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ON THE MOVE
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% i5 S' V: [4 Q: z4 Y0 f1. People can travel on foot. But it takes a long time to get form place to place.( J+ P- W/ G+ G1 m- j, x
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2. Machines help people travel more quickly and carry heavy loads
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' K+ g6 T% W& Z' A" l8 \, r3. 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?+ B% ^+ ]* a' j M- u$ N
' P+ S* l; b5 [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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/ X- O9 y" }# @8 \9 `3 H3 ^& 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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7. Cars, buses and coaches, vans and trucks all use roads. They give off fumes that pollute the air we breathe.# F0 [3 ^7 i' F8 S
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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. , k0 v6 l4 e+ O# q) p C/ `
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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. 8 w! ^; t! l& y; D
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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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$ d/ y0 H y1 i" W3 t2 J* O; I12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?
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