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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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) a: x& @" T2 Z) H8 P' f$ o3. 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 Q7 D7 b/ T- U0 P5 \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.5 a- [- ]1 I7 W, E$ Z0 F
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9. Sometimes we need to travel across water. Ferry boats have space for trucks, coaches, cars, and people. 8 A) E+ r$ H/ E+ v! z7 B7 e
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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. : _1 P; |5 o0 m& U
( t7 E* A$ K9 t2 d1 }% a d11. 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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, l9 }" s1 i0 G- S& F# w) T: a, j12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?. C" c l$ j7 P, ~) P# i
Answer: wheelchairs. |
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