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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.
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2. 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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8 `- v0 m/ W# W k5 Q( @0 v4. You do not need to pedal a motorcycle. It was an engine that makes wheel go around. Why it this person wearing a helmet?/ s. O& m/ F/ a& n/ f
4 `5 o5 S* D$ a3 u7 g( Q5. 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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9 J* z$ p4 z2 o. e3 P; v6. When lot of people want to go to the same place, they travel together on bus or coach. They can even travel by streetcar., |/ L' A0 v1 c2 v' U/ x1 h
: U1 G3 s$ m; g' O7. Cars, buses and coaches, vans and trucks all use roads. They give off fumes that pollute the air we breathe.
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: c+ ?6 Z# X0 I4 T; p0 P8. Trains run on specially built railway tracks. Some train below ground.
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6 A; \/ V2 n8 O9 N9. Sometimes we need to travel across water. Ferry boats have space for trucks, coaches, cars, and people. 4 a3 }& Y7 t: r
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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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" f4 h) L: v0 C5 _( c2 h11. 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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0 l) s5 p* X' m: }( |12. Some people find it difficult to walk. What machine can help them?
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