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ON THE MOVE
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2 q# Y- g) n: h! X- u. G, I1. People can travel on foot. But it takes a long time to get form place to place.
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& S9 J3 [3 E- k) P, w2. Machines help people travel more quickly and carry heavy loads% C7 I% E& h- Z% L; e3 ?
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3. A bicycle is machine. The faster you pedal, the faster you move.9 A& l' o( E% t' s" o9 p$ o
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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?8 t6 _& {8 g/ _7 g/ i6 a& u" T
: @* ~0 ]0 C: P5. 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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( j( |6 S, J {! Q7. Cars, buses and coaches, vans and trucks all use roads. They give off fumes that pollute the air we breathe.
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4 [* t3 l; e c8. 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. # [1 @8 z g$ i4 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. - y, \1 x5 }; ^; _4 r
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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. 3 G: W% X! h" L7 p) u( d' ~. }
d* |: I+ }. W, y/ p12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?
6 ]/ Q3 |. k6 U2 vAnswer: wheelchairs. |
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