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Lesson 12 / Devices & data
5 phrases · 12 minutes · Look, listen and try.
Log in, plug in your device, and work with information on your computer.
Match words to pictures →Play What is She/He doing? →
A randomly assigned, fixed male or female synthetic voice for each phrase or sentence · Slow playback at 0.7× preserves pitch.
Log in with your email address and password.
Log in with your email address and password.
I cannot log in to my account on this computer.
I cannot log in to my account on this computer.
“Log in” means to enter your account. When there is a system name, you can use “log into the system”.
Please log out when you finish using the shared computer.
Please log out when you finish using the shared computer.
I always log out of my email at the library.
I always log out of my email at the library.
After “log out”, use “of” before the account or system name.
Cambridge Dictionary · log out
The battery is low. Plug in the charger.
The battery is low. Plug in the charger.
These speakers are not connected. Can you plug them in?
These speakers are not connected. Can you plug them in?
Middle pronoun: “plug it in”. A phrase that describes connecting a device using a plug.
Please print out one copy of the schedule.
Please print out one copy of the schedule.
I will print it out before the meeting.
I will print it out before the meeting.
“Print out” emphasizes creating paper copies from electronic documents.
Key in the code shown on your ticket.
Key in the code shown on your ticket.
I keyed in the address twice to check it.
I keyed in the address twice to check it.
Often used with codes, numbers, or data entered using the keyboard.
The examples were written for this course. Usage was checked against Matt Errey’s book, pages 80, 80, 98, 99, 72. A2–B1 is the course’s intended level.
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Drag a wire from the dot beside a phrase to the dot beside its matching picture. You can also tap a phrase, then a picture. Drag again to change a pair before checking.
Read the picture descriptions for more context. Similar expressions are accepted when they fit the particular scene.
Duy entered his account name and password to access the computer.
The picture could not load. Try loading it again before matching.
Duy chose to log out before leaving the shared computer.
The picture could not load. Try loading it again before matching.
Duy plugs a low-voltage charger connector into his laptop. Minh handles the wall socket farther away.
The picture could not load. Try loading it again before matching.
Duy took the printed document from the printer on the table.
The picture could not load. Try loading it again before matching.
Duy typed the code into the keyboard and looked at the information panel on the screen.
The picture could not load. Try loading it again before matching.
Choose a phrase to begin.
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Read the conversation and find the expressions you have learned.
Please log in to print your ticket.
Please log in to print your ticket.
I have keyed in my password. Where is the printer?
I have keyed in my password. Where is the printer?
Beside the desk. Print the ticket out, then log out.
Beside the desk. Print the ticket out, then log out.
“Log in” starts access to an account; “log out” ends that session. Closing a window does not always mean you have logged out.
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The answers below are models. Other answers can also work if they preserve the facts, meaning and structure requested in the task.
You use a public computer for a museum ticket. The next visitor will use the same machine.
What account action should come last?
Log out before leaving the computer.
After using the shared computer, log out to end the session; printing the ticket does not end it.
Replace “the ticket” with “it”: Print the ticket out.
Print it out.
Replacing “the ticket” with “it” changes “print the ticket out” to “print it out”.
Give a short safe sequence for using the account.
Log in, print your ticket, then log out.
Starting the session, printing the ticket and then ending the session prevents the next visitor continuing in your account.
The usage comparisons are checked against the Cambridge Dictionary entries linked beside the compared expressions. The additional conversations and exercises are written for this course.
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