📙 Part 2: Describe a time when you used your mobile phone to do something meaningful

This episode's vocabulary

Handy (adj.) - useful or convenient.

On a (tight/limited) budget - not having much money.

To set something up (phrasal verb) - to arrange for an event or activity to happen.

Grasp (noun) - understanding.

Essential (adj.) - necessary or needed.

To back something up (phrasal verb) - to make an extra copy of computer information.

Sentimental (adj.) - giving too much importance to emotions, especially love or sadnessю

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Questions and Answers

M: Off you go, Rory boy.

R: Well, this will be difficult, since I doubt many people use their phones for much that's meaningful these days. But I'll try. I use my phone to make all of the recordings from my last book. It wasn't too difficult since there was a recording app on the phone. But it was handy. And I was still happy about it. Oh, well, I suppose in greater detail, I had to travel the world on a tight budget with minimal space in my luggage. So my phone was ideal for that. Moreover, there was a lot of memory on the phone, so I could record for hours. And it didn't pose many problems. Oh, well, this was over the course of 2019 and early 2020, I think. And we had the pandemic. So being able to store everything easily was extremely useful. Oh, by that, I mean, it was easy to set things up and hit the record button and then playback, well, whatever I had recorded, when I had to type everything up, my grasp of technology wasn't what it is now. So the ease of use was essential. And it also had a live internet connection. So I could back everything up if I needed to. And you know, that can happen with technology. If it breaks down then and you lose all of the memory or all of the stuff that's on the memory, then that's not great. Is it? Oh, yes. In terms of my feelings about it, well, I was naturally glad that I had it. And I still do, in fact. It has quite a lot of sentimental value for me because that phone and I have been through a lot. I don't think I would be caught without it.

M: And would you buy a new one if you lost it?

R: I'd have to. There's no other alternative to life for their own.

M: Thank you, Rory, for your answer, for your Rory story!

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