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ON THE MOVE
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- k7 B3 N. w% {8 ]: ~- l1 u1. People can travel on foot. But it takes a long time to get form place to place.% u$ v |8 c) E# X' A
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2. 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.
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+ F# G- @6 u! t' f+ H7 e6 u2 w* H4. 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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" z0 l1 U+ H; j- ~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.
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3 c$ @# J& F4 f! |9 g! `7. Cars, buses and coaches, vans and trucks all use roads. They give off fumes that pollute the air we breathe.
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8. Trains run on specially built railway tracks. Some train below ground." h/ R4 [% W- z" l1 K# ]5 h3 ~9 e
! B. U5 ?: {3 C9. Sometimes we need to travel across water. Ferry boats have space for trucks, coaches, cars, and people.
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! ^8 N% Y4 ~2 C1 W) L10. 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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1 Y1 \7 h; [6 P5 n. C11. The rocket and the space shuttle are also machines. The space shuttle carries astronauts into space and brings them safely back to earth. + { W# Z, J. k3 k, T9 r" s
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12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?# e% e8 T' ~9 f9 W) O
Answer: wheelchairs. |
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