【趣谈英语】飞行模式省电-Airplane Mode Saves Your Battery

Pre-Listening Vocabulary

 

switch: move to a different position

Wi-Fi: a wireless¹ 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

interfere²: get in the way; cause a disturbance³

charge: to restore power to something that uses a battery

distraction⁴: something that causes you to take your attention away from a task or focal point

 

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 cell phone towers. You can’t access Wi-Fi networks or use Bluetooth. You probably won’t receive GPS signals either. Airplane mode disables the wireless transmissions that could interfere with the plane’s sensors⁵ and navigation 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 placing 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 an emergency. 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 distractions⁶, but don’t want to power off.

1 wireless   

adj.无线的；n.无线电

参考例句：

• There are a lot of wireless links in a radio.收音机里有许多无线电线路。
• Wireless messages tell us that the ship was sinking.无线电报告知我们那艘船正在下沉。

2 interfere   

v.(in)干涉，干预；(with)妨碍，打扰

参考例句：

• If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话，可能弊多利少。
• When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件，棘手的事情就来了。

3 disturbance   

n.动乱，骚动；打扰，干扰；(身心)失调

参考例句：

• He is suffering an emotional disturbance.他的情绪受到了困扰。
• You can work in here without any disturbance.在这儿你可不受任何干扰地工作。

4 distraction   

n.精神涣散，精神不集中，消遣，娱乐

参考例句：

• Total concentration is required with no distractions.要全神贯注，不能有丝毫分神。
• Their national distraction is going to the disco.他们的全民消遣就是去蹦迪。

5 sensors   

n.传感器，灵敏元件( sensor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There were more than 2000 sensors here. 这里装有两千多个灵敏元件。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Significant changes have been noted where sensors were exposed to trichloride. 当传感器暴露在三氯化物中时，有很大变化。 来自辞典例句

6 distractions   

n.使人分心的事[人]( distraction的名词复数 )；娱乐，消遣；心烦意乱；精神错乱

参考例句：

• I find it hard to work at home because there are too many distractions. 我发觉在家里工作很难，因为使人分心的事太多。
• There are too many distractions here to work properly. 这里叫人分心的事太多，使人无法好好工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》