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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 loads1 G: a/ Z) t* \. P9 `7 Z
& Q% E/ j q( m8 O# f3. A bicycle is machine. The faster you pedal, the faster you move.# j" U# m" _1 T# {* x- N
" ~' G! k8 a# |; q4. You do not need to pedal a motorcycle. It was an engine that makes wheel go around. Why it this person wearing a helmet?. \ ~: x& A8 u' u' g
. n5 h" w( E% v A; D/ r; I5. 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.: F" D; b/ t6 {: Q) D ]
4 `& [" Q; u1 n0 t2 e7 s6. 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$ e" O6 q$ k+ J# m0 f6 U7. Cars, buses and coaches, vans and trucks all use roads. They give off fumes that pollute the air we breathe.
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0 ~; j# _3 p) N8. 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.
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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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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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& _& E& k3 M) O) x# i12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?2 t% q8 K( \2 d3 K
Answer: wheelchairs. |
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