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Diario de una pausa digital

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Diario de una pausa digital · B1. Relaciona la persona, hora, lugar o cantidad con el hecho correcto. Distingue lo respaldado de lo desconocido. Que algo no se mencione no prueba que no exista.

Lee el material original en inglés y responde con pruebas. El nivel es una orientación editorial, no un resultado certificado.

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LecturaB1

A digital break diary

Lee el material original en inglés y responde con pruebas. El nivel es una orientación editorial, no un resultado certificado.

I did not give up my phone for a week. That would have been difficult because I use it for work messages and train tickets. Instead, I tried one smaller change: no social media after dinner. I wanted to find out whether I would read more, not prove that phones were bad.

On Monday, I put my phone on a high shelf and opened a novel. Within ten minutes, I reached for the phone three times without thinking. There was no message I needed to answer. I simply wanted something to do when the story became difficult. I read only six pages, but noticing that habit felt useful.

Tuesday was easier until a friend sent a funny video. I watched it on my laptop, then realised that changing the device had not changed the activity. I added the laptop to my evening rule. I still allowed calls and direct messages from family, because being unavailable to them was not my goal.

By Thursday, I was reading for longer, but I was also going to bed later. I had chosen an exciting book and kept saying, “One more chapter.” My sister laughed when I told her. The point was to make deliberate choices, she said, not replace one endless activity with another. I started setting a time to stop reading as well.

At the weekend, I went back through the notes I had made each evening. I had finished more pages than usual, but that alone did not tell me whether I had rested better. Some evenings felt calm; others did not. I had not recorded my sleeping times before the experiment, so I could not make a fair comparison.

I am keeping the phone shelf and the reading time. I am not keeping a strict ban for every evening: sometimes a shared online game with a distant friend is exactly how I want to spend my time. The useful change is asking what I intend to do before I start, rather than letting one link lead automatically to the next.

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Detalles explícitos · Límites de la evidencia

Relaciona la persona, hora, lugar o cantidad con el hecho correcto. Distingue lo respaldado de lo desconocido. Que algo no se mencione no prueba que no exista.

The doors open at eight. The class starts at nine.

Propósito y resultado buscado · Detalles explícitos

Piensa qué intenta conseguir la persona o el mensaje y para quién. Relaciona la persona, hora, lugar o cantidad con el hecho correcto.

This note tells visitors where to wait.

Inferencias a partir de pistas · Detalles explícitos · Propósito y resultado buscado

Combina las pistas reales sin añadir hechos no respaldados. Relaciona la persona, hora, lugar o cantidad con el hecho correcto. Piensa qué intenta conseguir la persona o el mensaje y para quién.

The bag is wet and the umbrella is open: these are clues, not a complete history.

Material de aprendizaje
A digital break diary — context illustration
LecturaB1

A digital break diary

Lee el material original en inglés y responde con pruebas. El nivel es una orientación editorial, no un resultado certificado.

I did not give up my phone for a week. That would have been difficult because I use it for work messages and train tickets. Instead, I tried one smaller change: no social media after dinner. I wanted to find out whether I would read more, not prove that phones were bad.

On Monday, I put my phone on a high shelf and opened a novel. Within ten minutes, I reached for the phone three times without thinking. There was no message I needed to answer. I simply wanted something to do when the story became difficult. I read only six pages, but noticing that habit felt useful.

Tuesday was easier until a friend sent a funny video. I watched it on my laptop, then realised that changing the device had not changed the activity. I added the laptop to my evening rule. I still allowed calls and direct messages from family, because being unavailable to them was not my goal.

By Thursday, I was reading for longer, but I was also going to bed later. I had chosen an exciting book and kept saying, “One more chapter.” My sister laughed when I told her. The point was to make deliberate choices, she said, not replace one endless activity with another. I started setting a time to stop reading as well.

At the weekend, I went back through the notes I had made each evening. I had finished more pages than usual, but that alone did not tell me whether I had rested better. Some evenings felt calm; others did not. I had not recorded my sleeping times before the experiment, so I could not make a fair comparison.

I am keeping the phone shelf and the reading time. I am not keeping a strict ban for every evening: sometimes a shared online game with a distant friend is exactly how I want to spend my time. The useful change is asking what I intend to do before I start, rather than letting one link lead automatically to the next.

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A digital break diary

What was the writer’s original experiment?

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Tu ruta de aprendizaje

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Paso 1 · Calentamiento

Calentamiento

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Paso 2 · Practicar la habilidad

Detalles explícitos · Límites de la evidencia

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Relaciona la persona, hora, lugar o cantidad con el hecho correcto. Distingue lo respaldado de lo desconocido. Que algo no se mencione no prueba que no exista.

The doors open at eight. The class starts at nine.
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Paso 3 · Practicar la habilidad

Propósito y resultado buscado · Detalles explícitos

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Piensa qué intenta conseguir la persona o el mensaje y para quién. Relaciona la persona, hora, lugar o cantidad con el hecho correcto.

