9. 4. 2025
1. Make sure you know this vocabulary.
car company = automobilka
to mean = znamenat
price = cena
service centre = servisní středisko
while = zatímco
factory = továrna
October = říjen
Hungary = Maďarsko
competitor = konkurent
sold = prodal (minulý čas)
to double = zdvojnásobit (se)
2. Practice the vocabulary here.
3. Listen and click the words that you hear in the listening. They are in chronological order.
| Not in the listening | In the listening |
|---|---|
| company | |
| means | |
| will | |
| models | |
| pricing | |
| price | |
| million | |
| plans | |
| planning | |
| by the end of the year | |
| at the end of the year | |
| factories | |
| sold | |
| competitor | |
| competition | |
| hybrid | |
| imports | |
| tripled |
4. Read the questions in the quiz. Then listen and choose correct answers.
Questions:
1. What does BYD mean?
2. How many models will they sell in the Czech Republic?
3. What is the price of BYD cars in the Czech Republic?
4. How many stores and service centers does BYD plan to open in the Czech Republic by the end of the year?
5. Where will BYD's manufacturing plant start working in October?
6. How many cars did BYD sell last year?
7. What type of cars does BYD produce?
8. What happened to the import of cars from China to Czechia last year?
5. Read the text and drag missing words into the gaps. Then listen and correct the words.
Chinese Cars in the Czech Republic
6. Read the text and type in missing words. Then listen and correct the words.
Chinese Cars in the Czech Republic
Transcript
Chinese Cars in the Czech Republic
Chinese car company BYD is coming to the Czech Republic. BYD means Build your Dreams. It will sell three models of its cars in the Czech Republic. The price of these cars is about one million crowns. The company plans to open 30 shops and service centres in the Czech Republic by the end of the year. It also plans to build its European factories. In October, a BYD factory in Hungary will start working. Last year, BYD sold 4.27 million cars, while its competitor Tesla sold 1.79 million. BYD produces only hybrid and electric cars. Car imports from China to the Czech Republic doubled last year.
Translation
Čínská auta v České republice
Čínská automobilka BYD přichází do České republiky. BYD znamená Postav si své sny. V České republice bude prodávat tři modely svých vozů. Cena těchto vozů se pohybuje kolem jednoho milionu korun. Do konce roku chce společnost v Česku otevřít 30 prodejen a servisních středisek. Plánuje také výstavbu svých evropských továren. V říjnu začne pracovat továrna BYD v Maďarsku. Loni BYD prodala 4,27 milionu aut, zatímco její konkurent Tesla 1,79 milionu. BYD vyrábí pouze hybridní a elektrické automobily. Dovoz aut z Číny do České republiky se loni zdvojnásobil.