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ON THE MOVE
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' N* [7 W& Q% H0 D1. People can travel on foot. But it takes a long time to get form place to place.9 r& ?1 d. {/ @: ^* ~5 K( `
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2. Machines help people travel more quickly and carry heavy loads& j, `! B. M# _
* a/ u9 F( ]4 W, R6 }1 }+ b% [( `3. 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?
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5. 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.% c( G- z8 P2 l
% u! s; W% _* J4 _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.
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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., C/ e, Y- X; Z4 n
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8. Trains run on specially built railway tracks. Some train below ground.7 f6 d! q- I; I$ Y: a
- P- U# J0 n8 O6 b3 r; z9. 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. & e+ I# @# ?& Z
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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. 3 a- [! B9 R+ S, d
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12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?
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