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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.* T( L. T- [7 ]" O3 v5 Y
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1 Z! ?+ E h+ d$ f9 w$ Z7 r3. 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?
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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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* p) D5 u: b* D/ R6. When lot of people want to go to the same place, they travel together on bus or coach. They can even travel by streetcar. ~7 X+ C$ a5 [
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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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- o! m0 |. v6 Z& u8. Trains run on specially built railway tracks. Some train below ground.
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, b, a4 R) b: F/ i' z {9. Sometimes we need to travel across water. Ferry boats have space for trucks, coaches, cars, and people. 5 H" x& S$ Y+ E% x0 y3 I
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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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; A1 W3 Z3 @! n( @7 Q11. The rocket and the space shuttle are also machines. The space shuttle carries astronauts into space and brings them safely back to earth. 4 X' m+ B# `* a" v+ B) ^
* i' J( K6 N( |5 U0 T1 C12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?
1 V( n! ]& E" S" ?# K* M3 aAnswer: wheelchairs. |
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