Grammar: Before we start on tenses later this week, we will cover definite and indefinite articles as a part of grammar to help learners speak smoothly.
Reading: "Can your name have an impact on your personality? " This question is explored in today's reading article: اسم چقدر بر شخصیت اثر می‌گذارد؟
Listening: In this episode of 37 Degrees by BBC, some informative details about recognizing and helping individuals with autism are discussed: زندگی با اوتیسم چه تفاوتهایی دارد و از کی می‌شود آن را تشخیص داد؟
Conversation topic: Do you think your name affects your personality?
Homework:
- Monologue: how has your personality changed through the years
- Write a short essay (150 words) and express your point of view about the text.
Vocabulary:
| Persian | Transcription | English |
| غریبه | ƴaribe | stranger |
| خون‌گرمی | xungarmi | warm-heartedness |
| سخت‌گیری | saxtgiri | strictness |
| گشاده‌دستی | gošādedasti | generosity |
| یادگار | yādegār | memory, commemoration |
| مصیبت کشیدن | mosibat kešidan | to suffer |
| آزمون | āzmun | test |
| خلاقیت | xallāqiyyat | creativity |
| شخصیت | šaxsiyyat | personality |
| هویت | hoviyyat | identity |
| از طریق | az tariq-e | through |
| تحقیق کردن | tahqiq kardan | to research, to investigate |
| شناسایی | šenāsāyi | identification |
| رشد | rošd | growth |
| بلوغ | boluƴ | maturity |
| معاشر | mo'āšer | companion |
| در نهایت | dar nahāyat | finally |
| نیانگذار | bonyāngozār | founder |
| مرجع | marja' | reference |
| تعریف | ta'rif | definition |
| قوم و تبار | qom o tabār | ethnicity |
| ریشه | riše | root |
| سابقه | sābeqe | history, background |
| آشکار کردن | āškār karda | to reveal |
| تعصب | ta'assob | prejudice |
| ناعادلانه | nā'ādelāne | unfair |
| اصل و نسب | asl o nasab | lineage |
| نادر | nāder | rare |
| از مد افتاده | az mod oftāde | old-fashioned |
| خواه‌ناخواه | xāh-nāxāh | regardless of whether |
| ر نظر گرفتن | dar nazar gereftan | to consider |
| سابقه خانوادگی | sābeqe-ye xānavādegi | family background |
| اعتماد به نفس | e'temād be nafs | self-confidence |
| عزت نفس | 'ezzat-e nafs | self-esteem |
| اجتناب‌ناپذیر | ejtenāb-nāpazir | inevitable |
| احتمال | ehtemāl | possibility |
| پیامد | peyāmad | consequence |