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手机和电脑

My Phone and My Computer

生词 · New in this passage

手机cell phone
to use
上网to go online
to; for (a person, before a verb)
奶奶

你有手机,也有电脑。为什么都要?

You have a phone, and you have a computer. Why do you need both?

小伟

手机小,电脑大。

The phone is small, the computer is big.

奶奶

手机不是也能打电话,也能看电影吗?

Can't the phone also make calls and also watch films?

小伟

对,手机能打电话,也能看电影。但是电脑能做的事情很多。

Right, the phone can make calls and watch films. But the computer can do a lot of things.

奶奶

电脑能做什么?

What can the computer do?

小伟

我用电脑上网。上网的时候,我学习,也工作。

I use the computer to go online. When I'm online, I study, and I also work.

奶奶

你怎么用电脑学习?

How do you use the computer to study?

小伟

老师给我们书,我在电脑上看书,写字。

The teacher gives us books, and I read and write on the computer.

奶奶

手机不能学习吗?

Can't the phone be used to study?

小伟

手机也能,但是我觉得电脑很好。

The phone can too, but I think the computer is good.

奶奶

你还用电脑做什么?

What else do you use the computer for?

小伟

我在家工作的时候,都用电脑。

When I work at home, I always use the computer.

奶奶

那手机呢?你用手机做什么?

What about the phone, then? What do you use the phone for?

小伟

我用手机打电话。我给爸爸妈妈打电话,也给你打电话!

I use the phone to make calls. I call Dad and Mom, and I call you too!

奶奶

你给我打电话,我很高兴。你也给同学打电话吗?

I'm happy that you call me. Do you also call your classmates?

小伟

对,我也给同学打电话。我还用手机上网,看电影。

Right, I call classmates too. I also go online on my phone, and watch films.

奶奶

电脑也能上网看电影吗?

Can the computer also go online and watch films?

小伟

电脑能,但是电脑要在桌子上,手机不用。

The computer can, but the computer has to sit on a table. The phone doesn't need to.

奶奶

我不学习,也不工作。我想给你打电话,看看你。

I don't study, and I don't work. I just want to call you, and see you.

小伟

手机对你就好了!

Then a phone is enough for you!

奶奶

对,手机对我就好了。你喜欢电脑,我喜欢手机。

Right, a phone is enough for me. You like computers, I like phones.

看懂了吗 · Check yourself

What does the grandson use the computer for, besides studying?

工作

Who does the grandson call with his phone, besides his parents?

同学

What does the grandmother decide is enough for her?

手机

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