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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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2. Machines help people travel more quickly and carry heavy loads" |$ M6 c/ `! L* s
4 w2 Y, V8 q( A( s7 K& g( ?2 ~3. A bicycle is machine. The faster you pedal, the faster you move.
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8 h- x' Y4 e& {- t* V. ]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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2 U$ `: u. k& @. l+ X C5. 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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% o1 R0 Z1 C9 b! E6. 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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# R$ k, R. ^. G! Y7. Cars, buses and coaches, vans and trucks all use roads. They give off fumes that pollute the air we breathe.; R1 u4 S. n# Z/ j" U
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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. $ O: ^) R9 [% B% I
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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. . r3 d# V8 V6 l/ y5 [8 Y& p
$ ~% h2 ]: y6 w11. The rocket and the space shuttle are also machines. The space shuttle carries astronauts into space and brings them safely back to earth. ( k( h' z1 N! p0 V0 H' o
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12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?
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