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7 f" }: ]$ i& b0 x, Y1. People can travel on foot. But it takes a long time to get form place to place.
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9 V6 c% X2 G8 z. V" o4 z2. Machines help people travel more quickly and carry heavy loads: a" e' [0 c! f0 \
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3. A bicycle is machine. The faster you pedal, the faster you move.. T9 n8 A2 n# Z
! a& N, o6 m+ C' M4. 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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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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\/ `9 |2 h! V* O+ g7. Cars, buses and coaches, vans and trucks all use roads. They give off fumes that pollute the air we breathe.+ m8 U/ c' p4 S" Y8 ]& H
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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.
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. X4 F/ z9 v" ?; Y10. Airplanes are machines that fly. A jumbo jet can carry more than 300 passengers a helicopter is also a flying machine. a& t! y# f, u% r; V
6 N+ E, g1 C7 M/ l7 c11. The rocket and the space shuttle are also machines. The space shuttle carries astronauts into space and brings them safely back to earth. , Z9 g1 r; L! g* e! z: n
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12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?
* c$ a6 k: y# zAnswer: wheelchairs. |
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