants to be a good colleague. Unfortunately, he could not leave a good impression at the first business lunch with his colleagues. Why?
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
#49 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Chuifang is a traveller from 🇹🇼Taiwan on a two-week trip around Europe. As she touches down (=lands, arrives by plane) in Frankfurt and starts her trip in 🇩🇪Germany she sees a lot of German flags everywhere. She’s puzzled (=very confused) because in her travel guide book she read that Germans are not very patriotic and seldom express any love for their country.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Chuifang is a traveller from 🇹🇼Taiwan on a two-week trip around Europe. As she touches down (=lands, arrives by plane) in Frankfurt and starts her trip in 🇩🇪Germany she sees a lot of German flags everywhere. She’s puzzled (=very confused) because in her travel guide book she read that Germans are not very patriotic and seldom express any love for their country.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
#54 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Sara from 🇲🇽Mexico studies in China. She works part-time as a tour guide for Spanish-speaking tourists – a job she enjoys as she is confident and can solve any problem. At her university she fell in love with Nando, a student from 🇮🇩Indonesia. When Sara agrees to visit Indonesia for the first time Nando is excited to let her meet his family. Unfortunately for the couple, Nando’s parents are quite traditional and don’t like Sara. Why?
👉@afandi_english👈 #quiz #culture_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Sara from 🇲🇽Mexico studies in China. She works part-time as a tour guide for Spanish-speaking tourists – a job she enjoys as she is confident and can solve any problem. At her university she fell in love with Nando, a student from 🇮🇩Indonesia. When Sara agrees to visit Indonesia for the first time Nando is excited to let her meet his family. Unfortunately for the couple, Nando’s parents are quite traditional and don’t like Sara. Why?
👉@afandi_english👈 #quiz #culture_quiz
#62 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Li Ming from 🇨🇳China works as a communications officer and translator for a large mining firm (=a company that operates mines). On a business trip to 🇦🇺Australia, he, his boss and a few other colleagues are welcomed by the Australian partners at a casual (=informal) business lunch. In the following days, Li Ming has to work extra hard to translate between the two sides as his boss is still upset about that business lunch. What went wrong?
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Li Ming from 🇨🇳China works as a communications officer and translator for a large mining firm (=a company that operates mines). On a business trip to 🇦🇺Australia, he, his boss and a few other colleagues are welcomed by the Australian partners at a casual (=informal) business lunch. In the following days, Li Ming has to work extra hard to translate between the two sides as his boss is still upset about that business lunch. What went wrong?
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
#68 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Alicia from 🇪🇸Spain is excited. Two years after she travelled around Southeast Asia her 🇻🇳Vietnamese friend Hằng Binh is visiting her home in Spain. When Hằng Binh calls, Alicia tells her to come at 9 o’clock to share a traditional meal with the family. Alicia wants her friend to try the Spanish national dish Paella which is rice cooked with sea food.
Unfortunately that evening Hằng Binh doesn’t show up (=appear, arrive). There seems to be some misunderstanding.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Alicia from 🇪🇸Spain is excited. Two years after she travelled around Southeast Asia her 🇻🇳Vietnamese friend Hằng Binh is visiting her home in Spain. When Hằng Binh calls, Alicia tells her to come at 9 o’clock to share a traditional meal with the family. Alicia wants her friend to try the Spanish national dish Paella which is rice cooked with sea food.
Unfortunately that evening Hằng Binh doesn’t show up (=appear, arrive). There seems to be some misunderstanding.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
#75 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Selma and Lars are young couple from 🇸🇪Sweden. For their honeymoon (=a trip right after one’s wedding) they travel to 🇬🇷Greece and spend a romantic two-week holiday on an island in the Mediterranean Sea (=the sea between Europe and Africa). They decide to rent a car to explore the island. Right on the first day they almost crash the car as they drive on a narrow mountain slope (=a road going up or down) and see cars on the other side flashing their lights.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Selma and Lars are young couple from 🇸🇪Sweden. For their honeymoon (=a trip right after one’s wedding) they travel to 🇬🇷Greece and spend a romantic two-week holiday on an island in the Mediterranean Sea (=the sea between Europe and Africa). They decide to rent a car to explore the island. Right on the first day they almost crash the car as they drive on a narrow mountain slope (=a road going up or down) and see cars on the other side flashing their lights.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
#82 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Chris from 🇳🇿New Zealand has been living as an expat (=Westerner working in a non-Western country) in 🇯🇵Japan for two years now. He used to work for an American company but recently joined a Japanese firm. His foreign friends warned him that it wouldn’t be easy for him. His Japanese boss and colleagues seem kind to him and praise him when he works extra hours but he still doesn’t feel like he’s part of the team.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Chris from 🇳🇿New Zealand has been living as an expat (=Westerner working in a non-Western country) in 🇯🇵Japan for two years now. He used to work for an American company but recently joined a Japanese firm. His foreign friends warned him that it wouldn’t be easy for him. His Japanese boss and colleagues seem kind to him and praise him when he works extra hours but he still doesn’t feel like he’s part of the team.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
#90 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Burak is a student from 🇹🇷Turkey studying in Riga, 🇱🇻Latvia. Apart from a couple of strange traditions and food he is mostly cool with Latvian culture but the one day that his local friend Peteris took him to the sauna he felt very uneasy (=uncomfortable).
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Burak is a student from 🇹🇷Turkey studying in Riga, 🇱🇻Latvia. Apart from a couple of strange traditions and food he is mostly cool with Latvian culture but the one day that his local friend Peteris took him to the sauna he felt very uneasy (=uncomfortable).
