Pre-reading questions:
- Do you like riding a taxi? Why or why not?
- Which is better, riding a taxi or a bus? Please explain your answer.
Vocabulary:
- app [ap]
(noun) a company that offers the same service as another company
My favorite app is Line because it is useful. - rival [RAHY-vuhl]
(noun) someone or something that is competing with another person or thing
McDonald’s is Mos Burger’s biggest rival. - invest [in-VEST]
(verb) to use money to make more money
The company invested money on television ads. - spend [spend]
(verb) to use money to pay for something
Jenny spends a lot of money for new clothes. - beat [beet]
(verb) to defeat a person or a thing
She beat me again in chess!
Didi Chuxing is a smartphone app for getting taxis. Didi is known as Uber’s biggest rival in China. This technology company is set to start in Brazil soon. They have invested in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Didi will spend $600 million for this project. They will join another company in Brazil called 99’s. This is a step to beat Uber in Brazil and other countries.
True or False:
- Didi will start in Brazil soon.
- Didi will not spend money for this project.
- Didi Chaxing is a smartphone app.
- Didi is Uber’s biggest competitor in Korea.
- Didi will join a company called 99’s.
Vocabulary Check:
Complete the sentences by using the words in the box.
| app | rival | invest | spend | beat |
- I hope our team _______ them today.
- If you want to grow your money, you should _______ it.
- My mother _______ a lot of money on clothes.
- Cellphone _______ are very useful for students.
- That character is the hero’s _______.