دوره English Activated - سطح 9

Conspiracy Theories

• یادگیری کلمات و اصطلاحات مربوط به تئوری توطئه
• یادگیری دیالوگی درباره‌ی واکسن و تئوری توطئه

learn about the vocabulary related to vaccination as well as conspiracy theories regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dialouge

Shokoufeh: Come on, man! It’s not that contagious, it’s just like the flu! It hasn’t been spread that fast! It’s been mostly spread through kissing and touching! Don’t be such a scaredy-cat!

Pontia: You need to stop reading all these conspiracy theories and fake news. Top scientists and doctors have been continuously working on this virus and I’m pretty sure they know what they’re talking about.

Mixed Conditional

جملات شرطی ترکیبی

The Use of a Mixture of Conditionals

If I weren’t going to get vaccinated this morning, I would have gone out on a date last night.

If the government did a better job in controlling the virus, fewer businesses would have gone bankrupt.

Wishes and Hopes

امیدها و آرزوها

The Grammar Required to Talk About Your Wishes and Hopes

I wish you would show gratitude once the baby is born.

It’s actually a regret.

I wish Ali were more supportive in this case.

We have past simple here like a type two conditional, so we’re stating a present wish.

The Conditionals

• همه چیز در مورد جملات شرطی
• تمرین دیالوگ با استفاده از انواع جملات شرطی

Dialogue

Pontia: I still haven’t made a decision. What would you do if you were in my shoes?

Shokoufeh: To be honest, if I were you, I’d give it up for adoption. She has a chance to live with a family who can provide for her. 

Passive and Active Voice

آشنایی با انواع ساختارهای مجهول

What is a passive sentence? Do we have the doer of the action as the subject of the sentence or not? No. The doer of the action is not the subject.

The virus had already affected thousands of people before the second wave of the infections.

Several vaccines are being developed by several major pharmaceutical companies.

Describing and Analyzing a Graph

چگونگی توصیف و آنالیز گراف‌ها

• تمرین دیالوگ برای وصف کردن انواع نمودار و گراف

An important part of data analysis is understanding the information contained within a graphical representation of data.

As you can see, the price of bitcoin was gradually increasing at the beginning of 2020 when suddenly the pandemic hit and forced an international shutdown which resulted in a drastic plunge in the price of Bitcoin.

Pros and Cons

• چگونگی صحبت کردن در مورد فواید و مضرات یک مسئله

Learn some words and phrases to talk about the pros and cons when you’re considering options.

Sharing our thoughts on matters such as living off of welfare and losing jobs.

Be and Get

• آشنایی با تفاوت‌ معنی افعال get و be

تمرین دیالوگ

What’s the difference between getting married and being married?

I got vaccinated yesterday. It means that the action happened yesterday.

Now I am vaccinated. It means that I’ve received vaccination, and now I am vaccinated. The action was done before.

Dialogue

Shokoufeh: So I’ve heard the vaccine for Lettuca virus is out!

Pontia: Yup! Everyone in Iran is getting vaccinated.

Shokoufe: Really? How come I didn’t know anything about it!

Debating; Showing Agreement/Disagreement

• آشنایی با اصطلاحات لازم در هنگام بحث کردن
• چگونگی نشان دادن موافقت و مخالفت 
• تمرین دیالوک برای تبادل نظر در مورد یک مسئله

How do you express your agreement or disagreement when debating?

I know where you’re coming from

We’re on the same page

We’re on the same wavelength

Tell me about it

Fair enough

Multimedia

• تماشای یک ویدیو و پاسخ به سوالات مربوط به آن

The Life and Work of Michelangelo

Reading

• مطالعه‌ی یک متن و پاسخ به سوالات مربوط به آن

Read an article about the appeal of buying new things and answer the questions.

