Listening
"When the first emojis were censored"
Listen to the conversation and choose the best.(11.3)
Listen to the conversation and choose if the sentences are True or False(11.4)
Listen to the conversations and fill in the blank. (11.3+4)
Spotlight!
Spotlight!✅ Past Simple Passive برای گفتن کارهای کامل‌شده در گذشته استفاده می‌شود (ساختار: was/were + past participle).
✅ Past Continuous Passive برای نشان‌دادن کارهایی که در گذشته در حال انجام بودند استفاده می‌شود (ساختار: was/were being + past participle).
Reading
"The Morris Worm (1988)"
In 1988, a program was written by a student called Robert Tappan Morris.
The program was being sent to many computers on the internet when problems started. At first, the worm was not believed to be dangerous.
The worm was designed to copy itself and was moving to other machines.While the worm was spreading, many computers were slowed down.
Some systems were crashed and they were made unusable.
A lot of network traffic was created and the administrators were surprised.
The worm was found on university and company servers.
Today, the Morris Worm is remembered and is taught in computer security lessons. People were worried and computers were disconnected from the network.
An investigation was started and the cause was traced to Morris’s program.
The program was stopped from running by removing it from systems and by applying fixes.
After the event, new laws and rules were made for computer security.
Today, the Morris Worm is remembered as one of the first big internet problems.
Read the text and choose if the sentences are True or False.
Choose the correct form:
Debug your Grammar
"Past Continuous Passive"
📌در گذشته استمراری مجهول (Past Continuous Passive)، تمرکز ما روی کاری که در گذشته در حال انجام بود و روی آن عمل یا نتیجه است، نه روی فاعل انجام‌دهنده کار.
✅ ساختار:
Active: Subject + was/were + verb(-ing) + object
Passive: Object + was/were + being + past participle (+ by + subject)
✅ حالت منفی (Negative Form):
Object + was/were + not + being + past participle (+ by + subject)
Active: Sara was not fixing the bug.
Passive: The bug was not being fixed (by Sara).
✅ حالت سوالی (Question Form):
Was/Were + object + being + past participle (+ by + subject)?
Active: Was Sara fixing the login page?
Passive: Was the login page being fixed (by Sara)?
Read the questions and choose the best.
"Past Simple Passive"
📌 در گذشته ساده مجهول (Past Simple Passive)، تمرکز ما روی کاری است که در گذشته انجام و تمام شده است و روی خود عمل یا نتیجه تأکید داریم، نه روی فاعل انجام‌دهنده کار.
✅ ساختار:
Active: Subject + verb (past) + object
Passive: Object + was/were + past participle (+ by + subject)
✅ حالت منفی (Negative Form):
Active: Subject + did not + base verb + object
Passive: Object + was/were + not + past participle (+ by + subject)
Active: Sara did not fix the bug.
Passive: The bug was not fixed (by Sara).
✅ حالت سوالی (Question Form):
Was/Were + object + past participle (+ by + subject)?
Active: Did Sara fix the login page?
Passive: Was the login page fixed (by Sara)?
Active-to-Passive Challenge: Past Simple & Past Continuous (True/False)
Buzzwords & Beyond!
"The Honey Scam"
Honey was a very popular browser extension. Many YouTubers told their viewers, “Install Honey, and you will save money.” People liked it because it found coupon codes automatically when they wanted to buy something online. But later, some creators discovered a problem. Honey was changing their code links to its own and earning the money instead. It also used its database to show only small discounts, even if bigger ones were available. For many users, this was a big bug in the system, but it was actually part of Honey’s plan. Soon, videos appeared warning people about the truth. This is a real example of the saying “Garbage in, garbage out” — if a company gives you wrong information, you will get the wrong result in the end.