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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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0 p7 y# U5 t- g( w/ X* m2. Machines help people travel more quickly and carry heavy loads
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: U# I2 r$ n+ x/ E% P) u3. A bicycle is machine. The faster you pedal, the faster you move.7 r8 T1 b0 t* ~; \: E! }8 q( C! X7 B; q
0 k2 k }4 c- {3 f4 O7 \7 V4. You do not need to pedal a motorcycle. It was an engine that makes wheel go around. Why it this person wearing a helmet?4 e/ G5 X/ \$ E' a u9 U
( C. G/ C! l1 n5. 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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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.* N- K" D; B. H( h8 z
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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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2 p& f0 N( M$ H11. 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?* \ c( a3 V# j
Answer: wheelchairs. |
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