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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+ I. Q7 y, Q1 H9 M+ T- l+ Z
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3. A bicycle is machine. The faster you pedal, the faster you move.
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7 _+ r; y$ C* W) f* a' [# c4. You do not need to pedal a motorcycle. It was an engine that makes wheel go around. Why it this person wearing a helmet?2 w1 L! E; ]# R {* E3 q$ p& |
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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.; Y+ P& c( ?, C- t- A: c, ~
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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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1 T) X. x+ \" p z8 E7. Cars, buses and coaches, vans and trucks all use roads. They give off fumes that pollute the air we breathe.
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8. Trains run on specially built railway tracks. Some train below ground.
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5 A0 e- U5 p+ d* \9. 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.
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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. 7 w( G4 P1 z P* p, s& r
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12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?
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