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# |3 z; C' Y2 L- T( N% D# f( V9 ~1. People can travel on foot. But it takes a long time to get form place to place.1 ]( N7 h% M. c
$ \1 G7 B9 t7 h) x0 Q8 U, c2. 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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* l5 ~6 x N5 w: `. [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?& Q. P* H! f* k! w
% m0 E8 s, E! s9 F5. 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.6 _/ w0 q9 n! G2 `4 N
3 s& t# Z: ?& y" U; D1 K6. When lot of people want to go to the same place, they travel together on bus or coach. They can even travel by streetcar.* {7 f' [5 D* X f
/ a- @0 v+ P, |0 @! C" B7. 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.% h; c1 R5 @0 R1 J
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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.
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) G H" h6 S- d12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?! b% s4 j, r( ^( j( _
Answer: wheelchairs. |
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