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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.9 W8 B4 P$ U" i7 j! t) h5 g
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2. Machines help people travel more quickly and carry heavy loads
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9 K8 ?* B0 Y1 g! k3. A bicycle is machine. The faster you pedal, the faster you move., H& j. r: R2 d8 ]7 |. d
A# l( `) o) q0 k1 h4. You do not need to pedal a motorcycle. It was an engine that makes wheel go around. Why it this person wearing a helmet?+ O5 E: ?, e! D3 K) f
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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.4 Y/ {2 s( g$ i: m0 }
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6. When lot of people want to go to the same place, they travel together on bus or coach. They can even travel by streetcar.+ {. a0 }' B9 ^9 o- ?7 [
5 d+ U+ ~1 m" ]* f+ A( P7. Cars, buses and coaches, vans and trucks all use roads. They give off fumes that pollute the air we breathe.0 q7 K8 Z0 M/ V! G
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8. Trains run on specially built railway tracks. Some train below ground.: n( ~1 p4 d1 O$ ?5 G/ \
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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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10. Airplanes are machines that fly. A jumbo jet can carry more than 300 passengers a helicopter is also a flying machine. % }' g" v) l9 n% ^
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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. ) P. f% a1 _8 D9 G# A4 [1 H' P6 A" @
" [. e& x8 D+ ?. ^/ d; J12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?5 r, S q$ B: i3 Y' {' u7 Q3 X
Answer: wheelchairs. |
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