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The rise of electric cars
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Follow a short history and the challenges that remain.
Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.
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Words to know
- plentiful
- Available in large amounts.
- practical
- Useful and suitable for real life.
- incentive
- Something that encourages people to do something.
Answer key
- Electric cars were actually popular over a century ago.“Actually” shows something surprising.
- Cars that burned fuel later won out because fuel was cheap and plentiful.“Won out” means succeeded in the end. The -ed of “burned” is a d sound.
- Today, better batteries have made electric cars practical again.The stress in “practical” is on “prac”.
- Many governments now offer incentives to buy them.The stress in “incentives” is on “cen”.
- The biggest challenges are charging time and the cost of batteries.The ch in “challenges” and “charging” sounds like “church”.