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1. People can travel on foot. But it takes a long time to get form place to place.8 _7 w3 u3 w. V- J5 X
; Q9 @5 T' [ k2. Machines help people travel more quickly and carry heavy loads
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) Q% C% U$ L; u @8 A# V* L6 \) Q3. A bicycle is machine. The faster you pedal, the faster you move.
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0 X! M' g9 V9 D& {" @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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0 Q m! g! R+ r, f, {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.# a8 p! Q$ k$ d3 `' z
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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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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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% {1 w$ C8 R4 `/ `9 n/ I8 ?# w8. Trains run on specially built railway tracks. Some train below ground.3 S9 L. l! P- K! D$ B/ B
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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. 1 m- s, g- f0 c
; L0 B) c: I+ g2 m$ \+ A11. The rocket and the space shuttle are also machines. The space shuttle carries astronauts into space and brings them safely back to earth. # ?" ]; M) ]. @& r r" e
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12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?
6 u& I) h! X1 v a) I" FAnswer: wheelchairs. |
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