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The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6B - Can’t give it up for the textbook English File Advanced - Student's Book with authors Christina Latham-Koenig, Clive Oxenden, Jerry Lambert and Kate Chomacki from Oxford University Press

Question

Talk to a partner. How would you explain the difference between ...?

Answer

  1. A screen is the flat surface of your phone, computer, or TV; a touch screen is a screen which allows you to give instructions by touching it rather than using a keypad, mouse, or keyboard.
  2. A keypad is a (small) set of buttons with numbers or letters used to operate any electronic device, e.g. a phone, a remote control; a keyboard is the set of keys (digital or physical) for entering text on a phone, computer, or tablet.
  3. A password is a secret word, or combination of letters + numbers, that you need to type into a computer or phone in order to use it; a passcode is a secret set of numbers (usually four or six digits, like a PIN) that you need to type into some electronic devices, e.g. phones, in order to use them.
  4. Your contacts are the stored names, addresses, phone numbers, etc. of people who you know; your settings are the choices you make on a computer or other device to decide the way things look and work, e.g. sound level, brightness, etc.
  5. Broadband is high-speed access to the internet; wi-fi is a way of connecting to the internet using radio waves.
  6. An update is a recent change to a computer program that is sent to the user; a pop-up is a window that appears on the screen, especially one containing an advert, that you have not requested.
  7. Coverage is the quality of the connection in a particular place (e.g. The coverage isn't good in this area; signal is the electrical waves that carry data to a mobile phone or other device (e.g. / can't get a good signal in my house).
  8. To download is to get and store a file of data from the internet; to stream is to play video or sound files while they download (these are deleted after they're played).
  9. To scroll is to move content on a screen up or down so that you can see different parts of it; to swipe is to move your finger quickly across the screen in order to give commands.
  10. To hang up is to end a call; to top up (your phone) is to pay more money, so you can make calls or have more data.
  11. To put somebody through is to connect sb by phone to the person they want to speak to; to get through to somebody is to manage to speak on the phone to the person you want to speak to.
  12. To switch off (a device) is to turn it off; to unplug (a device) is to disconnect it from the power supply or from another device.

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