Pre-reading questions:
- Do you like cars?
- What is your favorite car brand?
Vocabulary:
- public /PUHB-lik/
- charge /chahrj/
- vehicle /VEE-i-kuhl/
- unit /YOO-nit/
- batch /bach/
[noun] all people in general
Fake news caused confusion to the public.
[verb] to put electricity into an electrical device
That smartphone needs to be charged for two hours only
[noun] a machine that people ride to go from one place to another
Sam doesn’t like riding public vehicles.
[noun] a machine or item that is part of a set
The company released new television units this month.
[noun] a group of people or things
A new batch of students are looking for summer jobs.
Volkswagen shares its plan to the public on how to charge electric cars in an easier way. Electric vehicle owners will be able to use movable charging units if their cars need more power. Up to 15 electric vehicles can use one charger and can only take about 17 minutes to charge each. Wolfsburg, Germany will receive the first batch of charging units this year. It is still not stated by Volkswagen if these chargers will be available in the U.S.
True or False:
- Only 10 electric cars can use one charging unit
- Wolfsburg, Germany will receive the chargers next year.
- It takes about 17 minutes to charge one electric vehicle.
- Maserati announced its charging plan to the public.
- It is still not decided if the charging units will be available to the U.S. or not.
Vocabulary Check:
Complete the sentences by using the words in the box.
| unit | vehicle | batch | public | charge |
- Our school needs 20 more computer _____.
- The president will announce the new laws to the _____ on Monday.
- You need to _____ your smartphone now.
- My sister cannot find any more _____ to ride on her way home.
- The third _____ of students are already here.