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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 }9 r/ R; l8 ]) ~2. Machines help people travel more quickly and carry heavy loads
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; ]& G5 C4 [1 ]9 |; U' V# H3. A bicycle is machine. The faster you pedal, the faster you move.
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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?4 i2 y% L6 L C! {/ g$ A$ o( |$ ]
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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.
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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.! K' s' |* s; u9 q7 d4 u, X
' o2 ?$ S" E7 ^) k7. Cars, buses and coaches, vans and trucks all use roads. They give off fumes that pollute the air we breathe. g7 O H* g* t1 X1 o! b' a
3 q, s8 |. D2 e9 ?7 m5 j8. Trains run on specially built railway tracks. Some train below ground.
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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. 8 K$ D* v' o ]+ Y: c
: X$ y; ^2 h4 u! D' E. `# i11. The rocket and the space shuttle are also machines. The space shuttle carries astronauts into space and brings them safely back to earth.
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) |' g- {) |% r2 a9 n12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?
% N0 M3 n9 C" j& _% ]Answer: wheelchairs. |
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