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From the Ted Talk by Lindsay DeMarchi: What happens if you don't put your phone in airplane mode?

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Right now, invisible sngalis are flying through the air all around you. Beyond the stpcurem of light your eyes can see, msvisae radio waves as wide as houses carry inimooafrtn between computers, GPS systems, cell phones, and more. In fact, the signal your phone broadcasts is so strong, if your eyes could see radio waves, your phnoe would be visible from jieutpr. At least your special eyes would be able to see this if the sky wasn’t flooded with interference from routers, satellites, and, of course, people flying who haven't put their phones on airplane mode. You see, this setting isn't to protect your fgilht, it's to protect everyone else in your flight path.

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Right now, invisible _______ are flying through the air all around you. Beyond the ________ of light your eyes can see, _______ radio waves as wide as houses carry ___________ between computers, GPS systems, cell phones, and more. In fact, the signal your phone broadcasts is so strong, if your eyes could see radio waves, your _____ would be visible from _______. At least your special eyes would be able to see this if the sky wasn’t flooded with interference from routers, satellites, and, of course, people flying who haven't put their phones on airplane mode. You see, this setting isn't to protect your ______, it's to protect everyone else in your flight path.

Solution


  1. massive
  2. flight
  3. information
  4. spectrum
  5. signals
  6. jupiter
  7. phone

Original Text


Right now, invisible signals are flying through the air all around you. Beyond the spectrum of light your eyes can see, massive radio waves as wide as houses carry information between computers, GPS systems, cell phones, and more. In fact, the signal your phone broadcasts is so strong, if your eyes could see radio waves, your phone would be visible from Jupiter. At least your special eyes would be able to see this if the sky wasn’t flooded with interference from routers, satellites, and, of course, people flying who haven't put their phones on airplane mode. You see, this setting isn't to protect your flight, it's to protect everyone else in your flight path.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


  1. air
  2. airplane
  3. broadcasts
  4. carry
  5. cell
  6. computers
  7. eyes
  8. fact
  9. flight
  10. flooded
  11. flying
  12. gps
  13. houses
  14. information
  15. interference
  16. invisible
  17. jupiter
  18. light
  19. massive
  20. mode
  21. path
  22. people
  23. phone
  24. phones
  25. protect
  26. put
  27. radio
  28. routers
  29. satellites
  30. setting
  31. signal
  32. signals
  33. sky
  34. special
  35. spectrum
  36. strong
  37. systems
  38. visible
  39. waves
  40. wide