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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. r( R* [+ v. p8 A2 G7 H
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2. Machines help people travel more quickly and carry heavy loads
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, B6 t, j' g2 S* `0 Y8 \, p, g: A3. A bicycle is machine. The faster you pedal, the faster you move.
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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?6 M4 q4 F0 A- D( ^! [ r5 y4 Q* B E: X
u! S) L5 t! E0 ^! t1 f5. 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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' [, [+ e9 S$ e X+ X" t6. When lot of people want to go to the same place, they travel together on bus or coach. They can even travel by streetcar. }0 \3 b. l, O2 S) ?/ U
8 b( A) K8 ^- {0 S {# ^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. A3 F9 V% L. {, m
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9. Sometimes we need to travel across water. Ferry boats have space for trucks, coaches, cars, and people. 6 @4 M6 \ r5 r$ [% ?' B* H
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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. ; V5 I: c7 _! p9 ^
) c m9 M/ ? I' V6 \12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?
' W# [) ], ^7 C3 X e1 w5 {9 UAnswer: wheelchairs. |
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