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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.$ d) r- K( t3 I8 e8 S! X* O& x& \) h
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2. Machines help people travel more quickly and carry heavy loads
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. O# i" D' ?3 _+ M2 `4 d3. A bicycle is machine. The faster you pedal, the faster you move.6 |4 T3 {/ k0 O, C
# q' h: i' T7 L! S H' G4. You do not need to pedal a motorcycle. It was an engine that makes wheel go around. Why it this person wearing a helmet?, k; @4 N- c/ z$ |
6 l5 n4 `, }1 F- _8 Z/ S3 A5. 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.; ]+ ]3 @; ]9 R: E
8 z8 y' b' z* m6. When lot of people want to go to the same place, they travel together on bus or coach. They can even travel by streetcar.8 X! R0 i4 k( X3 u% {, w
2 S4 t$ u" n. k' [$ G$ E7. Cars, buses and coaches, vans and trucks all use roads. They give off fumes that pollute the air we breathe.- j% q* L1 T+ C# J: k: R& J. L
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8. Trains run on specially built railway tracks. Some train below ground.7 E: p- H; A( i- }4 m# j1 y
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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. 0 I- `0 D9 ], m) ^
( L! v+ d7 W4 f* S) {3 y/ W5 B11. 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?
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