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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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8 H1 @3 C8 u1 A) }+ [3. A bicycle is machine. The faster you pedal, the faster you move.
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! y1 C$ y; _, n4. You do not need to pedal a motorcycle. It was an engine that makes wheel go around. Why it this person wearing a helmet?; f" N. Z3 J9 f8 k
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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 R2 ^% K$ o3 b. f: V6. When lot of people want to go to the same place, they travel together on bus or coach. They can even travel by streetcar.' b% ^' \: q3 w( @, Y0 T
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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.: t- a( n9 |! Q% }/ U3 B; K9 F2 |! T
, G5 m. l9 M6 l: d! Q+ T8. Trains run on specially built railway tracks. Some train below ground.) p$ [% e7 z) D/ m/ @
/ p: w; t8 W( z# O* o+ p6 ^9. Sometimes we need to travel across water. Ferry boats have space for trucks, coaches, cars, and people.
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4 a; R2 d# i) Z. a4 y; J- I# ^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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/ K) f- O1 \6 H4 a9 S/ h+ Y& Q0 k$ F12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?* g. @) e. p3 B4 E/ P' b
Answer: wheelchairs. |
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