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Today, it is hard to imagineimagine (verb)To form a picture or idea of something in your mind.≈ Synonym: picture🇺🇿UZ: tasavvur qilmoq🇷🇺RU: представлять (себе) life without the mobile phone. We use it to talk, send messages, take pictures, check the internet, and even shop. But mobile phones have not always been part of daily lifedaily lifeThe regular things people do every day.≈ Synonym: everyday life🇺🇿UZ: kundalik hayot🇷🇺RU: повседневная жизнь. The story of the mobile phone shows how technology can change the way people live, work, and connect with each other.
The first mobile phones appeared in the 1970s and 1980s. These early devicesdevice (noun)Machines or tools made for a particular purpose.≈ Synonym: gadgets🇺🇿UZ: qurilmalar🇷🇺RU: устройства were large and heavy. Some were so big they could only be used in cars. They had long antennasantenna (noun)Metal rods on a device used to send or receive signals.≈ Synonym: aerials🇺🇿UZ: antennalar🇷🇺RU: антенны and could only make calls. The sound qualitysound qualityHow clear and good the sound of something is.≈ Synonym: audio clarity🇺🇿UZ: ovoz sifati🇷🇺RU: качество звука was often poorpoor (adj)Of low quality; not good.≈ Synonym: low-quality🇺🇿UZ: past sifatli, yomon🇷🇺RU: плохой, низкого качества, and the cost was very high. Only rich people or business ownersbusiness ownerPeople who own and run a company or shop.≈ Synonym: entrepreneurs🇺🇿UZ: biznes egalari, tadbirkorlar🇷🇺RU: владельцы бизнеса could affordafford (verb)To have enough money to pay for something.≈ Synonym: manage to pay for🇺🇿UZ: sotib olishga qurbi yetmoq🇷🇺RU: позволить себе them.
Over time, mobile phones became smaller, cheaper, and easier to use. In the 1990s, more people began to buy mobile phones as networksnetwork (noun)Systems of connected phone lines or computers that allow communication.≈ Synonym: systems🇺🇿UZ: tarmoqlar🇷🇺RU: сети improvedimprove (verb)Became better than before.≈ Synonym: got better🇺🇿UZ: yaxshilandi🇷🇺RU: улучшились and prices fellprices fellCosts became lower than they were before.≈ Synonym: prices dropped🇺🇿UZ: narxlar tushdi🇷🇺RU: цены упали. Phones started to include new featuresfeature (noun)Special parts or functions that a product has.≈ Synonym: functions🇺🇿UZ: xususiyatlar, funksiyalar🇷🇺RU: функции, особенности, like text messagingtext messagingSending short written messages between phones.≈ Synonym: texting🇺🇿UZ: SMS yozishmalar🇷🇺RU: обмен текстовыми сообщениями and simple games. By the early 2000s, mobile phones were commoncommon (adj)Happening often or found in many places; not unusual.≈ Synonym: widespread🇺🇿UZ: keng tarqalgan🇷🇺RU: обычный, распространённый in many countries, and it became normal to see people carryingcarry (verb)Holding and moving something from one place to another.≈ Synonym: transporting🇺🇿UZ: ko'tarib yurish, olib yurish🇷🇺RU: нося (с собой) them everywhere.
The real change came with the inventioninvention (noun)Something new that has been created or designed for the first time.≈ Synonym: creation🇺🇿UZ: ixtiro🇷🇺RU: изобретение of the smartphone. In 2007, Apple releasedrelease (verb)Made available to the public for the first time.≈ Synonym: launched🇺🇿UZ: chiqardi, taqdim etdi🇷🇺RU: выпустил the first iPhone, which combinedcombine (verb)Joined two or more things together to make one.≈ Synonym: merged🇺🇿UZ: birlashtirdi🇷🇺RU: объединил a phone with a computer. Smartphones let people not only call and text but also take photos, listen to music, browsebrowse (verb)To look through information, especially on the internet, without a specific goal.≈ Synonym: surf🇺🇿UZ: ko'zdan kechirmoq🇷🇺RU: просматривать (интернет) the web, and use apps. This changed how people communicatedcommunicate (verb)Shared information or ideas with other people.≈ Synonym: interacted🇺🇿UZ: muloqot qildi🇷🇺RU: общались and used technology in their daily lives. Today, smartphones are powerfulpowerful (adj)Having great strength, ability, or effect.≈ Synonym: strong🇺🇿UZ: kuchli, qudratli🇷🇺RU: мощный tools that many people use for work, study, and entertainmententertainment (noun)Activities or things that give people enjoyment and fun.≈ Synonym: amusement🇺🇿UZ: ko'ngilochar tadbirlar🇷🇺RU: развлечение.
While mobile phones have brought many benefitsbenefit (noun)Good or helpful results that something brings.≈ Synonym: advantages🇺🇿UZ: foydalar🇷🇺RU: преимущества, польза, they have also created challengeschallenge (noun)Difficult problems that need effort to deal with.≈ Synonym: difficulties🇺🇿UZ: qiyinchiliklar🇷🇺RU: трудности, вызовы. Some people feel that we spend too much time on our phones and that this can harmharm (verb)To cause damage or injury to someone or something.≈ Synonym: damage🇺🇿UZ: zarar yetkazmoq🇷🇺RU: вредить, наносить вред relationshipsrelationship (noun)The way people are connected to or feel about each other.≈ Synonym: connections🇺🇿UZ: munosabatlar🇷🇺RU: отношения and health. Others worryworry (verb)To feel anxious or troubled about something.≈ Synonym: be concerned🇺🇿UZ: xavotirlanmoq🇷🇺RU: беспокоиться about privacyprivacy (noun)The state of being free from other people watching or knowing about your personal life.≈ Synonym: personal secrecy🇺🇿UZ: shaxsiy hayot maxfiyligi🇷🇺RU: конфиденциальность, приватность because phones can collectcollect (verb)To gather information or things together.≈ Synonym: gather🇺🇿UZ: to'plamoq, yig'moq🇷🇺RU: собирать a lot of personal informationpersonal informationPrivate details about a specific person, such as their name or address.≈ Synonym: private data🇺🇿UZ: shaxsiy ma'lumotlar🇷🇺RU: личная информация.
In conclusionconclusion (noun)The final part of something, where the main point is summed up.≈ Synonym: summary🇺🇿UZ: xulosa🇷🇺RU: заключение, вывод, the mobile phone is one of the most important inventions of modern timesmodern timesThe present period of history, as opposed to the past.≈ Synonym: the present day🇺🇿UZ: zamonaviy davr, hozirgi zamon🇷🇺RU: современность, наше время. It has changed the way we live, making it easier to stay connectedconnected (adj)Joined or linked to other people or things, especially through communication.≈ Synonym: in touch🇺🇿UZ: bog'langan, aloqada🇷🇺RU: на связи, подключённый whereverwhereverIn or to any place.≈ Synonym: no matter where🇺🇿UZ: qayerda bo'lmasin🇷🇺RU: где бы ни we are.