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1. People can travel on foot. But it takes a long time to get form place to place.
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2. Machines help people travel more quickly and carry heavy loads# T5 t( L" v N: ]- }
3 f7 }4 W! g" s' ~# `3 |3. A bicycle is machine. The faster you pedal, the faster you move.8 A) P& [6 ]- Y
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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?
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- E3 A. k9 v5 N; q8 C+ `. Q$ N4 ]5 C! I8 P5. 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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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.% n `8 m) M' Z9 X8 e3 M1 H
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7. Cars, buses and coaches, vans and trucks all use roads. They give off fumes that pollute the air we breathe.* s! v8 |9 \" Z) B O; \9 i
! i6 l; |( @1 A/ Y+ M! |- }0 g8. Trains run on specially built railway tracks. Some train below ground.% z4 g T+ }# L( `. e B3 b' Y" r
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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.
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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. & }# K+ v, N7 i: Q" M
3 _) [6 k1 x" {! W; l& q' \12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?% b) }+ T* e* b( v, I9 Y
Answer: wheelchairs. |
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