Grammar: Advanced writing and speaking skills in Persian depend on understanding transitive and intransitive verbs. This lesson introduces verbs from both categories and significant rules to consider.
Reading: The follwing blog post lists the most famous Iranian food: لیست آموزش طرز تهیه انواع غذاهای اصیل ایرانی برای شام و ناهار
Listening: Instant food is becoming increasingly popular, but is it always healthy? BBC Persian performed a brief survey to find out: پرضررترین غذای فوری زیر ذرهبین ۳۷درجه
Conversation topic: How often do you eat fast food? Why do you think nowadays people cook less than before?
Homework:
- Read the text carefully and find the transitive and intransitive verbs.
- Listen to the video, and use the vocabulary and context to write an essay about the advantages and disadvantages of instant food.
Vocabulary:
| Persian | Transcription | English |
| زرشک | zerešk | barberry |
| اصیل | asil | original |
| پذیرایی | pazirāyi | reception |
| مجالس | majāles | parties |
| لوبیا | lubiyā | beans |
| صدرنشین | sadrnešin | leader, top-ranked |
| دسته بندی | dastebandi | category |
| گیاهی | giyāhi | here: vegetarian |
| عدس | 'adas | lentils |
| علاوه بر اینکه | 'alāve bar inke | in addition to |
| مناسبتی | monāsebati | occasional, special |
| گران قیمت | gerānqeymat | expensive |
| باقالی | bāqāli | broad beans |
| ماهیچه | māhiče | muscle |
| خورش | xoreš | stew |
| آبکی | ābāki | watery |
| هویج | havij | carrot |
| فوری | fouri | instant |