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Technical Reading 课外阅读资料 Unit 3 Simple machines Task Read the following text and try to find out the ‘mechanical advantage’ of each simple machine in figure 3-1 and explain how you calculate it. Note: you don’t have to give out the accurate answer, just evaluate it according to the proportion of the figure. Mechanical advantage According to engineering and science, work is the energy it takes to move an object. Associated with this definition is a mathematical concept which will be used here: Work = [Force Applied] x [Distance the Object Moved] What drives people to invent machines? It is peop