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ON THE MOVE
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5 j* y4 d" ~/ S$ k7 A1. People can travel on foot. But it takes a long time to get form place to place. S2 U# E( {9 \" S- m
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2. Machines help people travel more quickly and carry heavy loads8 i' i' m9 P4 f# A6 e
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3. A bicycle is machine. The faster you pedal, the faster you move.: a3 g$ z8 I- J6 b+ H
' Y S( q6 ? L5 ~# T4. 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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( P: @$ F+ R% l5 R( H5. 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.# u1 ^4 ~& }! H6 N
7 o D* E4 x y% S' ~+ A6. 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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0 @ E* X, H3 q, h% W/ S8. Trains run on specially built railway tracks. Some train below ground.
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3 ]1 o+ {( ^- U+ f5 U' B d3 G" P9. Sometimes we need to travel across water. Ferry boats have space for trucks, coaches, cars, and people.
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6 }2 `, V. Q. j( r! \8 I10. 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. , N- o; f. y8 ^& r( V! C- V
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12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?
2 Z! a$ W& m, gAnswer: wheelchairs. |
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