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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. B- L8 k8 A, g. L
& T, O% I1 K' ? I9 y2. Machines help people travel more quickly and carry heavy loads* W: X% T- a1 `4 v3 a
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3. A bicycle is machine. The faster you pedal, the faster you move.: m9 R6 ~8 F$ Y O
# r1 `* z( D5 \; M, ^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.# v8 ~. J6 D( X1 T0 K$ o. n
4 k2 |" u' n6 f/ F7 Z+ O6. When lot of people want to go to the same place, they travel together on bus or coach. They can even travel by streetcar.. @- w0 |( z1 J+ H; s$ ]
1 \0 a8 x( j+ `8 b# L7. Cars, buses and coaches, vans and trucks all use roads. They give off fumes that pollute the air we breathe.# _. T4 j w7 Q$ t. \" I/ U
8 j C4 I) X; ]& e# m8. Trains run on specially built railway tracks. Some train below ground.8 {0 }2 y0 j0 K7 {
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9. Sometimes we need to travel across water. Ferry boats have space for trucks, coaches, cars, and people. ' n( [% C& u% @# h- j9 c
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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.
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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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4 P' ^$ g0 ?- R! Y( _. i( S12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?
# V- T; ~$ {* iAnswer: wheelchairs. |
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