Could you read these sentences?
Part 1
In the early days of the automobile, many people did not think very highly of it. Farmers did not like it because it frightened their horses. They called it a "devil wagon." Others found that it was too noisy and too dangerous.
When there is a new invention, it is often necessary to pass laws about it. One town in California passed a law that said, "A driver must stop his car when he sees a horse on the road three hundred feet ahead." In Vermont someone had to walk with a red flag to warn that it was coming. In Cincinnati, Ohio, and in San Francisco, California, the speed limit for cars was eight miles an hour in 1902. In many places, cars had to stay off the highways. Highways were only for horses.
Today many people believe the automobile is a problem once again in different ways. They think we need more laws about cars.
Part 2
Man has a big brain. He can think, learn and speak. Scientists used to think that men are different from animals because they can think and learn. They know now that animals-dogs, rats, birds, and even worms-can learn. So scientists are beginning to understand that men are different from animals because they can speak. Animals cannot speak. They make noises when they are afraid, or angry, or unhappy. Apes are our nearest cousins. They can understand some things more quickly than human beings, and one or two have learned a few words. But they are still different from us. They cannot join words and make sentences. They cannot think like us because they have no language. They can never think about the past or the future. Language is a wonderful thing.
Man has been able to develop civilization because he has language. Every child can speak his own language very well when he is four or five-but no animal learns to speak. How do children learn? Scientists do not really know. What happens when we speak? Scientists do not know. They only know that man can speak because he has a big brain.
Part3
Light is very important because it helps us see things. With ligh we know what is happening at places far away. We can use light to turn night into day. We can use it to see very small things that make us sick, or to study distant stars. Light even shows us what is happening on the other side of the earth. It gives us pictures and movies of distant people and places.
Without light, green plants on earth could not live. Without Plants, plant-eating animals could not live. Then meat-eating animals and man could not have any food. This is why light is very important to us. We should understand how it works.
