B1 – Intermediate
Most people has a mobile phone. We take care of it because it is a very important device for us.
Every gadget owner’s worst fear is dropping their phone and breaking the glass on its screen. However, as technology advances, the glass used as material in making our mobile phone screens has also been improved a lot.
Read this lesson about the most durable smartphone screen.
https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2007/200728-smartphone-glass-1.html
Discussion Questions:
- What is your reaction to this news on tougher mobile phone screens?
- Have you ever dropped your smartphone and break its screen? What did you do when that happened?
- What other improvements or technology do you want to see in mobile phones?
4 replies on “Gorilla Glass Toughest Smartphone Screen”
1. What is your reaction to this news on tougher mobile phone screens?
This novelty is a good advance, the risk of a mobile falling is high and it is very common for the screen glass to get scratched, broken or smashed, and this makes it difficult to see the screen well if you do not change it.
2. Have you ever dropped your smartphone and break its screen? What did you do when that happened?
Yes, I have dropped my smartphone a few times and only once did the screen break and I had to change it.
3. What other improvements or technology do you want to see in mobile phones?
Other improvements could be more waterproof smartphones, battery with less time needed to recharge and more time running without battery.
Good work writing your answers to this lesson’s questions.
See how this sentence can be revised:
Practice your writing more and more.
1. What is your reaction to this news on tougher mobile phone screens?
My reaction is very positive, it is good news to know that we will have a screen stronger.
2. Have you ever dropped your smartphone and break its screen? What did you do when that happened?
Yes, my mobile dropped and my screen was broken.
I had to change my screen.
3. What other improvements or technology do you want to see in mobile phones?
I would like to see an advance in anti-stolen technology.
Well done writing your answers. Keep it up! Just try to be a bit more elaborate. For example, instead of just saying “it is good news to know that we will have a screen stronger.”, try to explain why this is.
You can write this sentence better this way:
You can definitely do better and better by staying consistent with your practice.