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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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$ ]5 F! F% l0 \( {) g7 D/ e2. Machines help people travel more quickly and carry heavy loads
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4 i, X& B- ~4 }1 W3. A bicycle is machine. The faster you pedal, the faster you move.5 O5 t; K% N- Y, ?, L' E
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4. You do not need to pedal a motorcycle. It was an engine that makes wheel go around. Why it this person wearing a helmet?* r& `& u; b) T& B9 b
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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.1 U& }& ]1 q% L0 l* X
4 I; O( s5 @ F9 X- b+ n: Y: T6. 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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0 O; T5 S1 g" W$ ?7. Cars, buses and coaches, vans and trucks all use roads. They give off fumes that pollute the air we breathe.9 u* s! y: h) D4 t8 }
+ Z7 [7 H( K/ A% S3 X: k8. Trains run on specially built railway tracks. Some train below ground.8 r/ z6 O2 t7 }, n! j
3 f" b$ K: z! u( ]: K0 e5 F9. Sometimes we need to travel across water. Ferry boats have space for trucks, coaches, cars, and people.
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, L/ Q8 E" F$ B2 i, e10. 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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11. The rocket and the space shuttle are also machines. The space shuttle carries astronauts into space and brings them safely back to earth. # q9 [0 k* e' @! c0 M$ X6 Y
& v$ V) v0 t+ h b* w12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?
9 \5 m3 t1 S7 {9 S: Z- ]& oAnswer: wheelchairs. |
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