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2021-06-13 08:52:22 #41 Travelogue Uzbekistan: The Grieving Mother

Before the last war gets totally forgotten, let’s talk about war memorials in Uzbekistan. Apart from a few Soviet-style flames for unknown soldiers and name lists of fallen soldiers the memorials seem to be all about grieving mothers. Let me offer some thoughts:

What did the soldiers die for?
The fighting was far away from Uzbekistan. Uzbek soldiers died defending the Soviet Union, not their Uzbek motherland. That’s why, unlike in Russia, heroism cannot be the central theme.

Mother-ism
Women may not hold much power in public life, but as mothers they hold families together. Uzbeks have written countless sentimental songs and poems about mothers.

Family collectivism
Losing a family member, especially an unmarried one, is a real tragedy. It’s not so much about individual suffering and losing one’s life but what the war did to Uzbek families.

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2021-06-11 19:08:06 #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… Open / Comment

2021-06-10 19:17:38 #74 Our favourite mistakes: Pronunciation

Try pronouncing the following words:
• Brazil
• canal
• career
• cartoon
• degree
• event
• guitar
• idea
• Japan
• mistake
• New York
• police
• technique
• unique
• Ukraine

What do these words have in common?

They are all stressed in the end, not in the beginning:
• braZIL
• caNAL
• caREER
• carTOON
• deGREE
• eVENT
• guiTAR
• iDEA
• jaPAN
• misTAKE
• new YORK
• poLICE
• techNIQUE
• uNIQUE
• uKRAINE

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2021-06-09 19:49:23 Ouch!

Overflow is the wrong answer. People cannot overflow, rivers can do that.
Binge is correct. It describes an activity and is often used with eating or drinking.
Outburst is something that happens suddenly.
Surge is a sudden increase of something.
Splatter is liquid falling onto a surface.
Riot is when people are protesting violently on the streets. Open / Comment

2021-06-08 19:08:38 #38 Afandi Quiz: What’s the word?

Today’s quiz is about a ridiculously dressed and even more ridiculously behaving individual.

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2021-06-07 19:03:28 #20 It’s a strange world: Planned Obsolescence

Have you been wondering why electric appliances always break before too long (=soon)? Or why smartphones have become harder to repair?

The reason might be “Planned Obsolescence” – when companies create products in such a way that they don’t last too long and customers are forced to buy replacements.

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

Here’s a video about Planned Obsolescence:




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2021-06-06 19:50:52 Congrats to Muhammadiy!!!

And good job on those designs - Boburshox, Oisha and Abdulahatty! Open / Comment

2021-06-06 19:30:05 #54 Spot Abdukhalil’s Piyola

Can you spot the piyola in this picture?

If you can you might win 5,000 Paynet-soums!

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