Conectar los auriculares

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Level A1 Reading focus

What you'll learn

Present tense of querer, oír and conectar; headphone, phone and bus words.

Elena is on the bus and wants to hear a voice message from her brother without waking the woman asleep beside her. Her phone has no hole for a cable; many phones no longer have one. She connects the headphones by Bluetooth and the voice stays in her ears. Her brother arrives at seven at their usual stop.

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conectar los auriculares

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connect the headphones

Conectar los auriculares means to connect headphones to a phone or computer.

Main action of the article and a basic tech phrase.

conexión inalámbrica

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wireless connection

Conexión inalámbrica is a connection without a cable, for example through Bluetooth.

Useful phrase for describing modern headphones.

lista de dispositivos disponibles

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list of available devices

Lista de dispositivos disponibles is the list of devices the phone can find nearby.

Helps explain the Bluetooth pairing step.

se comunican entre sí

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communicate with each other

Se comunican entre sí describes the phone and headphones exchanging signals.

Explains what happens after choosing the headphones from the list.

subir o bajar el volumen

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turn the volume up or down

Subir o bajar el volumen means to make the sound louder or quieter.

Useful phrase for buttons and audio controls.

contestar una llamada telefónica

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answer a phone call

Contestar una llamada telefónica means to answer a call and start speaking.

Shows another action headphones can help with.

Key words

Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.

Headphones

auriculares

headphones

Auriculares are small devices for listening to music or speaking by phone.

Key word of the whole article.

Connector

conector

connector

Conector is the small metal end of a cable that goes into a device.

Important word for wired headphones.

Bluetooth

Bluetooth is the wireless technology a phone uses to connect headphones.

Explains the main way to connect without a cable.

Settings

configuración

settings

Configuración is the phone menu where you change options, including Bluetooth.

Needed word for phone instructions.

Battery

batería

battery

Batería is the part of wireless headphones that needs charging.

Explains why headphones must be connected to a charger.

Privately

privadamente

privately

Privadamente means listening in a way that other people do not hear the sound.

Word that explains the main benefit of headphones.

Grammar in context

Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.

Ser: son aparatos

Los auriculares son pequeños aparatos

headphones are small devices

Son is the present form of ser used to define what headphones are.

Helps identify simple definitions with ser.

Present: los usan

Muchas personas los usan todos los días

they use them every day

Usan is a present-tense action: many people use headphones every day.

Shows a regular action in the present.

Negative: no tienen

No tienen cable

they do not have a cable

No tienen shows a present negative: no comes before the verb.

Short, clear example of negation.

Poder + infinitive

puedes subir o bajar el volumen

you can turn the volume up or down

Puedes + infinitive expresses the ability to do an action: subir or bajar el volumen.