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Dalia goes to the gym every morning. She likes to exercise before work. The gym is big and bright. There are many machines and weights on the gym floor. Dalia always brings her phone with her. She uses it to listen to music. One morning, Dalia is on the . She wants to send a message to her friend, Marco. She types quickly because she is walking fast. She does not check the message before she sends it. Her phone changes some of her words. This is called . The message looks very strange. Marco reads it and feels . Dalia types, "I am at the gym.
I will meet you at the duck." She means to write "desk," but her phone writes "duck" instead. Marco reads the message again. He does not understand. He writes back, "What duck? Are you okay?" Dalia does not see his . She is still on the . She is listening to music with her . A few minutes later, she looks at her phone. She sees Marco's message. She reads it and laughs out loud. A woman near her looks up from her exercise bike. The woman smiles at Dalia. Dalia feels a little . Her face turns red. She types a new message to Marco very carefully this time.
Dalia writes, "Sorry! I mean the desk, not a duck! is bad today!" Marco laughs too. He sends back a funny picture of a duck. Dalia laughs again. She almost falls off the . She holds the quickly. A man next to her asks, "Are you okay?" Dalia smiles and says, "Yes, thank you. I just got a funny message." She slows down the . She sits on a to rest. She shows the messages to her gym friend, Priya. Priya reads them and laughs very loudly. Other people on the gym floor look at them. Dalia and Priya laugh together for a long time. After that, Dalia always checks her messages before she sends them.
a phone or computer feature that automatically changes words you type
"My phone changed 'send' to 'sand' because of autocorrect."
a machine at the gym that you walk or run on
"She walks on the treadmill for thirty minutes every day."
not able to understand something clearly
"He was confused because the message did not make sense."
feeling shy or uncomfortable because of something you did
"She felt embarrassed when she laughed too loudly in the library."
a message or answer that you send back to someone
"I sent a message but I did not get a reply."
a device you wear over your ears to listen to sound privately
"He puts on his headphones when he runs at the gym."
a long, hard seat, often found in gyms or parks
"She sits on the bench to rest after her workout."
a part of a machine or object that you hold with your hand
"He holds the handles of the treadmill so he does not fall."
laugh out loud
to laugh in a way that other people can hear
"She laughed out loud when she read the funny message."
type quickly
to write a message fast on a phone or keyboard
"He types quickly, so he often makes mistakes."
check a message
to read a message carefully before sending it
"Always check your message before you send it."
make sense
to be easy to understand
"The autocorrect message did not make sense to Marco."
write back
to reply to a message someone sent you
"She wrote back immediately when she saw his question."
turn red
when your face becomes red because you feel embarrassed
"His face turned red when everyone looked at him."
slow down
to move or work at a lower speed
"She slows down the treadmill when she feels tired."
for a long time
during a large amount of time
"They talked together for a long time after class."
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