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ON THE MOVE
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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) z. T# L0 @8 G! u' _- s4 D7 x! o
# u5 Q: Z5 w$ c: E; @, h; b3. A bicycle is machine. The faster you pedal, the faster you move.
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" y' u( f i/ K% o4. You do not need to pedal a motorcycle. It was an engine that makes wheel go around. Why it this person wearing a helmet?- T' }$ e" R2 e. b( `9 v- Q. H" q
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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 k% g& r T8 A) U7. 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 D1 `, ?. y6 M8. Trains run on specially built railway tracks. Some train below ground.- V) I0 L& f0 k5 L& |/ P7 |
. n! H8 N' ], @ I: S9. 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. 2 q3 @: t! m+ I7 k
6 h. B9 u0 V8 [1 A11. The rocket and the space shuttle are also machines. The space shuttle carries astronauts into space and brings them safely back to earth.
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12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?
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