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Yellow School Buses

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Have you wondered why US school buses are yellow?

In the past, school transportation had no rules, and children walked or rode horse-drawn wagons to school. Later, some districts instilled patriotism with red, white, and blue buses, but the colors changed with Frank Cyr.

Cyr was a professor at Columbia University, and in 1939, he organized a conference on the school bus. Teachers, transportation experts, engineers, and paint specialists wrote 42 pages of school bus regulations. They decided to use yellow because black letters were easy to see on a yellow background, and yellow stood out in bad weather. The color is now officially known as national school bus glossy yellow.

Every day in the US, 480,000 school buses drive children to school. The federal law doesn’t require all buses to be yellow; however, safety experts recommend it.

מילים חדשות מהטקסט

  • Instilled /ɪnˈstɪld/ verb החדירו

    to put an idea or attitude in a person’s mind

    They have instilled a love of music in their children.

  • Patriotism /ˈpeɪtriəˌtɪzəm/ noun אַהֲבַת הַמוֹלֶדֶת

    the feeling that you are proud of your country more than any others

    You may not agree with him politically, but no one can question his patriotism.

  • Regulations /ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃənz/ noun תַקָנוֹן

    an official rule or law that says how something should be done

    Each agency has its own set of rules and regulations.

  • Glossy /ˈglɔsi/ adjective מבריק

    shiny, smooth surface

    The paint that they used has a glossy finish.

  • Federal /ˈfɛdərə/ adjective פדרלי

    relating to a form of government in which power is shared

    We have a federal system.

שאלות לשיחה

אין כאן תשובה נכונה — אלה שאלות לתרגול דיבור, לבד או מול מורה.

  1. What mode of transportation do you use to get to school?
  2. Are school buses common in your country?
  3. Do you think it is safe for children to ride a school bus?
  4. Do you agree with the chosen color of the bus?
  5. Which do you prefer, going to school by bus or by car?

בדקו את עצמכם

3 שאלות. בחרו תשובה וקבלו בדיקה מיד.

  1. How did children get to school in the past?

  2. What was the reason behind the yellow school bus?

  3. Approximately, how many children in the US ride buses?

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