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ON THE MOVE
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" k! s9 [3 L$ [! s' [4 ]1. People can travel on foot. But it takes a long time to get form place to place.
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6 j' p( c( N# e2. Machines help people travel more quickly and carry heavy loads6 L) ]+ o! y6 o. W* @3 S4 V
2 T3 ]5 u3 {8 p% j& H8 o3. A bicycle is machine. The faster you pedal, the faster you move.* f; D% J" [- J0 p! w
. h5 z/ P; d( s2 M4. 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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) b8 v" F( v- D9 Y) _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.9 `6 n: I# c, N2 ]+ s) Z
4 ^% \) G# `7 R) I( j6. 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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8. Trains run on specially built railway tracks. Some train below ground.
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* i: J! ?4 I+ {7 b& d9. Sometimes we need to travel across water. Ferry boats have space for trucks, coaches, cars, and people.
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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. / B* P9 D7 V6 X0 A* l
3 ~; B& H2 w) P0 d, f8 Y( @6 C11. 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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12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?
+ I' {+ [& @; Z' w5 AAnswer: wheelchairs. |
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