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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.9 f$ ^& R2 l+ G! y4 u
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2. Machines help people travel more quickly and carry heavy loads% |6 G8 K: {1 A0 G2 q ]: c2 H; F
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3. A bicycle is machine. The faster you pedal, the faster you move.
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: T/ d2 f1 U0 H7 P# k. c, ?6 y4. You do not need to pedal a motorcycle. It was an engine that makes wheel go around. Why it this person wearing a helmet?1 V$ M) X5 X% w" r' P$ |
# \ w; G& L* J" o5 I' l: g5. 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.( @" G5 \, C7 T$ g
- N/ S8 Z1 X3 i, q4 f4 {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.$ X( B+ n' u$ ~6 j0 F5 z
9 v1 e% I6 p* Z7. Cars, buses and coaches, vans and trucks all use roads. They give off fumes that pollute the air we breathe.
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; b, H5 J9 q2 ?, O* Q2 k1 V8. Trains run on specially built railway tracks. Some train below ground.2 B1 l* k8 B3 q v0 O
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9. Sometimes we need to travel across water. Ferry boats have space for trucks, coaches, cars, and people. 1 g# S& E4 ~7 T( q3 d
6 {9 Q g' d' k( W( f. A/ Y10. 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.
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$ Q, r# E* N6 S. H- Z12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?
; i7 T/ A% y7 l+ ~8 t, aAnswer: wheelchairs. |
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