奶奶的新手机 Grandma’s new phone

Nǎinai jīnnián qī shí suì le. Shàng gè yuè, bàba gěi tā mǎi le yí gè xīn shǒujī, kěshì nǎinai shuō:"tài nán le, wǒ bú huì yòng."

奶奶今年七十岁了。上个月，爸爸给她买了一个新手机，可是奶奶说：“太难了，我不会用。”

Grandma turned seventy this year. Last month Dad bought her a new phone, but Grandma said, “It’s too hard. I can’t use it.”

Suǒyǐ měi gè zhōumò, wǒ dōu qù nǎinai jiā jiāo tā. Wǒ xiān jiāo tā dǎdiànhuà, ránhòu jiāo tā fā zhàopiàn, zuìhòu jiāo tā yòng shǒujī kàn xīnwén.

所以每个周末，我都去奶奶家教她。我先教她打电话，然后教她发照片，最后教她用手机看新闻。

So every weekend I went to Grandma’s to teach her. First I taught her to make calls, then to send photos, and finally to read the news on the phone.

Nǎinai xué de hěn rènzhēn, hái bǎ wǒ shuō dehuà dōu xiě zài běnzi shàng. Bú huì de dìfang, tā jiù duō liànxí jǐ cì.

奶奶学得很认真，还把我说的话都写在本子上。不会的地方，她就多练习几次。

Grandma studied hard and wrote down what I said in a notebook. When she couldn’t do something, she practised it a few more times.

Yí gè yuè yǐhòu, nǎinai búdàn huì yòng shǒujī le, érqiě bǐ wǒ hái máng: měi tiān zǎoshang gěi lǎo péngyou men fā zhàopiàn, wǎnshang hái zài wǎngshang jiāo biéde lǎorén zěnme yòng shǒujī.

一个月以后，奶奶不但会用手机了，而且比我还忙：每天早上给老朋友们发照片，晚上还在网上教别的老人怎么用手机。

A month later, Grandma could not only use the phone, she was busier than me: every morning she sends photos to her old friends, and in the evenings she teaches other older people online how to use their phones.