In the 1920s the boss of the Ford Motor Company, Henry Ford, attempted to build a huge rubber plantation in the Amazon jungle. It didn't quite go to plan…

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soap, sun, socks, seal
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A Chinese company claims it has built an electric vehicle battery that charges faster than any other.

The company, called Zeekr, says the battery can be charged from 10% to 80% in just 10 minutes and 30 seconds — but only when the car is plugged into one of the company's super-fast charging stations.

It calls this a new charging speed record, although it can be hard to compare the charging speeds of different vehicles because some charging stations do not work as fast as others.

But, for example, Tesla's Model 3 can be charged to about half its range in 15 minutes.

A number of other EVs can boost their range by almost 200 kilometers with a 10-minute charge.

But Zeekr says that in 10-and-a-half minutes its new battery could be charged enough to boost a vehicle's range by about 500 kilometers.

The first of its cars to include the new battery is the 2025 Zeekr 007, which is on sale in China now.

Zeekr says it has already opened more than 500 of its super-fast charging stations in China, and plans to have 10,000 in 2026.

Chinese companies have been busy making EVs, offering customers a large amount of choice — something that people in some other countries, like the US, have been frustrated by.

As well as operating in China, Zeekr began selling its vehicles in the Netherlands and Sweden last year.

It plans to begin operating in Singapore by the end of 2024, and to open showrooms in Japan and South Korea in 2025.




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Chinese Company Sells 'Fastest-Charging' EV Battery

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В1-В2. Дискуссия о судьбе героя из песни "Сяду в скорый поезд".

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⭐ Contents: 1/ Les types de logements 2/ Les loyers 3/ L'immobilier 4/ Les pièces 5/ Chez moi 6/ Mes pièces préférées 7/ Le mobilier et la décoration 8/ La décoration chez moi

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⭐ In this A1-level episode, we will discuss housing and interior decoration. We will talk about real estate, practice using prepositions of place, distinguish between “c’est” and “il est / elle est,” and learn numerous adjectives for describing a house, among many other things.

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李华的新学期

今天是新学期的第一天，李华早上去了学校。他遇到了他的新同学王天。王天是从美国来的留学生，他不仅喜欢学习汉语，还喜欢听音乐和看书。王天对中国文化非常感兴趣，特别是中国的茶文化。

李华和王天一起去了图书馆，王天找到了一本关于中国茶的汉语课本。他非常高兴，并说：“这本书太棒了！我可以用它来更好地了解中国茶。” 李华也找到了他需要的英语书，因为他想提高自己的英语水平。
下课后，李华邀请王天去吃饭。他们一起吃了米饭和面包，并喝了咖啡和茶。王天对中国的食物和饮料印象深刻，他说：“我喜欢这里的食物，尤其是蛋糕和茶。”

1. 王天是哪国人？
   - A. 英国
   - B. 美国
   - C. 新加坡
   - D. 德国

2.他们吃了什么？
   - A. 米饭和面包
   - B. 蛋糕和可乐
   - C. 苹果和咖啡
   - D. 面包和蛋糕