Airplane Mode Saves Your Battery

Is your battery about to die?

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Interesting Facts in Easy English

Pre-Listening Vocabulary

switch: move to a different position
Wi-Fi: a wireless network that provides Internet connection
Bluetooth: a trademarked name for a short-range wireless connection for computerized devices
GPS: global positioning system, a satellite-based system that provides the location of a device or object
interfere: get in the way; cause a disturbance
charge: to restore power to something that uses a battery
distraction: something that causes you to take your attention away from a task or focal point

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Airplane Mode Saves Your Battery

If you’ve travelled on an airplane in recent years, you’ve probably been asked to switch your mobile device to airplane mode. When you switch to airplane mode, your mobile device no longer connects with . You can’t access Wi-Fi networks or use Bluetooth. You probably won’t receive GPS signals . Airplane mode disables the wireless transmissions that could interfere with the plane’s sensors and equipment. There are times when you aren’t travelling that airplane mode can come in handy. You can save your cell phone’s battery life by it on airplane mode. Though you won’t be able to use your device to communicate or receive messages or calls, you can save the last bit of power for . You can also put your phone on airplane mode before you charge it. This helps it charge more quickly. Airplane mode is also a handy setting to use when you want to avoid distractions, but don’t want to power off.

Comprehension Questions

What does airplane mode do to a mobile device?
Why is it important to set a mobile device to airplane mode when on a plane?
How can airplane mode come in handy when you’re not travelling?

Discussion Questions: How was life different before cell phones and mobile devices? If you could go back to a life that wasn’t so dependent on batteries and plugging in, would you?

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7 comments

Mark B says:

I’m 67
And grew up without cellular phones
Or for that matter computers.
While I use my phone all the time for communication with family and friends.
And local news and maps.
It’s very helpful.
Never games or social media, they bore me.
And I go without my phone for days at a time.
I survive.
Lu Sun Hao says:

I like this homework
Desmond says:

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Desmond says:

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Sabri ISMAIL says:

Hi,

In my opinion ,to be connected all the time is not good thing, the cellularphone towers cause more damaged to human and environnement. Many sciences research was measured their bad effects to the nature.

But, in the other side the celleular phone was saved more life in an emergency situation.

I think that is more dofficult to me and to humanity in general to return back without technologies.
Donia says:

Our life before cellphones and mobile devices was simple and bases human values.At first, people didn t wait an occasion for visite members of family or Friends, though,nowaday it become so different just by a call that de fer their news, Also, people become less gregarious they prefer to be in social media,to play games alone by phone device.then,it s really unhealthy it damage our eyes.However,it has many advantages,the most important for me that it remove the barrier of distance when de live so far from family.Finally if i could back to a life before i will prefer without this dependance of cellphone.
Soumaya ALOUI says:

actually living without a cell phone it is impossible because it facilitates our life of communication .

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