Intermediate - Downloading from the App Store (C2121)

A: 小辉,你有空吗?能教我怎么下载游戏吗?
Xiǎohuī, nǐ yǒukòng ma? néng jiāo wǒ zěnme xiàzǎi yóuxì ma?
Xiao Hui, are you free? Can you teach me how to download games?
B: 哟,王姐,你也买iPad了。
yō, Wáng jiě, nǐ yě mǎi iPad le.
Jeez, Wang Jie, you bought an iPad, too?
A: 哎,我儿子天天吵着要买。
ài, wǒ érzi tiāntiān chǎo zhe yào mǎi.
Well, my son was bugging me every day to get one.
B: 这东西,小孩子最喜欢了。
zhè dōngxi, xiǎo háizi zuì xǐhuan le.
These are the things that kids love the most.
A: 你帮我看看怎么弄。
nǐ bāng wǒ kàn kan zěnme nòng.
Help me figure out how to do it.
B: 下游戏要到这里,app store。它就像一个商店,里面有各种各样的应用软件。
xià yóuxì yào dào zhèlǐ, app store. tā jiù xiàng yī gè shāngdiàn, lǐmiàn yǒu gèzhǒnggèyàng de yìngyòng ruǎnjiàn.
To download games, you need to go here, the App Store. It's like a store. In it you have all kinds of applications.
A: 那要花钱买吗?
nà yào huāqián mǎi ma?
Do I have to spend money to buy them?
B: 不用。有很多是免费的。
bùyòng. yǒu hěn duō shì miǎnfèi de.
No. There are lots of free ones.
A: 哦。点开这个”app store”吗?
ò. diǎn kāi zhè gè” app store” ma?
Oh. I click on this "App Store", right?
B: 对。你看这个是“搜索”。如果知道名字,就在这里输入,然后搜索。
duì. nǐ kàn zhè gè shì" sōusuǒ”. rúguǒ zhīdào míngzi, jiù zài zhèlǐ shūrù, ránhòu sōusuǒ.
Yes. You can see that this is "Search". If you know its name, then you can enter it in here, then search for it.
A: 我想找一个游戏,是一个人在前面跑,后面有很多鬼在追他。但是我不知道名字。
wǒ xiǎng zhǎo yī gè yóuxì, shì yī gè rén zài qiánmian pǎo, hòumian yǒu hěn duō guǐ zài zhuī tā. dànshì wǒ bù zhīdào míngzi.
I want to look for a game. It's a person running forwards and behind there are lots of ghosts chasing him. But I don't know its name.
B: 那可以看看”推荐”或者”排行榜”,一般热门的都比较靠前。
nà kěyǐ kàn kan” tuījiàn” huòzhě” páihángbǎng”, yībān rèmén de dōu bǐjiào kàoqián.
Then you can look at “Featured” or “Top Charts”. The most popular ones are usually closer to the beginning.
A: 我看到了,是这个,还是免费的。
wǒ kàndào le, shì zhè gè, háishì miǎnfèi de.
I found it. It's this one, and it's free.
B: 那好办。你点一下”安装app”就行了。
nà hǎo bàn. nǐ diǎn yīxià” ānzhuāng app” jiù xíng le.
Then you're good to go. Click this "Install App" is enough.
A: 怎么出来这个?
zěnme chūlái zhè gè?
Why did this come up?
B: 你有苹果账号吗?
nǐ yǒu píngguǒ zhànghào ma?
Do you have an Apple account?
A: 没有。
méiyǒu.
No.
B: 那你得先注册一个。
nà nǐ děi xiān zhùcè yī gè.
Then you should register one first.
A: 这么麻烦!还是吃完饭再回来弄吧。
zhème máfan! háishì chī wán fàn zài huílai nòng ba.
This is so much trouble! I'd rather finish eating and then come back and do it.

Key Vocabulary

下载 xiàzǎi to download
游戏 yóuxì game
chǎo to nag, bug
nòng to do
商店 shāngdiàn store
各种各样 gèzhǒnggèyàng every kind
软件 ruǎnjiàn software
应用软件 yìngyòng ruǎnjiàn application (software)
花钱 huāqián to spend money
免费 miǎnfèi free
diǎn to click
kāi to open
搜索 sōusuǒ to search
如果 rúguǒ if
输入 shūrù to input
guǐ ghost
zhuī to follow
推荐 tuījiàn to recommend
排行榜 páihángbǎng ranking
一般 yībān on average, usually
热门 rèmén popular
靠前 kàoqián close to the front
安装 ānzhuāng to install
苹果 píngguǒ Apple
账号 zhànghào account number
děi should
注册 zhùcè to register
还是 háishì it would be better to

Supplementary Vocabulary

抱怨 bàoyuàn to complain
强调 qiángdiào emphasis
安卓 ānzhuó Android
Play商店 Play shāngdiàn Google Play Store

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