This note tells visitors where to wait.
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Paso 4 · Practicar la habilidad

Inferencias a partir de pistas · Detalles explícitos · Propósito y resultado buscado

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Combina las pistas reales sin añadir hechos no respaldados. Relaciona la persona, hora, lugar o cantidad con el hecho correcto. Piensa qué intenta conseguir la persona o el mensaje y para quién.

The bag is wet and the umbrella is open: these are clues, not a complete history.
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Paso 5 · Práctica relacionada

Práctica relacionada

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Paso 6 · Reto del texto

Reto del texto

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Repasos de esta unidad

Haz que los errores sirvan.

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Mapa de la lección

Diario de una pausa digital

B1
A digital break diary

Puntos de la lección

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Detalles explícitos · Límites de la evidencia

Relaciona la persona, hora, lugar o cantidad con el hecho correcto. Distingue lo respaldado de lo desconocido. Que algo no se mencione no prueba que no exista.

The doors open at eight. The class starts at nine.
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Propósito y resultado buscado · Detalles explícitos

Piensa qué intenta conseguir la persona o el mensaje y para quién. Relaciona la persona, hora, lugar o cantidad con el hecho correcto.

This note tells visitors where to wait.
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Inferencias a partir de pistas · Detalles explícitos · Propósito y resultado buscado

Combina las pistas reales sin añadir hechos no respaldados. Relaciona la persona, hora, lugar o cantidad con el hecho correcto. Piensa qué intenta conseguir la persona o el mensaje y para quién.

The bag is wet and the umbrella is open: these are clues, not a complete history.

Preguntas y respuestas

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D01 · Calentamiento

A digital break diary

What was the writer’s original experiment?

  1. Give up all phone use for a week.
  2. Avoid social media after dinner.
  3. Stop reading novels.
  4. Avoid every direct family message.
Respuesta y explicación
Avoid social media after dinner.

Respuesta: «Avoid social media after dinner.». Prueba: «no social media after dinner.». Revisa «Give up all phone use for a week.»: Dice lo contrario del dato pertinente. Prueba: «I did not give up my phone for a week.». Revisa «Stop reading novels.»: Dice lo contrario del dato pertinente. Prueba: «I wanted to find out whether I would read more».

D02 · Calentamiento

A digital break diary

Why did the writer keep using the phone for some purposes?

  1. The original plan required using train tickets after every dinner.
  2. The experiment required answering social-media posts every night.
  3. It was needed for work messages and train tickets.
  4. The evening rule applied to the laptop rather than the phone.
Respuesta y explicación
It was needed for work messages and train tickets.

Respuesta: «It was needed for work messages and train tickets.». Prueba: «I use it for work messages and train tickets.». Revisa «The evening rule applied to the laptop rather than the phone.»: Dice lo contrario del dato pertinente. Prueba: «I added the laptop to my evening rule.». Revisa «The experiment required answering social-media posts every night.»: El texto no da este dato. No lo añadas.

D03 · Calentamiento

A digital break diary

What was still allowed under the revised evening rule?

  1. Social media on the phone, provided reading came first.
  2. Unlimited social media on a laptop.
  3. Calls and direct family messages.
  4. Every video shared by a friend.
Respuesta y explicación
Calls and direct family messages.

Respuesta: «Calls and direct family messages.». Prueba: «I still allowed calls and direct messages from family». Revisa «Every video shared by a friend.»: Amplía o refuerza la afirmación más de lo que permite el texto. Prueba: «I added the laptop to my evening rule.». Revisa «Social media on the phone, provided reading came first.»: Cambia u omite una condición del texto. Prueba: «I added the laptop to my evening rule.».

P01 · Practicar la habilidad

A digital break diary

How much did the writer read on Monday?

  1. Six pages.
  2. Six chapters.
  3. Three pages.
  4. Ten pages.
Respuesta y explicación
Six pages.

Respuesta: «Six pages.». Prueba: «I read only six pages». Revisa «Three pages.»: No es la cifra correspondiente a lo preguntado. Prueba: «I reached for the phone three times». Revisa «Ten pages.»: No es la cifra correspondiente a lo preguntado. Prueba: «Within ten minutes».

P02 · Practicar la habilidad

A digital break diary

What did the laptop video make the writer realise?

  1. Avoiding the phone was enough to meet the aim, whatever happened on the laptop.
  2. A laptop could not show social media.
  3. The same activity could continue on another device.
  4. Receiving a friend’s video required abandoning the experiment.
Respuesta y explicación
The same activity could continue on another device.

Respuesta: «The same activity could continue on another device.». Prueba: «changing the device had not changed the activity.». Revisa «A laptop could not show social media.»: Dice lo contrario del dato pertinente. Prueba: «I watched it on my laptop». Revisa «Avoiding the phone was enough to meet the aim, whatever happened on the laptop.»: Dice lo contrario del dato pertinente.

P03 · Practicar la habilidad

A digital break diary

What did the repeated reaching for the phone reveal on Monday?

