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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
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3. A bicycle is machine. The faster you pedal, the faster you move.* ~: G$ ?( T' L \5 h8 i
2 Y# p `' 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?- J* k9 V( W3 p2 }# E( g" E
* q& |: L4 g# Y0 X1 Q) Q; ^3 i5. 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.
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5 ]1 w$ b* `- L+ \1 o. L7. Cars, buses and coaches, vans and trucks all use roads. They give off fumes that pollute the air we breathe.
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, r! M% |9 d/ z5 F# O8 X, {8. Trains run on specially built railway tracks. Some train below ground.# T' m8 E$ S* |; U
# q+ {! K0 Z- E# E9 d9. Sometimes we need to travel across water. Ferry boats have space for trucks, coaches, cars, and people. # ?( V- c6 {6 i( K
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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. % w7 L) `- t9 g9 t4 a; f
! h0 y% F& @: z `" m- |11. 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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0 L" w4 O& l3 ?& Y o12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?
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