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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
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3. A bicycle is machine. The faster you pedal, the faster you move.
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' N7 a9 | @ c$ D# K6 N+ r4. 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: c- A, d% A% }
5 H4 S, q. B' Z: ~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.
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8. Trains run on specially built railway tracks. Some train below ground.6 p6 Z6 G; L; r) H: l. ?
- B6 _+ V( |3 X* H: {" X9. Sometimes we need to travel across water. Ferry boats have space for trucks, coaches, cars, and people. 2 t+ k/ `! n4 }3 u, l# d9 p- e
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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. # S. E1 L* n8 y0 r2 i5 |
9 n/ g& P- s6 d1 I11. 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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6 c: Z8 {! G1 X9 G* j12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?1 O* \7 |( L8 y
Answer: wheelchairs. |
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