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| INTRODUCTION |
| Janet: Hi everyone, I’m Janet. |
| Sarah: And I’m Sarah! |
| Janet: And welcome to Culture Class - Essential Persian Vocabulary, Lesson 11! In this lesson, you'll learn 5 essential words related to Society and Culture. These are five Persian historical figures. Hand picked. You can find a complete list of vocabulary at PersianPod101.com |
| FIVE KEY VOCABULARY ITEMS |
| Janet: Sarah, what’s our first word? |
| Sarah: |
| کوروش کبیر |
| Janet: Cyrus the Great |
| Sarah: (slow) |
| کوروش کبیر (regular) کوروش کبیر |
| Janet: Listeners, please repeat... |
| Sarah: |
| کوروش کبیر |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Janet: |
| Cyrus the Great was the third king of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. He ruled the empire at its peak, when it included the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Aegean Islands, and northern Greece, parts of the Balkans, and North Africa. |
| Janet: Now let's hear a sample sentence using this word. |
| Sarah: (normal) |
| مقبره کوروش کبیر دراستان شیراز واقع شده است. |
| Janet: The tomb of Cyrus the Great is located in Shiraz province. |
| Sarah: (slow) |
| مقبره کوروش کبیر دراستان شیراز واقع شده است. |
| Janet: Okay, what’s the next word? |
| Sarah: |
| امام خمینی |
| Janet: Imam Khomeini |
| Sarah: (slow) |
| امام خمینی (regular) امام خمینی |
| Janet: Listeners, please repeat... |
| Sarah: |
| امام خمینی |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Janet: |
| Ayatollah or Imam Khomeini, was an Iranian religious leader and politician, and leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, which saw the overthrow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran. |
| Janet: Now let's hear a sample sentence using this word. |
| Sarah: (normal) |
| خمینی اولین رهبر مذهبی بعد از انقلاب اسلامی بود. |
| Janet: Khomeini was the first religious leader after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. |
| Sarah: (slow) |
| خمینی اولین رهبر مذهبی بعد از انقلاب اسلامی بود. |
| Janet: Okay, what’s the next word? |
| Sarah: |
| محمد مصدّق |
| Janet: Mohammed Mossadegh |
| Sarah: (slow) |
| محمد مصدّق (regular) محمد مصدّق |
| Janet: Listeners, please repeat... |
| Sarah: |
| محمد مصدّق |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Janet: |
| Mohammed Mossadegh was the democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran whose government was overthrown in a coup d'état in 1953. His most notable policy was the nationalization of the Iranian oil industry. |
| Janet: Now let's hear a sample sentence using this word. |
| Sarah: (normal) |
| مصدق به خاطر ملی کردن صنعت نفت در ایران مشهور است. |
| Janet: Mossadegh is famous for the nationalization of the Iranian oil industry. |
| Sarah: (slow) |
| مصدق به خاطر ملی کردن صنعت نفت در ایران مشهور است. |
| Janet: Okay, what’s the next word? |
| Sarah: |
| زکریای رازی |
| Janet: Zakariya Razi |
| Sarah: (slow) |
| زکریای رازی (regular) زکریای رازی |
| Janet: Listeners, please repeat... |
| Sarah: |
| زکریای رازی |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Janet: |
| Zakariya Razi was a prominent figure in the Islamic Golden Age as a physician, chemist, philosopher, and scholar. Numerous "firsts" in medical research, clinical care, and chemistry are attributed to him, including being the first to differentiate smallpox from measles. |
| Janet: Now let's hear a sample sentence using this word. |
| Sarah: (normal) |
| رازی کاشف الکل است. |
| Janet: Razi was the discoverer of alcohol. |
| Sarah: (slow) |
| رازی کاشف الکل است. |
| Janet: Okay, what’s the last word? |
| Sarah: |
| امیرکبیر |
| Janet: Amir Kabir |
| Sarah: (slow) |
| امیرکبیر (regular) امیرکبیر |
| Janet: Listeners, please repeat... |
| Sarah: |
| امیرکبیر |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Janet: |
| Amir Kabir lived from 1807 to 1852, and was chief minister to Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, the Shah of Persia, for the first three years of his reign, and was one of the most capable and innovative figures to appear in the whole Qajar period. |
| Janet: Now let's hear a sample sentence using this word. |
| Sarah: (normal) |
| امیر کبیر در حمام باغ فین، واقع در کاشان ایران به قتل رسید. |
| Janet: Amir Kabir was murdered in the bathroom of Fin Garden, which is located in Kashan, Iran. |
| Sarah: (slow) |
| امیر کبیر در حمام باغ فین، واقع در کاشان ایران به قتل رسید. |
| QUIZ |
| Janet: Okay listeners, are you ready to be quizzed on the words you just learned? Sarah will give you the Persian – please repeat it out loud! Are you ready? |
| Sarah: |
| کوروش کبیر |
| [pause]Janet: Cyrus the Great |
| Sarah: |
| امام خمینی |
| [pause]Janet: Imam Khomeini |
| Sarah: |
| محمد مصدّق |
| [pause] |
| Janet: Mohammad Mosaddegh |
| Sarah: |
| زکریای رازی |
| [pause]Janet: Zakariya Razi |
| Sarah: |
| امیرکبیر |
| [pause]Janet: Amir Kabir |
Outro |
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| Janet: There you have it – five historical figures in Iran! We have more vocab lists available at PersianPod101.com, so be sure to check them out. Thanks everyone, see you next time! |
| Sarah: |
| خداحافظ |
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