The Routledge Introductory Persian Course

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PERS_Farsi_shirin_ast-book 01 Title Copyright Acknowledgements Contents Introduction Lesson One Lesson Two Lesson Three Lesson Four Lesson Five Lesson Six Lesson Seven Lesson Eight Lesson Nine Lesson Ten Lesson Eleven Lesson Twelve Lesson Thirteen Lesson Fourteen Lesson Fifteen Persian–English Glossary English–Persian Glossary Index PERS_Farsi_shirin_ast-book 02 Cover The Routledge Intermediate Persian Course: Farsi Shirin Ast, Book Two Copyright Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Lesson One: Which sport are you interested in? Reading: football Grammar: simple sentences Media exercises: general media vocabulary Colloquial/written Persian: Jalal Al-e Ahmad, “Preparing the Nation” Let’s know more: compound verbs Let’s get to know Iran better: script Lesson Two: Which issues normally cause divorce? Reading: divorce in Iran’s tribal communities Grammar: simple sentences (cont’d) Media exercises: politics and government Colloquial/written Persian: Jalal Al-e Ahmad, “The Samanu Cookers” Let’s know more: Forugh Farrokhzad Let’s get to know Iran better: wind tower Lesson Three: What do you know about Iran’s ancient sites? Reading: Tepe Marlik Grammar: subject and predicate / simple and compound sentences Media exercises: elections Colloquial/written Persian: Goli Taraghi, “Hibernation” Let’s know more: morphology Let’s get to know Iran better: mud brick Lesson Four: What are the advantages and disadvantages of life in the capital? Reading: Tehran Grammar: exclamatory sentences Media exercises: security and conflict Colloquial/written Persian: Moniru Ravanipur, “The Long Night” Let’s know more: Fereydun Moshiri Let’s get to know Iran better: motorway Lesson Five: Which do you prefer: poetry or prose? Reading: Nizami Ganjavi Grammar: chon/cho Media exercises: law and order Colloquial/written Persian: Zoya Pirzad, “The Acrid Taste of Persimmons” Let’s know more: morpheme types Let’s get to know Iran better: column Lesson Six: What are the pros and cons of travelling by train? Reading: railways Grammar: Arabic broken plurals Media exercises: human rights Colloquial/written Persian: Ahmad Mahmud, “Scorched Earth” Let’s know more: Sadeq Hedayat Let’s get to know Iran better: pigeon tower Lesson Seven: What do you do to protect the environment? Reading: Iran’s natural geography Grammar: compound nouns Media exercises: economics Colloquial/written Persian: Simin Daneshvar, “The Life of the Alley” Let’s know more: affixes (prefixes and suffixes) Let’s get to know Iran better: fire temple Lesson Eight: What do commercial centres look like in your country? Reading: bazaar Grammar: compound adjectives Media exercises: trade and industry Colloquial/written Persian: Sadeq Hedayat, “The Darkroom” Let’s know more: the folklore of the people of Iran Let’s get to know Iran better: traditional marketplace Lesson Nine: How many of Iran’s provinces do you know? Reading: Mazandaran Grammar: past participle Media exercises: science and technology Colloquial/written Persian: Goli Taraghi, “Birth” Let’s know more: affixes (inflectional and derivational) Let’s get to know Iran better: kilim Lesson Ten: What is mourning? Reading: symbolic coffin Grammar: reported speech Media exercises: energy A classical Persian prose text: The Tarikh-i Bayhaqi Let’s know more: sayings Let’s get to know Iran better: pilgrim Lesson Eleven: Who is your favourite poet? Reading: Firdawsi’s Shahnama Grammar: passive Media exercises: the environment A classical Persian prose text: the Qabusnama Let’s know more: inflectional affixes Let’s get to know Iran better: synagogue Lesson Twelve: What are the main characteristics of people’s clothing in your country? Reading: men’s and women’s clothing in Iran Grammar: the tense and person of the verb Media exercises: development and aid A classical Persian prose text: the Kimia-yi sa‘adat Let’s know more: Omar Khayyam Let’s get to know Iran better: potter Lesson Thirteen: What day of the year is New Year’s Day in Iran? Reading: the Noruz table setting Grammar: subjunctives Media exercises: culture A classical Persian prose text: the Marzubannama Let’s know more: Hafiz Let’s get to know Iran better: Hafiz’s tomb Lesson Fourteen: Can natural disasters be prevented? Reading: famine in Iran Grammar: conditionals Media exercises: sport A classical Persian prose text: the Maqamat-i Hamidi Let’s know more: Sa‘di Let’s get to know Iran better: alley Lesson Fifteen: What do you know about Islam? Reading: Islam in Iran Grammar: impersonal constructions Media exercises: common media vocabulary A classical Persian prose text: the Kalila va Dimna Let’s know more: compounding Let’s get to know Iran better: mosque Persian–English Glossary English–Persian Glossary Index of grammatical terms