Google Shows New Laptop Idea: The "Googlebook"
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Google has a new idea for laptops. It is called a Googlebook.
A Googlebook is a kind of laptop. A laptop is a small computer you can carry.
Google says this laptop will work well with Android phones. Android is a system that many phones use.
A writer saw Google's new ideas about this laptop. The writer wrote about it online.
Google wants people to pre-order the Googlebook. This means you can buy it before it is ready.
The Googlebook is part of Google's plan for the future of laptops. Google wants phones and laptops to work together better.
There are not many details yet. But people are excited to learn more.
Vocabulary15 words
- Googlebook
- a new laptop idea from Google
- laptop
- a small computer you can carry
- Android phones
- phones that use Google's phone system
- pre-order
- to buy something before it is ready
- future
- time that has not happened yet
- idea
- a new thought or plan
- system
- a way that something works
- computer
- a machine that helps you work or play
- online
- on the internet
- plan
- a thing you want to do
- carry
- to hold and move something
- phone
- a device you use to call people
- writer
- a person who writes
- excited
- feeling happy about something new
- details
- small facts about something
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1. A new laptop idea from Google 2. Android phones 3. Yes
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Google has a new idea for _____. It is called a _____.
A Googlebook is a kind of _____. A laptop is a small computer you can carry.
Google says this laptop will work well with _____ phones.
A writer saw Google's new _____ about this laptop.
Google wants people to _____ the Googlebook.
This means you can buy it before it is _____.
The Googlebook is part of Google's _____ for the future of laptops.
Google wants phones and laptops to work together _____.
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