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2021-08-30 19:02:24 #23 It’s a strange world: The Overton Window

How is it possible that public opinion can change over time?

The key to understanding this is the “Overton Window” which describes the range of acceptable ideas. It can move, expand and shrink through cultural change but also manipulation (=making people change their ideas or behaviour without realising it).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window

Here’s a video about the Overton Window:




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2021-08-29 19:33:49 Congrats to Farhodbek!

And amazing designs again from Abdulahatty, Oisha and Kvadratillo! Open / Comment

2021-08-29 19:00:26 #62 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi in Frankfurt Old Town

Can you spot Afandi in this picture?

Today you will half an hour to spot Afandi!

If you can you might win 5,000 Paynet-soums! Mark the picture and send it to @jochenho. You have half an hour!

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2021-08-29 14:27:26 #14 Movie Time: Intouchables (2011)

Today’s movie is a famous French comedy about a disabled rich man who employs a big black guy as his caretaker. Watch how the two become unlikely friends.

The movie is in French with English subtitles. Subtitles are an excellent way to help you speed up reading and stop the stupid habit of reading out loud!

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2021-08-28 20:02:52 ---Vocab---
attached = physically connected outskirts = not city centre identical-looking = looking exactly the same fancy = beautiful and expensive shabby = of bad quality pricey = expensive tower blocks = group of big apartment buildings social class = group of people in society with high or low income, and education Open / Comment

2021-08-28 20:02:41 #51 Travelogue UK: Housing in England

In England there are exactly four types of houses to live in:

• Detached house
A house that isn’t attached to another house. While in the countryside this is the most common form of housing it is real luxury in the city.

• Semi-detached house
Basically two households in one building. Semi-detached houses are very common in any city’s outskirts.

• Terraced house
Rows of identical-looking houses. Terraced houses are found in every city, some look fancy and some look shabby.

• Flat
Units within big buildings. There are pricey apartments and horrible tower blocks.

What’s interesting here? Housing is very much about people’s social class. In cities detached houses are for the rich and semi-detached and terraced houses are for the middle class while working-class families usually live in terraced houses or flats.

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2021-06-29 19:02:42 #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.

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2021-06-28 19:36:53 #8 Documentary: Sleep

We do it every night, and sometimes even during classes. But what actually happens when we sleep?

Monday is for discussions and debates! Today we will have a discussion on Afandi English Chat (@afandi_english_chat) for the remaining evening. You will find the questions there!

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