THE CAR OF THE FUTURE

A pessimist is a person who always expects bad things to happen. Pessimists think that today’s cars are in trouble because they use too much gas. They say the car of the future will be much, much smaller. The car of tomorrow will have no heater and no air conditioning. It’ll have no radio and no light. Tomorrow’s car will be an open air car with no doors and windows. It won’t need a pollution control system because it won’t use gas. In fact, driver will push this new car with their feet. Very few people will be killed in accidents, because the top speed will be five miles per hour. However, pessimists warn us not to ask pretty colors, because the car will come in gray only.

Optimists are sure that the future will be happy. They think that car companies will soon solve all our problems by producing the Supercar. Tomorrow’s car will be bigger, faster, and more comfortable than before. The Supercar will have four rooms, color TV, running water, heat, air conditioning, and a swimming pool. Large families will travel on long trips in complete comfort. If gas in short supply, the Supercar will run on water. Finally, optimists promise that the car of the future will come in any color, as long as the color is not gray.

HELICOPTERS TO THE RESCUE!

Both on land and at sea, helicopters have rescued many people. Helicopters can move in very small spaces, and they can land almost anywhere. In addition, they can remain in one place in the air to make a rescue.

The drivers of these cars had been going too fast, and they lost control. When the cars hit each other, several people were hurt. Now they need medical help immediately. The rescue workers are going to give first aid to all the injured people. Then they're going to carry the injured people to the helicopter. The pilot of the helicopter is going to take them to the closest hospital. There the people are going to receive medical help.

In the second picture, the Coast Guard is helping two boatmen. Their boat is grounded on rocks, and the men have been caught far from land. The Coast Guard rescuers are lowering lifebelts to the men. The boatmen are going to climb into the cage; in the cage they're going to ride up to the helicopter. Then they're going to put on dry clothes and drink some hot coffee. The boatmen hadn't been looking carefully at the sea when they ran into the rocks. They're probably not going to make that mistake a second time!