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: n3 E9 ]9 P2 e2 p* p, ]4 x1. 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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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? y$ h$ q$ S1 e" d- d
" a& ~5 W0 ^: U+ i, M. a1 l2 h$ @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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- u3 I$ Z* r4 z) g5 D6. When lot of people want to go to the same place, they travel together on bus or coach. They can even travel by streetcar./ l, f1 N* o4 G% a7 J; ?! p! a
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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.
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9. Sometimes we need to travel across water. Ferry boats have space for trucks, coaches, cars, and people. & p3 }/ j7 ?/ j6 j! K/ N9 m
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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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6 q7 u" ]8 Z0 B$ s) p9 ?11. 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?
# |7 N- D1 j' C* ?6 v9 m2 W* [Answer: wheelchairs. |
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