  1. A need to answer a family call.
  2. Difficulty reaching a phone placed too high.
  3. A habit of escaping when reading became difficult.
  4. An urgent work problem.
Respuesta y explicación
A habit of escaping when reading became difficult.

Respuesta: «A habit of escaping when reading became difficult.». Prueba: «I simply wanted something to do when the story became difficult.». Revisa «An urgent work problem.»: Dice lo contrario del dato pertinente. Prueba: «There was no message I needed to answer.». Revisa «Difficulty reaching a phone placed too high.»: No es la razón indicada para esta acción.

P04 · Practicar la habilidad

A digital break diary

What unexpected problem appeared by Thursday?

  1. Family calls prevented reading every evening.
  2. Reading was delaying bedtime.
  3. The new rule limited reading to six pages every night.
  4. The writer was choosing less interesting books.
Respuesta y explicación
Reading was delaying bedtime.

Respuesta: «Reading was delaying bedtime.». Prueba: «I was reading for longer, but I was also going to bed later.». Revisa «The new rule limited reading to six pages every night.»: Amplía o refuerza la afirmación más de lo que permite el texto. Prueba: «I read only six pages». Revisa «Family calls prevented reading every evening.»: El texto no da este dato. No lo añadas.

R01 · Práctica relacionada

A digital break diary

What did the sister encourage?

  1. Deliberate choices rather than another activity without limits.
  2. Measuring success only by the number of pages read.
  3. Sticking to a ban even when contact with friends was intentional.
  4. Replacing reading with a different unlimited activity.
Respuesta y explicación
Deliberate choices rather than another activity without limits.

Respuesta: «Deliberate choices rather than another activity without limits.». Prueba: «The point was to make deliberate choices, she said, not replace one endless activity with another.». Revisa «Sticking to a ban even when contact with friends was intentional.»: Dice lo contrario del dato pertinente. Prueba: «not replace one endless activity with another.». Revisa «Replacing reading with a different unlimited activity.»: Dice lo contrario del dato pertinente.

R02 · Práctica relacionada

A digital break diary

What extra limit did the writer introduce?

  1. A fixed number of chapters for every reading session.
  2. A limit of six pages for every book.
  3. A time to stop reading.
  4. A ban on reading at weekends.
Respuesta y explicación
A time to stop reading.

Respuesta: «A time to stop reading.». Prueba: «I started setting a time to stop reading as well.». Revisa «A limit of six pages for every book.»: Amplía o refuerza la afirmación más de lo que permite el texto. Prueba: «I read only six pages». Revisa «A ban on reading at weekends.»: El texto no da este dato. No lo añadas.

R03 · Práctica relacionada

A digital break diary

Why could the writer not fairly compare sleep before and during the experiment?

  1. No notes were made during the experiment itself.
  2. The earlier evenings all involved the same activities.
  3. Every evening of the experiment was identical.
  4. No earlier sleeping times had been recorded.
Respuesta y explicación
No earlier sleeping times had been recorded.

Respuesta: «No earlier sleeping times had been recorded.». Prueba: «I had not recorded my sleeping times before the experiment». Revisa «Every evening of the experiment was identical.»: Dice lo contrario del dato pertinente. Prueba: «Some evenings felt calm; others did not.». Revisa «The earlier evenings all involved the same activities.»: El texto no da este dato. No lo añadas.

X01 · Reto del texto

A digital break diary

Why does the writer allow exceptions for a shared online game?

  1. Reading more no longer matters once the experiment ends.
  2. Shared games are not covered by any kind of evening choice.
  3. It can be an intentional way to connect with a distant friend.
  4. An online game guarantees a calmer evening than reading.
Respuesta y explicación
It can be an intentional way to connect with a distant friend.

Respuesta: «It can be an intentional way to connect with a distant friend.». Prueba: «sometimes a shared online game with a distant friend is exactly how I want to spend my time.». Revisa «An online game guarantees a calmer evening than reading.»: Amplía o refuerza la afirmación más de lo que permite el texto. Revisa «Reading more no longer matters once the experiment ends.»: Amplía o refuerza la afirmación más de lo que permite el texto.

X02 · Reto del texto

A digital break diary

What is the writer’s main conclusion?

  1. Reading more pages is enough to demonstrate better rest.
  2. Every evening should follow the same rule without exceptions.
  3. Changing devices solves unwanted habits by itself.
  4. Being intentional matters more than keeping an absolute ban.
Respuesta y explicación
Being intentional matters more than keeping an absolute ban.

Respuesta: «Being intentional matters more than keeping an absolute ban.». Prueba: «The useful change is asking what I intend to do before I start». Revisa «Changing devices solves unwanted habits by itself.»: Dice lo contrario del dato pertinente. Prueba: «changing the device had not changed the activity.». Revisa «Every evening should follow the same rule without exceptions.»: Dice lo contrario del dato pertinente. Prueba: «I am not keeping a strict ban for every evening».