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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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2. Machines help people travel more quickly and carry heavy loads( o% Z9 e' V% k
5 Q' v! _; X* K3 X: M" G3. A bicycle is machine. The faster you pedal, the faster you move.: L9 O! h4 r7 q; y
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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?& Q5 e5 {+ T4 q
* @# i, u) _, v/ g5. 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.% Z. W- ?# D) y: c) Q/ c# b. e
/ J0 {" Q i2 W8 G; u6. When lot of people want to go to the same place, they travel together on bus or coach. They can even travel by streetcar.0 o0 }. R9 B) U g" M
) a. o' y" n3 v+ e5 A' P# E0 Q7. Cars, buses and coaches, vans and trucks all use roads. They give off fumes that pollute the air we breathe.
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9 {7 R: |& A$ G w- `4 S. p8. Trains run on specially built railway tracks. Some train below ground.. M- @' T3 |# e( v; o
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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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8 o4 e3 w4 p3 A( Q' k10. Airplanes are machines that fly. A jumbo jet can carry more than 300 passengers a helicopter is also a flying machine. " E! l7 [$ H: d/ K e4 {: o! T
2 P$ m+ y! g# q( M11. The rocket and the space shuttle are also machines. The space shuttle carries astronauts into space and brings them safely back to earth. # G% S: n, j6 \+ [0 x/ \
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12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?% x. C& X0 K" N% Z7 D
Answer: wheelchairs. |
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