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Persian Vocabulary Practice Lessonadapted from
Persian Vocabulary Acquisition: Second Edition
(2003)
54.17.
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Report on a Writer's Death in TehrSn. This lesson's text is a reportfrom a Tehran daily newspaper illustrating writing with meaning between the lines.
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Text
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Translation. Sa'idi Sirjhi Passes Away. Tehrh-Jomhuri Eslami News Service
(1)
A reliable source reported that the effon of doetors to save the life of 'Ali Akbar Sa'idiSirjBni, the elderly Iranian writer, were ineffectual, and he passed away in the first hours ofSunday morning in Tehrin.
(2)
On Saturday SirjBni suffered a massive heart attack and was quickly plaeed under theeare of physieians. On Sunday morning, the leader of the team of physicians attending toSirjBni reported that from one o'eloek that morning Sirjhi's eondition grew grave and doctorsbegan an expanded effon in their eare and treatment of him. But their efforts did not produeeresults and he passed away. The chief of the team of attending physieians said rhar Sa'idiSirjhi had suffered a heart attaek and that heart resuscitation procedures were undenaken tosave him. The ~atient's eart had revived. But beeause of a double mvdriasis and the leneth ofeessation of his breathing4espite breathing resuscitation-after a time his heart stopped beating.Despite special medical attention, he did not respond to treatment or therapy and he passedaway.
(3)
In its report, the Jomhuri-ve Eslbtni News Serviee added that s~neeast Esfand[FebruaryIMarch] when he was arrested, and aiter undergoing judieial prwedures, Sa'idi Sirjinichose to reside in a house in nonh Tehrh, where he undertook a revision of his works.Among his new works his "Cultural Memoirs" is on the subject of contemporary history.
(4)
After a voluntary visit last month to the southern (former war) fronts, Sa'idi called hisreeent perspeetive a new binh and produeed some writings in this regard. During his trip tothe front, Sa'idi Sirjini talked to a representative of Elleld'd, Newspaper in the south. Thatconversation was published a little while back in the "Reports" page of that newspaper.
(5)
Also, in an interview on Abin 4th with Jomhuri-ye Esldmi Newspaper, Sa'idi hadsaid, "Before my arrest my writings had veins of stubbornness, and I am very regretfulbeeause the devotion and sincerity which I see in young people and veterans have shaken me."He also said in this interview, "I want to make up for things with my writings from now on, sothat 1 am no longer ashamed of myself."
(6)
At the same time, in view of the fact that the late Sa'idi Sirjini had entrusted thepublication of his political and cultural memoirs to the EttelB'it organization, these memoirswill soon be printed and published by Ettelrit Publications.
 
54.17.2. Scan the text to find answers (X) to these multiple-choice questions.
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What event (X) does the text report?
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