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/ Q7 X% V3 E/ _" W1. People can travel on foot. But it takes a long time to get form place to place.8 q. }* y3 b( S& A; L! j- Y
- ~8 z z! }+ F6 W5 d3 L2. Machines help people travel more quickly and carry heavy loads
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$ y4 M9 ~; w1 M& o* J3. A bicycle is machine. The faster you pedal, the faster you move.8 X: r( o, I/ D6 a4 @/ y: L
# f: f+ F' a) z' [1 X4 E3 @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.4 J% ?6 H8 k' J1 ]) E$ d
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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.7 r' \8 D1 w6 \" |6 U9 x
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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.
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8. 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.
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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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12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?
+ \( n* Z7 d/ VAnswer: wheelchairs. |
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