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1. People can travel on foot. But it takes a long time to get form place to place.. q* T) b& w5 h$ R
. P) E5 O+ e( |' P2. 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.
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( p5 X5 W* y8 B, I4. 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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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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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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7. Cars, buses and coaches, vans and trucks all use roads. They give off fumes that pollute the air we breathe.! N# k6 O( }+ ~8 a5 u
! Q" `' A# s/ K. E5 k; G5 E8. Trains run on specially built railway tracks. Some train below ground.
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3 D% h5 r; S0 g2 E: b9. 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. 9 Y9 j3 ^$ z, q3 b
0 g, V- y, \& I) {, F0 Z' A0 C11. 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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12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?
3 [' I) {" f% |Answer: wheelchairs. |
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