Palmistry and Chiromancy

• یادگیری لغات و اصطلاحات مربوط به پیش‌گویی و فالگیری
• تمرین دیالوگ با استفاده از کلمات و لغات مربوطه

Simply put, palmistry or palm reading is the art of analyzing the physical features of the hands to interpret personality characteristics and predict future happenings.

Dialogue

Pouya: Come on. It’d be fun. Give it a try!

Pontia: It’s not superstition. It’s based on science. According to Professor Prem Kumar Sharma, astrology, numerology, and clairvoyance are all based on science!

Future Progressive

آشنایی با زمان آینده‌ی استمراری

The future continuous or future progressive refers to an unfinished action or event that will be in progress at a time later than now.

At three o’clock tomorrow, I will be working in my office.

The Zodiac Signs

• آشنایی با علائم ماه های تولد
• یادگیری لغات و اصطلاحات پیشرفته

Do you believe in horoscopes?

The Emphatic ‘Do’ 

آشنایی با کاربرد واژه‌ی do در هنگام تاکید

I do believe in ghosts.

She does look beautiful in that gown.

He thinks I don’t love him but I really do love him.

As Much As

آشنایی با کاربرد as much as

The Grammar Required to Express Your Condolences

As much as I would like to stay in a good mood, I can’t help thinking about all the deceased ones.

Much as he likes his mother in law, she can sometimes be a pain in the neck.

Safety Measures

• آشنایی با لغات و اصطلاحات لازم در هنگام حفظ امنیت برای مثال در هنگام وقوع زلزله

Always remember this rule: Drop. Cover. Hold on.

During an earthquake drop down onto your hands and knees, cover your head and neck with your hands and if you’re inside, slip underneath a study table or a desk and hold on to your shelter until the shaking stops.

Perfect Modals

گرامر افعال مُدال در زمان گذشته

We can use should plus present perfect to criticize someone because of a mistake they’ve made.

I should have started saving money years ago!

Natural Disasters

آشنایی با انواع لغات و اصطلاحات در مورد بلایای طبیعی

تمرین انواع دیالوگ

Improve Your Vocabulary and Learn how to Talk About Natural DISAsters in English

Dialogue

A: Do you know anything about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

B: Not much.

A: The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945. The two bombings killed between 129,000 to 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians.

Multimedia

چندرسانه‌ای

Watch a Video to Learn Some new Words and Phrases to Talk About Climate Change

Liar Liar

آشنایی با انواع لغات در مورد دروغ‌گویی 

تمرین دیالوگ

How can we talk about lying in English? How can we prove that someone’s lying?

Dialogue

Shokoufeh: Pouya we’re on the 10th floor. How can a kid throw a stone so high up?

Pouya: I don’t know Shokoufeh. Why are you asking me? Pontia must have broken it. I wasn’t even home today.

Shokoufeh: Pontia, did you break my bedroom window?

Pontia: What? No. Pouya did it. I saw him slipping and breaking the window. Did he say I did it?

Making Assumptions

آشنایی با ساخت فرضیات و گمانه‌زنی 

 kid must have thrown a stone and broken the window.

Exactly. We can use must plus present perfect to make assumptions or form hypotheses.

Her mother must have put peanut butter in her sandwich because she showed an allergic reaction soon after eating it.

Neither.. Nor 

• توانایی صحبت کردن در مورد انتخاب‌ها 
• توانایی استفاده از neither…nor در جمله

You learn how to talk about your options, especially when it comes to negative statements.

I think she’s neither a drama queen, nor a liar, she’s just lonely and desperate for attention.

Intonation

• آشنایی با تن صحبت کردن
• انواع تمرینات صوتی 

Learn the ins and Outs of Correct Intonation

Well in wh questions, we usually lower our voice as we get to the end of our sentence, but in yes/no questions, we usually raise our voice as we reach the end of our sentence. 

These ups and downs in our tone when we say a sentence are called intonation. To sound more natural, it’s super important to improve our intonation. The best way is of course through practice.

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