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0 Y$ k# \) C' ^3 A, n1. People can travel on foot. But it takes a long time to get form place to place.
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+ D4 |0 A5 | y- r* g1 K2. Machines help people travel more quickly and carry heavy loads: G6 I# J6 _1 y9 Y: {* }
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3. A bicycle is machine. The faster you pedal, the faster you move.7 K. _7 G) H% n- S3 `( M
, a3 s% k4 q# V( 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?! H" E) ?% ^& V
' b9 X5 V6 B) L: l3 V5 |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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% _% |1 I6 L% w) }7 F) ~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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4 [6 c, q8 A& L" x* 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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8. Trains run on specially built railway tracks. Some train below ground.
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, y2 g! C( x- @, C9. Sometimes we need to travel across water. Ferry boats have space for trucks, coaches, cars, and people. ' ~- D9 ?2 u+ Y- S3 Q( m' |& e7 _
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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. 0 x2 K/ H# O) ?) [2 X7 g
$ u7 @* T' l6 C. _11. The rocket and the space shuttle are also machines. The space shuttle carries astronauts into space and brings them safely back to earth. ( r3 H7 c I' ~6 p% Q- e0 D0 [
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12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?
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