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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. R9 A& E$ Y9 ]! Q7 W4 ~6 y- O, U
- `4 T6 Z8 i0 M4 G' [2. Machines help people travel more quickly and carry heavy loads/ J% R9 Z; R+ H/ P `
* S$ J4 ?# q6 X5 m) g- }/ p8 |3. A bicycle is machine. The faster you pedal, the faster you move.
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( Q. k8 t. Z" }0 K: p4. 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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r0 @" W ^5 ~7 Z( r9 J3 ]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.- _/ T* ?5 }$ b6 Q8 |. n, {
# f# Q" L; b' I7 p6. 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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& Z+ g7 N9 i9 N( a8 X7. Cars, buses and coaches, vans and trucks all use roads. They give off fumes that pollute the air we breathe.
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6 }, k) E% g' C5 R+ `) c8. Trains run on specially built railway tracks. Some train below ground.
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& l1 b$ g# Q! e/ X$ m+ |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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$ L4 H$ j" W# g5 x" |$ q% _/ ^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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12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them? w+ a, w+ A3 _5 ]9 [
Answer: wheelchairs. |
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