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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.
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$ P1 o7 H5 N& O2 J2. Machines help people travel more quickly and carry heavy loads
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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?
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! A; Y* w/ |3 t: `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.1 c. l" m# \6 F4 m2 a+ P
A. u8 i8 b+ {6 h, j0 B) _1 }9 U7. Cars, buses and coaches, vans and trucks all use roads. They give off fumes that pollute the air we breathe. m; [: W- O+ @( P: W/ D$ K
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8. Trains run on specially built railway tracks. Some train below ground.
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! O6 N" }0 `. t) a m5 g9. 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. + ]6 A% t, v1 a8 g5 W
: m) \! x. K w9 c3 j. @9 h9 L11. The rocket and the space shuttle are also machines. The space shuttle carries astronauts into space and brings them safely back to earth. ; \! r M' U2 C& j& w" V+ b
* H* i9 X; ^7 d12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?
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