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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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2. Machines help people travel more quickly and carry heavy loads
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( e6 G* r- v7 ^8 s" i" b# @; n3. 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?
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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.
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6 s! t) S7 X; `7 _) e# F' J7. Cars, buses and coaches, vans and trucks all use roads. They give off fumes that pollute the air we breathe., a. g- G" F) _+ f( F
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8. 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. ) p, m% O. E% P$ T2 i9 v# _
: k, J, t% K1 O2 j. a- q C10. Airplanes are machines that fly. A jumbo jet can carry more than 300 passengers a helicopter is also a flying machine. ! |4 ?2 M! t; E& R
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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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12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?" ~* X, e, y2 d) j4 T) a
Answer: wheelchairs. |
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