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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 x; F# v! H- \4 T3 v8 p! B8 A2. 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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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?. @5 [0 L) V! L
9 @% m/ s+ @1 A! c C+ A; v# J5. 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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2 u; {6 p8 Q7 \, h4 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.; f( q: n8 ~6 c& y
1 D2 c9 M* s2 b1 X, k, V! ]& E9 v1 l7. Cars, buses and coaches, vans and trucks all use roads. They give off fumes that pollute the air we breathe.
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. a7 O1 N) t7 z. D8. 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. ) |) x' e. x# }7 Z- h% k# i5 n
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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. - s# Y& f* \: S2 R
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12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?. K$ L3 B+ x* k2 ~' `4 V
Answer: wheelchairs. |
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