dateline: 26 June 2019
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Paris Cracks Down on Electric Scooter Misuse
Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- crack down on: to start taking bad behaviour more seriously
- electric scooter: a two-wheel mode of transportation that you stand on; has handle bars
- misuse: improper or illegal use
- impose: to force something (usually new and not wanted) on someone
- fleet: a group of vehicles under one ownership
- critic: one who disagrees or feels negatively about something
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Paris Cracks Down on Electric Scooter Misuse
Comprehension Questions
- What are Paris officials cracking down on?
- Why does the report mention doorways?
- Why might scooter misuse become a bigger problem in 2020?
Discussion Questions
Why do you think electric scooter rentals have become so popular so quickly? Do you think this is just a passing trend or do you think this new mode of transportation is here to stay?
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5 comments
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English Club Indonesia says:
Paris is cracking down on the misuse of scooters. Users like to park their scooters on doorways, and not only that, they even like to overspeed while riding them. Electric scooters have become famous as a part of the go-green movement. By using electric vehicles, people are said to be involved in saving nature. It is a good cause for sure, if only there were regulations for this mode of transportation on the road.
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eo says:
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Bijan says:
Hi Tara,
Wow!
This audio news report is so difficult for me, so I could not understand it without seeing the text. May be, it’s because of a new subject that I had never heard about it before.Of course, you have spoken the words clearly and slowly.
In addition, I could fill in the blanks the words “sidewalk” and “currently”.In any way, thank you so much for this week’s audio news report.
Finally, it’s so interesting for me to use Electric Scooter in Paris, but I believe it can cause many problems there unless Police creates new regulations in this subject.
Thanks again and best wishes.
Bijan
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renjit thomas says:
In my country India people start using scooters at a very age. They are literally more scooters than all the vehicles put together. I believe many of the accidents that occur because of rash driving of scooters Renjit thomas
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Marie-Danielle O’Reilly says:
They are all over the place . When you drive your car, you have to be so careful because they show up from anywhere. In my country which is Switzerland, we have the same problem.
Young people dance with their electric scooters. Sometimes on the road between cars and also on the sidewalks.
It’s cheaper than a car. They go to school with them with all their books on their shoulders.
Very scary!
Thank you , Tara
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