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
#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
#104 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Hannes and Merten are two young entrepreneurs from 🇳🇴Norway. They have come all the way to 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia where they want to sell advanced equipment to a Saudi oil production company. In their email exchange the Arabs seemed like very keen (=excited, interested) buyers but the negotiations (=talking about the price) drag on (=continue for too long) and the Norwegians fail to strike a deal (=agree to buy or sell sth) within the three days of their stay.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Hannes and Merten are two young entrepreneurs from 🇳🇴Norway. They have come all the way to 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia where they want to sell advanced equipment to a Saudi oil production company. In their email exchange the Arabs seemed like very keen (=excited, interested) buyers but the negotiations (=talking about the price) drag on (=continue for too long) and the Norwegians fail to strike a deal (=agree to buy or sell sth) within the three days of their stay.
👉@afandi_english👈 #culture_quiz
▶️ Afandi English is over 3 years old now and there’s a ton of stuff you’ve missed. Here are some hashtags for quizzes on the channel:
#correct
See if you can spot Uzbek students’ favourite mistakes.
#culture_quiz
Get to the bottom of cultural misunderstandings.
#map_quiz
Check your knowledge of the world.
#oddmanout
Find the word or pronunciation that doesn’t fit in.
#picture_quiz
Look at a picture and guess which country it is.
#quote_quiz
Guess who said it.
#song_quiz
Listen and guess the country.
#spot_afandi
Train your eagle eyes for the next Afandi spotting game.
#spot_something
Travel to exotic locations and spot another item, not Afandi.
#thing_quiz
Check out some weird stuff and guess what it is.
#word_quiz
Test your English to see if you can crack these ones.
#correct
See if you can spot Uzbek students’ favourite mistakes.
#culture_quiz
Get to the bottom of cultural misunderstandings.
#map_quiz
Check your knowledge of the world.
#oddmanout
Find the word or pronunciation that doesn’t fit in.
#picture_quiz
Look at a picture and guess which country it is.
#quote_quiz
Guess who said it.
#song_quiz
Listen and guess the country.
#spot_afandi
Train your eagle eyes for the next Afandi spotting game.
#spot_something
Travel to exotic locations and spot another item, not Afandi.
#thing_quiz
Check out some weird stuff and guess what it is.
#word_quiz
Test your English to see if you can crack these ones.
Forwarded from Hoffmann's Old Travelogue
Travelogue 🇯🇵 Japan #15: Owl Cafe
▶️ Japan is so full of artificial anything that people have lost sight of nature. But they do like to keep nature in a small, controlled space, just like a bonsai tree (=Japanese miniature tree).
There's a variety of animal cafes, and cat cafes are just for beginners. You may find a puppy (=baby dog) cafe, a bird cafe, a hedgehog (=animal with spikes) cafe, a snake cafe, a penguin cafe and also cafes that house (=keep, are home to) different animals together. And then there are the owl cafes.
Behind each owl there is some information, most importantly if you can cuddle (=touch sb to show you like them) them or not. Visitors are given small pieces of raw fish that they can feed the owls with.
📍Tokyo, Japan
#japan #culture
▶️ Japan is so full of artificial anything that people have lost sight of nature. But they do like to keep nature in a small, controlled space, just like a bonsai tree (=Japanese miniature tree).
There's a variety of animal cafes, and cat cafes are just for beginners. You may find a puppy (=baby dog) cafe, a bird cafe, a hedgehog (=animal with spikes) cafe, a snake cafe, a penguin cafe and also cafes that house (=keep, are home to) different animals together. And then there are the owl cafes.
Behind each owl there is some information, most importantly if you can cuddle (=touch sb to show you like them) them or not. Visitors are given small pieces of raw fish that they can feed the owls with.
📍Tokyo, Japan
#japan #culture
Forwarded from Hoffmann's Travelogue (Joho)
Travelogue 🇹🇷Turkey #1: Visiting a school in Turkey
▶️ It's a paradox (=sth that doesn't fit together). Turkey is so much in the middle of everything but doesn't have a middle itself. Eastern Turkey and Western Turkey are worlds apart (=very different). Here in the East, teachers are sent from the West to civilise the crude (=rough, uncultured) Easterners - mainly local Kurdish and Syrian refugee children.
Many things remind me of Uzbekistan. The patriotism, the hospitality, the whole feel of the place. But there are also differences: Most of teachers smoke during the break, students and teachers speak different languages, and a lot of the school's equipment is donated (=given for free as a help) by the EU to lessen (=reduce) the migration pressure on Europe.
📍Şanlıurfa, Turkey
#turkey #culture
▶️ It's a paradox (=sth that doesn't fit together). Turkey is so much in the middle of everything but doesn't have a middle itself. Eastern Turkey and Western Turkey are worlds apart (=very different). Here in the East, teachers are sent from the West to civilise the crude (=rough, uncultured) Easterners - mainly local Kurdish and Syrian refugee children.
Many things remind me of Uzbekistan. The patriotism, the hospitality, the whole feel of the place. But there are also differences: Most of teachers smoke during the break, students and teachers speak different languages, and a lot of the school's equipment is donated (=given for free as a help) by the EU to lessen (=reduce) the migration pressure on Europe.
📍Şanlıurfa, Turkey
#turkey #culture
Forwarded from Hoffmann's Travelogue (Joho)
Travelogue 🇯🇵Japan #23: Quiz
▶️ Here are some Japanese dishes. Three of them are plastic imitations (=copies), just to show customers. Can you spot the real one?
📍Tokyo, Japan
👉Hoffmann's Travelogue👈 #japan #food #culture
▶️ Here are some Japanese dishes. Three of them are plastic imitations (=copies), just to show customers. Can you spot the real one?
📍Tokyo, Japan
👉Hoffmann's Travelogue👈 #japan #food #culture