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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 loads1 l1 I; I( P3 z' \) w( f
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3. A bicycle is machine. The faster you pedal, the faster you move.( t# Q8 ^! f k0 C; L
L- r6 c4 _" R4 L0 n) Z) L4. You do not need to pedal a motorcycle. It was an engine that makes wheel go around. Why it this person wearing a helmet?. l* T3 G w; @6 l
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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.
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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.
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' ]8 a' X+ F* a b1 o5 c* V$ B0 J7. Cars, buses and coaches, vans and trucks all use roads. They give off fumes that pollute the air we breathe.
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8. Trains run on specially built railway tracks. Some train below ground.
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( m, {/ ^1 n8 Q+ g7 N9. Sometimes we need to travel across water. Ferry boats have space for trucks, coaches, cars, and people. 9 u! Z! | d( H- Z9 Z* ~2 o+ T+ y, ^
7 @/ Y* |4 c. S5 z& r, g10. 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. 4 d& w2 x) J7 [
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12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?
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