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ON THE MOVE
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1. People can travel on foot. But it takes a long time to get form place to place.+ w4 }4 c* k4 @0 |+ a& o
9 X( e1 S) @1 v" c/ l- F3 s2. Machines help people travel more quickly and carry heavy loads# c8 _$ V) X f' ]( l
: K5 m; Q+ c' p+ q3. 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?
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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.* [! C* R( E% c, |5 O: ~5 h9 q
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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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5 s) C# I5 r- ?) c' L" |7. Cars, buses and coaches, vans and trucks all use roads. They give off fumes that pollute the air we breathe.1 H3 ]6 c. }% w0 R Z
* F; v, D* a- G& r8. 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. " T0 R! Y7 O* G
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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. 2 B7 D/ @; r& G) S) i r- K
1 L1 k2 b, c: W: n12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?
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