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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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( m/ x, U( O- u! F; t1 F# S2. 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.! U/ _0 r q% j ^- j
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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?* B; v$ z$ b/ Z+ L6 i
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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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) `7 P" R/ ?$ k; B6. 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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. i1 ?3 w |: h4 E, D' A7. Cars, buses and coaches, vans and trucks all use roads. They give off fumes that pollute the air we breathe.
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, }! J* h/ ^9 M! j0 A+ Z8. Trains run on specially built railway tracks. Some train below ground.8 t! x9 P4 H/ A4 B! m1 q2 l
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9. Sometimes we need to travel across water. Ferry boats have space for trucks, coaches, cars, and people. 6 H' y( C% j; D4 I/ e0 b' K
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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 ~( N$ }& p" t+ h7 w
8 X- j* R: D% c/ d: V3 }: y11. The rocket and the space shuttle are also machines. The space shuttle carries astronauts into space and brings them safely back to earth. 3 I: Z& W8 k5 P5 x- m2 W
5 a H5 O2 k r12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?
% V; P W, P7 e2 Q. |Answer: wheelchairs. |
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