Answer — Exercise 1
6B - Can’t give it up·English File Advanced - Student's Book
Pregunta
Talk to a partner. How would you explain the difference between ...?
Respuesta
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Broadband is high-speed access to the internet; wi-fi is a way of connecting to the internet using radio waves.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.