Day 24 - Car Market

Cars play an important role in the lives of ordinary Iranians. Not only as a vehicle of transportation but also as an important indicator of social welfare and status. On Day 24, we are going to approach this subject and study the vocabulary and expressions related to the car market in Iran.

Reading - بازار خودرو در سراشیبی

This is an article from Doniya-e Eqtesad which is speaking about the risks and prospects of the car market in Iran in the following months. The major challenge that the car market is going to face in the current year is the restoration of the JCPOA deal between the US, Iran, and the other members. The students are going to read passages from the text and translate them with the help of the instructor.

Listening - تاثیرپذیری صنعت خودرو ایران از تحریم‌ها

An interesting video report by Manoto TV on the vulnerability of the car market in Iran because of the sanctions. The students are going to watch the clip with their instructor and try to translate the contents with the help and explanations of the instructor. 

Conversation topic - Do Iranians like their cars?

The real topic of this conversation is going to be the social aspects of owning a car among the Iranians and its influence over their personal and social life. The conversation will be conducted in Persian and thus will help students to internalize the vocabulary learned during the class.

Vocabulary

Persian

Transcription

English

سراشیبی

sarāšibi 

decline

داده‌

dāde 

data

شکل‌گیری

šeklgiri 

formation

منتخب 

montaxab 

selected

پرفروش

porforuš 

bestselling

بیانگر

bayāngar 

indicator

نزول

nozul 

fall

بازه

bāze 

period

شوک

šuk 

shock

ریزش

rizeš  

downfall

منحنی

monhani 

curve

سکته 

sekte 

halt

خفیف

xafif 

mild, minor

سرازیری

sarāziri 

descent

اغلب

aqlab 

majority

لغو تحریم‌

laqv-e tahrim

removal of sanctions

موازی

movāzi 

parallel

افت و خیز

oft o xiz

rise and fall

تقلید

taqlid 

imitation

عدم

‘adam

lack