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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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3. A bicycle is machine. The faster you pedal, the faster you move.
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9 m: a' Q( Q; s4. You do not need to pedal a motorcycle. It was an engine that makes wheel go around. Why it this person wearing a helmet?# e( C q* a& U
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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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/ e* f* Q P4 }2 ^ |6 e0 C6. 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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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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|3 h1 Q1 W, ]! X9 F8. 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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* m( Q3 Y* [! z% Z# M7 o10. 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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: a$ O' o7 u$ L/ J1 v! d11. The rocket and the space shuttle are also machines. The space shuttle carries astronauts into space and brings them safely back to earth. % Z9 _7 U+ c# m( ~5 d" P
* x" g1 i: q* I% J: t1 j% {" I12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them? e, {% ^/ L* Y. B8 \) r
Answer: wheelchairs. |
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