Intermediate - It's Time You Got a Smartphone (C2061)

A: 哎!这个破手机,又死机了!
āi! zhè ge pò shǒujī, yòu sǐjī le!
Man! This crappy cell phone... it's crashed again!
B: 小叶,你太out了,都什么年代了,还在用这种手机。
Xiǎo Yè, nǐ tài out le, dōu shénme niándài le, hái zài yòng zhè zhǒng shǒujī.
Xiao Ye, you're way out of the loop. What decade are you living in? You're still using this kind of cell phone!
A: 手机嘛,能打电话,发短信就行了。不过我是想换一个了。
shǒujī ma, néng dǎ diànhuà, fā duǎnxìn jiù xíng le. bùguò wǒ shì xiǎng huàn yī gè le.
Cell phones... being able to make calls and send text messages is enough. But I do want to get a new one.
B: 那我建议你买iPhone5。今年最火的智能手机。
nà wǒ jiànyì nǐ mǎi iPhone wǔ. jīnnián zuì huǒ de zhìnéng shǒujī.
Then I suggest you buy an iPhone5, this year's hottest smartphone.
A: 可是现在买肯定很贵。
kěshì xiànzài mǎi kěndìng hěn guì.
But buying one now is sure to be expensive.
B: 要买就买最新的。
yào mǎi jiù mǎi zuì xīn de.
If you want to buy something, then buy the newest one.
A: 我听说,iPhone5就是屏幕长了一点。
wǒ tīngshuō, iPhone wǔ jiùshì píngmù cháng le yīdiǎn.
I've heard the iPhone5's screen is a bit longer.
B: 还是有改进的。除了屏幕更大了以外,前面的摄像头也换了,拍照更清晰了。
háishì yǒu gǎijìn de. chúle píngmù gèng dà le yǐwài, qiánmian de shèxiàngtóu yě huàn le, pāizhào gèng qīngxī le.
There are other improvements. Besides a bigger screen, the camera on the front of the phone has been changed; the pictures are clearer.
A: 这个对我没吸引力,我最讨厌自拍了。你觉得三星的怎么样?
zhè ge duì wǒ méi xīyǐnlì, wǒ zuì tǎoyàn zìpāi le. nǐ juéde Sānxīng de zěnmeyàng?
That doesn't appeal to me; I really hate taking pictures of myself. What do you think about Samsungs?
B: 有的人说好,有的人说不好。反正我不太喜欢,我用惯了苹果的操作系统,感觉安卓系统太乱了。
yǒude rén shuō hǎo, yǒude rén shuō bù hǎo. fǎnzhèng wǒ bùtài xǐhuan, wǒ yòng guàn le píngguǒ de cāozuò xìtǒng, gǎnjué Ānzhuó xìtǒng tài luàn le.
Some people say they're good; some people say they're no good. Anyway, I don't like them. I've gotten accustomed to using Apple's operating system. I think the Android operating system is too cluttered.
A: 哎,我还是喜欢这个简单的破手机!
ài, wǒ háishì xǐhuan zhè ge jiǎndān de pò shǒujī!
Man, I still like this simple old cell phone.

Key Vocabulary

old, broken, worn out
死机 sǐjī to crash, freeze (computer)
dōu all
年代 niándài decade, era
ma particle used to create a pause and emphasize a word or phrase
建议 jiànyì to advise, suggest
huǒ popular, hot
智能手机 zhìnéng shǒujī smartphone
智能 zhìnéng smart, intelligent
屏幕 píngmù screen
cháng long
改进 gǎijìn to improve
除了......以外 chúle ... yǐwài ... besides, except for
gèng more
摄像头 shèxiàngtóu camera
拍照 pāizhào to take a picture
清晰 qīngxī clear
duì towards, to
吸引力 xīyǐnlì attractiveness
自拍 zìpāi to photograph one's self
讨厌 tǎoyàn to hate, despise
三星 Sānxīng Samsung
反正 fǎnzhèng anyway
guàn to be accustomed to
苹果 píngguǒ Apple
操作系统 cāozuò xìtǒng operating system
安卓 Ānzhuó Android
系统 xìtǒng system
luàn messy

Supplementary Vocabulary

过时 guòshí outdated
技术 jìshù technology
升级 shēngjí upgrade
图像 túxiàng picture, image
流行 liúxíng trendy, fashionable
改变 gǎibiàn to change, alter
进步 jìnbù progress
不管怎么样 bùguǎn zěnmeyàng no matter what it's like or how it is
习惯 xíguàn to get used to
电子游戏 diànzǐ yóuxì video game

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