Intermediate - Time for an Update (C2386)

A: 老公,我手机最近怎么老是跳出一个个框啊?
lǎogōng, wǒ shǒujī zuìjìn zěnme lǎoshì tiàochū yīgègè kuāng ā?
Honey, why have there been so many pop-up messages on my phone recently?
B: 给我看看,哦……是提示你可以升级软件了。
gěi wǒ kànkan, ò…… shì tíshì nǐ kěyǐ shēngjí ruǎnjiàn le.
Let me have a look. Oh... it's prompting you to upgrade the software.
A: 那升级了有什么用啊?
nà shēngjí le yǒu shénme yòng ā?
What's the use of upgrading?
B: 就是有新的功能,解决了软件原有的漏洞。
jiùshì yǒu xīn de gōngnéng, jiějué le ruǎnjiàn yuányǒu de lòudòng.
It's got new features and it fixes holes originally in the program.
A: 这么复杂…..那怎么升级啊?
zhème fùzá….. nà zěnme shēngjí ā?
That's so complicated. Then how do I upgrade?
B: 先到“应用商店”,然后选择“更新”就行了,简单吧?
xiān dào" yìngyòng shāngdiàn”, ránhòu xuǎnzé" gēngxīn” jiù xíng le, jiǎndān ba?
First go to the “App Store”, then choose “Update” and that should do it. Simple, right?
A: 还行,那我如果只要更新其中一个软件呢?
hái xíng, nà wǒ rúguǒ zhǐ yào gēngxīn qízhōng yī gè ruǎnjiàn ne?
I guess so. What do I do if I only want to update one of the apps?
B: 那就到AppStore选中你要更新的那个,按更新呀。这你也不会,不要告诉别人你是我老婆啊。
nā jiù dào AppStore xuǎn zhòng nǐ yào gēngxīn de nàge, àn gēngxīn ya. zhè nǐ yě bù huì, bù yào gàosu biérén nǐ shì wǒ lǎopó ā.
Go to the App Store and press the one you want to upgrade and hit update. If you can't do this, then don't go telling people that you're my wife!
A: 你想死啊?!
nǐ xiǎng sǐ ā?!
Do you want to die?
B: 啊!救命啊!
ā! jiùmìng ā!
No! Help me!

Key Vocabulary

手机 shǒujī cell phone
最近 zuìjìn recently
老是 lǎoshì always
kuāng frame, pop-up box
提示 tíshì to prompt
软件 ruǎnjiàn software
升级 shēngjí to upgrade
功能 gōngnéng function
解决 jiějué to resolve
原有 yuányǒu original
漏洞 lòudòng hole, error
复杂 fùzá complicated
应用 yìngyòng application, app
更新 gēngxīn to update
简单 jiǎndān simple
如果 rúguǒ if
zhǐ only
其中 qízhōng among which
àn to press
救命 jiùmìng help!, save me!

Supplementary Vocabulary

总是 zǒngshì always
过一会儿 guòyīhuìr after a while
系统 xìtǒng system
硬件 yìngjiàn hardware
原来 yuánlái originally
gèng more
补语 bǔyǔ verbal complement
决定 juédìng to decide

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