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LESSON 5

Hello!
This is Yasi and I’m back with the fifth episode of the 504 course.

So you’ve been busy studying English right? I can tell! You must be a very motivated
person or maybe ambitious!
After listening to this episode, I want you to go and watch a movie in English without
any subtitles, try to understand the general meaning or the plot of the movie. Don’t
freak out if you don’t get the details. Understanding the gist of it will suffice. Then write
a paragraph about it or record your voice and talk about it! The majority of English
learners do not do this, and that is why they don’t see any immediate results. Let me tell
you this: You can’t see results without making an effort!
One good aspect of learning a new language is that you don’t even need to make a
lot of time for learning it. For example, if you are a university student, you could go on
the campus in between your classes and open your book and study a couple of new
expressions, isn’t that a good idea?
If you are an advanced learner, you could gather your friends and debate over a topic
in English. For example, you could talk about Iranian customs and traditions. I guess this
way a big crowd will assemble to join in. You see, there are a lot of things you can do to
improve your English. There are so many methods…You just have to explore through to
find the right one.
Now let me complain about something that’s been bugging me and the rest of the
English teachers of the world: Students who pay for English classes sometimes have very
unrealistic expectations of their teachers! I mean they think the teacher is responsible for
teaching them all the best techniques. But that is not true! You are the only person who
carries the burden of finding the right method. YOU are responsible, not anybody else!
The teacher is only there to help you. To assist you. You can’t evade the responsibility.
At this age, you can probe into so many interesting things with the help of technology.
Even if you live in a rural area, you still have access to a mobile phone and the Internet,
so you can’t really make any excuses! I think we are all responsible for changing the
way we learn English; we have to reform the old ways so that the next generation of
Iranians find it much easier to fall in love with English. Don’t you agree?

Yasi.esl
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I can tell!
!‫معلومه‬

You must be a very motivated person or maybe ambitious!

!‫باید یه آدم خیلی باانگیزه باشی یا شایدم بلندپرواز‬

Understanding the gist of it will suffice.

.‫فهمیدن کلیت مطلب کایف خواهد بود‬

The majority of English learners do not do this.

.‫ا�کثر زبان آموزان این کار رو انجام نمی‌دن‬

You can’t see results without making an effort!

.‫بدون تالش کردن نتیجه‌ای نمی‌بینی‬

One good aspect of learning a new language

‫یک بعد خوب یادگیری یه زبان جدید‬

you don’t even need to make a lot of time for learning it

.‫حتی نیاز نداری که یه عالمه وقت برای یادگیریش باز �کنی‬

You could go on the campus in between your classes.

.‫می‌تونی بین کالس‌هات بری به محوطه دانشگاه‬

Debate over a topic in English.

.‫درباره یه موضوع به انگلیسی بحث �کنید‬

Iranian customs and traditions.

‫رسوم و سنت‌های ایرانی‬

I guess this way a big crowd will assemble to join in.

.‫فکر �کنم اینطوری یه جمعیت بزرگ دور هم جمع شه تا به بحث وارد شن‬

You just have to explore through to find the right one.

.‫فقط باید بگردی تا یکی درستش رو �پیدا �کنی‬

Let me complain about something that’s been bugging me.

.‫بذار راجع چیزی که اذیتم میکرده غر بزنم‬

They sometimes have very unrealistic expectations of their teachers!

!‫گاهی اوقات انتظارات خیلی غیرواقعانه‌ای از معلم‌هاشون دارن‬

Yasi.esl
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You are the only person who carries the burden of finding the right method.
.‫تو تنها کسی هستی که بار ( یا مسئولیت) �پیدا کردن متد مناسب رو بر عهده داری‬

To assist you.
.‫برای کمک کردن به تو‬

You can’t evade the responsibility.

.‫نمی‌تونه از زیر مسئولیت شونه خالی �کنی‬

You can probe into so many interesting things.

.‫می‌تونی درباره خیلی چیزهای جالب جستجو �کنی‬

Even if you live in a rural area.

.‫حتی اگه در یک محیط روستایی زندگی می‌�کنی‬

So you can’t really make any excuses.

.‫بنابراین واقعا نمی‌تونی هیچ بهانه‌ای بیاری‬

We have to reform the old ways.

.‫باید راه‌های قدیمی رو اصالح �کنیم‬

Yasi.esl
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Word Definition Persian definition Example

The greater number
Majority (noun) of people, things, …
The buildings of a
Campus (noun) university and the
areas around them.
To gather together.
Assemble (verb) Collect
An argument or
Debate (verb/noun) discussion
Topic (noun) A subject
Something like a
belief that has been
Tradition (noun) going on for a long
time.
To search into sth. To ‫ ا�کتشاف‬،‫ جست و جو‬I explored all the
Explore (verb) look into sth ‫ بررسی کردن‬،‫ کردن‬options I had.
A responsibility that ‫ بار سنگین‬،‫ مسئولیت‬of educating the
Burden (noun) you have
Escape or avoid sth/ ‫ شانه‬،‫ چیزی) طفره رفتن‬answering the
Evade (verb) sb
Probe (verb) To search into sth,
Related or belonging
Rural (adjective) to the countryside,
not the city
To change something
Reform (verb) and make it better.
Improve
The majority of
‫ ا�کثریت‬students use wrong
techniques.
It’s forbidden to
‫ محوطه دانشگاه‬smoke on the
campus.
A group of people
‫ شدن‬،‫ جمع کردن‬assembled at the
stadium.
‫ مناظره‬،‫ بحث‬They debated over
the issue for hours.
The topic of
‫ عنوان‬،‫ موضوع‬discussion was the
age of marriage.
‫ سنت‬Iranians follow many
traditions.
We carry the burden
young people.
‫ فرار کردن (از زیر بار‬He evaded
‫ خالی کردن‬question.
،‫ جست و جو کردن‬He probed into the
‫ تحقیق کردن‬matter carefully.
‫ روستایی‬You can enjoy fresh
air in rural areas.
The government
‫ اصالح کردن‬has to reform the
educational system.

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