Day 2 - Sports Events

Sports events are among the most popular global occurrences, and in Iran, they often serve as a great conversation starter. In today’s session, the students will enhance their understanding of sports events through engaging texts and videos.

Grammar: Following the chapter of nouns, students will learn compound nouns which are very important in fluency in Farsi. 

Reading: Undoubtedly, football is the most popular sport worldwide. The given text covers the history of the football World Cup from its beginning to the present day: تاریخچه جام جهانی فوتبال

Listening: What do you already know about the Olympics? Let’s watch a video to discover more about it: تاریخچه بازی های المپیک چیست

Conversation topic: There is an ongoing debate around sports events where some people believe that they are a burden on taxpayers despite having a significant number of fans. What is your opinion on this? Discuss the reasons for you agreeing or disagreeing with this.

Homework:
- Monologue: introduce a sports event. You should mention: what is it?; explain its background, and discuss its advantages and disadvantages.
- Compose ten new sentences using today's vocabulary.

Vocabulary:

Persian Transcription English
رویداد ruydād event
به حساب آمدن be hesāb āmadan to be considered
با آنکه bā ānke although
نشست nešast meeting
سالانه sālāne annual
کبیر kabir great
رسمی rasmi official
گاهاً gāhan sometimes
فاتح fāteh conqueror, victorious
بر طبق bar tebq-e according to 
تا ابد tā abad forever
توافق کردن tavāfoq kardan to agree
به رسمیت شناختن be rasmiyyat šenāxtan to officially recognize
به پا کردن be pā kardan to set up, to hold
عدم محبوبیت 'adam-e mahbubiyyat unpopularity
پر هزینه porhazine costly
راضی کردن rāzi kardan to satisfy