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Reading Assignment 2
Reading Assignment 2
Vocabulary 1
Complete the definitions below with the words from the box.
3. A _______ is the difference between the cost of buying or producing a product and the price it is sold for,
6. A _________ is a person or company who is not as fast or efficient as other people or companies.
Vocabulary 2
Match the two halves of the sentences below so they define the expressions in italics.
1. Fiat Chrysler has set out ambitious plans to nearly triple profits, push into electric vehicles and
2. By 2022, it intends to more than double operating margins, invest €9bn into a suite of new electric
4. The company also announced it has eliminated its debt mountain, a feat that was previously thought to
5. The company has been a laggard on both electric and autonomous technology, under a strategy
created by the CEO Sergio Marchionne to avoid spending money in unnecessary areas.
6. The group’s decision to slowly remove diesel from all of its passenger vehicles requires it to accept and
work with electric technology in order to meet stringent EU CO2 emissions targets.
Vocabulary 2
Find words or expressions in the article that mean:
(paragraph
1. ensure 1)
(paragraph
2. affecting and changing 2)
(paragraph
3. intending to achieve 3)
(paragraph
4. gave a general description of 4)
(paragraph
5. caused a lot of damage to 6)
(paragraph
6. coming out of 6)
(paragraph
7. strict and inflexible 7)
(paragraph
8. choices 9)