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9 |: l* t0 G9 u/ N' L5 e& ]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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, f7 L0 ~7 z# j- Y3 u& `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? L; M1 Y* P, g. j5 V
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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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; d) K$ U0 O* @0 _' Z6. When lot of people want to go to the same place, they travel together on bus or coach. They can even travel by streetcar.- V8 Q) O* U0 Z7 f
0 v3 G& y2 e- F y0 q* o6 v7 u7 G7. Cars, buses and coaches, vans and trucks all use roads. They give off fumes that pollute the air we breathe.
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: [/ V& H$ X; \. }" v8 d8. 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.
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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. 3 T# C6 h1 z- Y( q
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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. ( V F2 Q) U* q3 x4 V! u0 X
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12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?+ g1 O* `2 _3 u
Answer: wheelchairs. |
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