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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 December 2024
Listen and repeat. Say each word and phrase several times aloud until you can easily pronounce them.
Read the sentences and look at the images. Based on the information from the sentences, write under the name of each person their age in Persian digits and their profession in English.
Listen and read along as Tara is talking about her family members and their occupations. Complete the transcript with words you hear. Now, based on what you have heard and read, complete the English translation.
Write the name of a job that you associate with each one of the following individuals. Use the Internet if needed. Prepare to say aloud what you have written.
Michael Jackson, Isaac Newton, Joanne Rowling, Avicenna, Serena Williams, Audrey Hepburn, Giorgio Armani, Warren Buffett, Hoda Kotb.
Listen to Reza, who is talking about his family and their occupations. Complete the transcript based on what you hear. Complete the English translation. Now, prepare to compare his family and their occupations to your family members and their professions. Prepare to say your sentences fluently in class. Examples:
Do research online and find answers for the following questions. Prepare to say your answers fluently in class.
Prepare to ask and answer the following questions in Persian.
Interesting s/he works a lot
• Do your parents work?
• What does your father do? Is his work interesting? Does he like his job Does he work on Saturdays?
• Is your mother a professor, doctor, TV host, actress, designer, artist or engineer? Does she work a lot?
• Is your brother a student, PhD student, lawyer or dentist?
• What is your sister's job? Where does she work? Does she like her job?
• Is anyone in your family a celebrity, lawyer, businessperson, professor or doctor?
• What do you do? What is your field? Is your field/major interesting?
7. Do research and find out the following information about the Iranian individuals listed below.
Anoushe Ansari, Benyamin Bahadori, Shirin Ebadi, Majid Majidi, Marjane Satrapi, Niki Karimi, Mohsen Namjoo, Yara Shahidi, Firouz Naderi, Pierre Omidyar.
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