Low battery (A1)
Rosa wants to tell her father she is at the bakery, but the phone turns off. She plugs in the charger and a lightning bolt appears on the icon.
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What you'll learn
Present tense of querer, apagar and cargar; battery, icon and charger words.
Rosa is at the bakery and wants to write to her father, but the battery icon is almost empty and the phone turns off. She plugs the charger into a socket. A lightning bolt appears on her screen: on many phones that means energy is coming in. She sends the message, and the phone stays on while it charges.
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Article learning block
Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.
fuente de energía
newsource of energy
Fuente de energía means the thing that gives power to a device.
Core phrase for understanding the article topic about battery charge.
dispositivos móviles
newmobile devices
Dispositivos móviles are phones, tablets, and similar portable devices.
Useful basic technology vocabulary from the first paragraph.
está baja
newis low
Está baja describes a battery state when little charge remains.
Key phrase for the situation explained in the article.
pequeño icono de batería
newsmall battery icon
Pequeño icono de batería is the small battery symbol on the screen.
Helps understand phone screen instructions.
menos del veinte por ciento
newless than twenty percent
Menos del veinte por ciento indicates a low charge level.
In the article, this is the signal to charge the phone.
conecta el cargador
newconnect the charger
Conecta el cargador is a short instruction to plug in the charger.
Main action when the battery is almost empty.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Battery
batería
battery
Batería is the part of a phone that stores charge.
Most important word in the whole text.
Energy
energía
energy
Energía here means the power a phone needs to work.
Explains what the battery icon shows.
Screen
pantalla
screen
Pantalla is the part of the phone where you see icons and messages.
Needed to describe where the battery icon appears.
Alert
alerta
alert
Alerta is a warning or message about an important situation.
In the text, the alert says the battery is very low.
Charger
cargador
charger
Cargador is the device or adapter used to charge the phone.
Needed to understand the charging instruction.
Overcharge
sobrecarga
overcharge
Sobrecarga is charging too much after the battery is full.
Explains the final advice about battery protection.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Ser: definition
La batería es la fuente de energía
the battery is the source of energy
Es is a form of ser; here it defines what the battery is.
Shows the simple A is B pattern in the present tense.
Imperative: conecta
conecta el cargador
connect the charger
Conecta is the tú imperative form used in instructions.
Helps recognize short action commands in advice.
Poder + infinitive
También puedes conectarlo a la computadora
you can also connect it
Puedes + infinitive shows that an action is possible.
Useful pattern for phone instructions.
Negation: no es
No es necesario esperar
it is not necessary to wait
No before es makes the sentence negative: something is not necessary.
Explains the advice not to wait until zero percent.
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