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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.: w8 L& ]! [9 Y, l 
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2. Machines help people travel more quickly and carry heavy loads 
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# G  s- m6 b  E/ g2 x1 j3. A bicycle is machine. The faster you pedal, the faster you move.- ~! f; H2 `$ R( Y7 ] 
 
/ y# c% f1 `0 H4 o. c4. 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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0 T" e. \) i- ^5 l8 g$ X5. 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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8 I# r1 k4 l. R. j: B6. When lot of people want to go to the same place, they travel together on bus or coach. They can even travel by streetcar.% y7 l1 u+ _; {) [. K: R 
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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# H+ h5 B; N& [& O7 c 
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8. 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.  
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2 m8 R5 F; Q2 \8 p7 c7 V. l! `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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& d- R; ^# b0 c, i11. 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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. j3 C1 l; V( P$ C4 P" R12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?$ L$ K: U4 \7 o 
Answer: wheelchairs. |   
 
 
 
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