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195. A Cool Laptop



His laptop sat on his desk. His laptop always overheated. It always overheated quickly. How could he keep it cool? He turned on his living room fan. It cooled his laptop. 

But the fan blew dust around. It blew paper around. He turned off his living room fan. He thought. He thought some more. How could he keep his laptop cool? He had an idea. He bought little plastic blocks. Each block was one inch square. 

He put the laptop on top of the blocks. One block was under each corner of the laptop. Now the laptop sat a little above the desk. There was space under the laptop. There was space for cool air to flow. The cool air prevented overheating.


Vocabulary


  1. Laptop – a small computer you can carry
    Example: His laptop sat on his desk.

  2. Desk – a table where you work or study
    Example: His laptop was on the desk.

  3. Overheat – to get too hot
    Example: His laptop always overheated quickly.

  4. Cool – to make less hot
    Example: How could he keep it cool?

  5. Fan – a machine that moves air
    Example: He turned on his living room fan.

  6. Dust – tiny dry dirt in the air or on surfaces
    Example: The fan blew dust around.

  7. Paper – thin material for writing or printing
    Example: It blew paper around.

  8. Turn off – to stop a machine or device
    Example: He turned off the fan.

  9. Think – to use your mind to solve a problem
    Example: He thought and thought some more.

  10. Idea – a thought or plan
    Example: He had an idea.

  11. Plastic – a light, strong material
    Example: He bought little plastic blocks.

  12. Block – a solid square or cube shape
    Example: Each block was one inch square.

  13. Inch – a small unit of length
    Example: The blocks were one inch square.

  14. Put – to place something somewhere
    Example: He put the laptop on top of the blocks.

  15. Corner – the place where two sides meet
    Example: One block was under each corner.

  16. Above – higher than something else
    Example: The laptop sat a little above the desk.

  17. Space – an empty area
    Example: There was space under the laptop.

  18. Air – the gas we breathe
    Example: Cool air could flow under the laptop.

  19. Flow – to move smoothly like water or air
    Example: Air could flow under the laptop.

  20. Prevent – to stop something from happening
    Example: The cool air prevented overheating.


195. A Cool Laptop

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