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奶奶学会了手机付钱

My Grandmother Learns to Pay

生词 · New in this passage

奶奶grandmother
学会to learn; to master
to pay
担心to worry
to teach
to use
以后afterward; from now on
孙子

奶奶,我教你用手机付钱,好不好?手机付钱很好用。

Grandma, let me teach you to pay with your phone, okay? Paying by phone is really handy.

奶奶

用手机付钱?我不会,我很担心。

Pay with my phone? I don't know how. I'm really worried.

孙子

别担心,你看着我,很快就能学会。

Don't worry, just watch me, you'll learn it in no time.

奶奶

好,你教我。手机在这儿,你看看。

Okay, teach me. Here's my phone, take a look.

孙子

你打开手机,这里有你的钱,你看到了吗?

Open your phone, your money is right here, do you see it?

奶奶

看到了,看到了。但是我很担心,我做得对不对?

I see it, I see it. But I'm worried, am I doing it right?

孙子

没关系,慢慢来,你再做一次。

It's fine, take your time, try it again.

奶奶

好,我做。如果我付错了,会怎么样?

Okay, I'll do it. If I pay wrong, what happens?

孙子

不会的,我在这儿呢,你学我,慢慢做。

You won't. I'm right here. Just copy me, slowly.

奶奶

好,我们去商店吧,我想买菜。

Okay, let's go to the store, I want to buy some vegetables.

孙子

好,你今天就用手机付钱,以后也一样。

Good, today you'll pay with your phone, and from now on it'll be the same.

服务员

您好,十五块钱。

Hello, that's fifteen yuan.

奶奶

十五块钱,好,我,我来付。

Fifteen yuan, okay, I, I'll pay.

孙子

奶奶,别担心,你做得很好。

Grandma, don't worry, you're doing great.

奶奶

好了!我付了!手机说,我付了十五块钱!

Done! I paid! The phone says I paid fifteen yuan!

服务员

对,您付好了,谢谢您。

That's right, your payment went through, thank you.

奶奶

太好了!我学会了!我真的学会了手机付钱!

Wonderful! I learned it! I really learned how to pay by phone!

孙子

奶奶,你看,你学得很快,是不是?

Grandma, see, you learned so fast, didn't you?

奶奶

是,我学得很快!我现在很高兴,也不担心了。

Yes, I learned so fast! I'm so happy now, and not worried anymore.

孙子

以后你去商店,都可以用手机付钱了。

From now on, whenever you go to the store, you can pay with your phone.

奶奶

好,以后我天天去商店,天天付钱!

Great, from now on I'll go to the store every day, and pay every day!

孙子

奶奶,你别天天去,东西太多了,我们吃不完。

Grandma, don't go every day, there's too much food, we won't be able to finish it.

奶奶

没关系,我高兴。这个星期,我付了七次钱了!

It's fine, I'm happy. This week, I've already paid seven times!

孙子

七次?奶奶,你比我还喜欢用手机付钱。

Seven times? Grandma, you like paying by phone even more than I do.

奶奶

对,我很喜欢,你教我的,我都学会了。

That's right, I really like it. What you taught me, I've learned it all.

看懂了吗 · Check yourself

What is grandma worried about at first?

我很担心

How much did the vegetables cost at the store?

十五块钱

How does grandma react right after she successfully pays?

太好了

How many times has grandma paid with her phone this week?

七次

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