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/ v& H8 y$ B$ y/ _2 k. f3 \1. People can travel on foot. But it takes a long time to get form place to place.
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( ^ B o8 _! y9 R2. Machines help people travel more quickly and carry heavy loads5 x/ L4 P$ X2 w" l- _
( \) y% N& f( q- K% W' P! f0 |+ j- t; K3. A bicycle is machine. The faster you pedal, the faster you move.
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0 u: n2 O0 `9 w3 `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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7 W. [5 n3 Q0 ^' I5. 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.! t, t7 _/ s, h1 @9 R) Z$ l/ d
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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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5 G5 S( P0 S& I% ~6 Z1 l8. Trains run on specially built railway tracks. Some train below ground.
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9. Sometimes we need to travel across water. Ferry boats have space for trucks, coaches, cars, and people. ' T! U8 l* A! p) @% O
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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. . S, D1 |+ R+ @5 s
" P+ i& a# U( X$ p% M12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?2 ]7 Y) c) y6 B5 H
Answer: wheelchairs. |
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