Hi john,

Here is my homework

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0nAxRvlmSW6

China -- the biggest car market in the world. But the smog are becoming a monumental headache. So Beijing's pushing the electric car industry with hefty subsidies and has big dreams of leading the world to a high-tech green future. One problem. Cutting-edge technology e-cars aren't selling. But these are. Chen a teacher in a farming village in Shandong Province, bought one over a year ago. Capped at about 50 kilometers an hour, these little e-machines aren't counted as regular cars and face little in the way of regulation.

②They're quickly becoming the farmer's favorite and here's why. The slow e-car costs about 5,000 U.S. dollars - similar to a cheap mini gasoline car. But the gasoline car requires a license, annual insurance and tax. And for 5,000 kilometers, which is how much Chen drives a year, about 500 U.S. dollars in gas. 80 U.S. dollars in electric bills a year is all Chen needs to shell out. "When Beijing said it aimed to have a million electric vehicles on the roads by 2020, it didn't have cars like this in mind."

③Across China, an estimated 200,000 of these cheap e-buggies are already on the road, some simpler than others. As for the high-speed electric cars? Less than 2,000, and most of those are part of China's electric taxi pilot programs. This points to a policy mismatch, says Lu, who started up an electric vehicle technology company. "Technology must match the market. Today the high-speed EV market hasn't taken off yet, but there is growing demand for slow e-cars in Shandong. So I am helping those factories."

④But these slow e-cars are controversial. Most use polluting lead acid batteries, which has left them in a legally grey area, with Beijing holding back any official approval. "Demand could be really in the multiple millions if there's no government policy to stop it."

⑤And Shandong province is backing its slow-speed electric car makers. "Farmers need a way to get around. In the cities, you have subways and buses, but in the farm people rely on motorcycles and bikes. They need something between a car and a bike that they can afford.” So while these aren't the futuristic clean machines Beijing wants on the roads, China's farmers are just starting an electric future in the slow lane