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ON THE MOVE
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1. People can travel on foot. But it takes a long time to get form place to place.
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* m5 n ^+ c6 n2. Machines help people travel more quickly and carry heavy loads
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3. A bicycle is machine. The faster you pedal, the faster you move.! c6 F! y K7 D, ?
# |3 e1 D o F/ {0 i, H4. You do not need to pedal a motorcycle. It was an engine that makes wheel go around. Why it this person wearing a helmet?
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5. Cars have four wheels, and the passengers sit inside. Car can travel very fast. But when road are busy, a car trip can seem slow and boring.4 I1 [' K4 Y6 j. t8 j# u; s8 b
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6. When lot of people want to go to the same place, they travel together on bus or coach. They can even travel by streetcar.
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2 @! F5 X8 \5 u3 F7 T; }7. Cars, buses and coaches, vans and trucks all use roads. They give off fumes that pollute the air we breathe.
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8. Trains run on specially built railway tracks. Some train below ground.0 L }- N4 @. s4 L) I
- D5 R" [- ]3 T* x( A; o7 {9. Sometimes we need to travel across water. Ferry boats have space for trucks, coaches, cars, and people.
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10. Airplanes are machines that fly. A jumbo jet can carry more than 300 passengers a helicopter is also a flying machine.
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, I4 N5 S" |1 w- G11. The rocket and the space shuttle are also machines. The space shuttle carries astronauts into space and brings them safely back to earth. ) p2 h3 }' N0 c. a
2 b/ l5 i# m7 `12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?& W$ j# u' y* s8 S
Answer: wheelchairs. |
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