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不要再嘲笑长辈们不会用高科技啦,你知道人家有多努力吗?

中国日报双语新闻  · 公众号  · 国际  · 2017-03-22 13:44

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家有一老,如有一宝,每个人家里都有几个努力适应高科技的可爱老人……


外国网友们分享了自家爷爷奶奶遇上高科技时发生的趣事,来和双语君(微信ID:Chinadaily_Mobile)一起看看,简直要萌化了……



So today my nana showed me some of her favorite websites.

今天奶奶给我看了几个她收藏的最爱的网页……




When my grandma Googles something she puts "Please" and "Thank You".

我奶奶每次用谷歌查东西,还会礼貌地加上“请”“谢谢”……


↓请帮我翻译下这些罗马数字,mcmxcviii,谢谢



My nana asked me to fix her phone because "the outside clock is always showing the wrong time".

奶奶让我帮她修手机,因为“外面那个钟时间总是错的”……

原来是出厂贴的保护膜一直就没揭下来过……



My dad doesn't know how to turn off this front camera heart feature on his phone and he tried to send me a pic of his new stove.

爸爸不知道怎么关掉前置摄像头的心形相框功能,然后他想给我发新买的烤箱的照片,结果是这样的……



My 90-year-old grandma from Japan, showing us how she zooms in with an iphone.

我那90岁来自日本的奶奶,是这样放大iphone里的文字的……



When mom uses technology...

妈妈用高科技的时候,是酱紫的……



Grandma sent me this in the mail. Slowest picture message ever.

奶奶给我寄了张自拍照。这是我收到的最慢的图片信息……



I told him the computer was frozen. He's trying to unfreeze it with a blow dryer.

我告诉他电脑“冻住了”(死机了)。于是他拿出了吹风机给电脑“解冻”。




My grandma took her first selfie today. She's using the front camera to take a mirror selfie.

我奶奶今天拍了人生中第一张自拍照,她用前置摄像头拍下了镜子中的自己。



My dad said "Look, those TV models are pirates".

我爸爸:快看,那些电视模特是海盗耶!



My dad doesn't know how to text on his flip phone, so he always sends me multimedia messages.

我爸爸不知道怎么用他的翻盖手机发信息,于是乎,他总是给我发彩信……

“谁赢了?”(这不就是传说中的传纸条么,lol)



Mom asked why the computer was so slow. She has eleven toolbars.

我妈问我为啥电脑这么慢。她搞了11个工具栏……




My grandma called me over to fix her computer because "Everything moves backwards".

我奶奶打电话让我去修电脑,因为“啥啥都是反的”。



Mom tries to send me a pic of grandma's diapers so I can get some at the store. Somehow "The phone doesn't let me send pictures!" Two hours later I realize she made it her profile picture. Still hasn't noticed it.

妈妈想给我发一下外婆用的成人纸尿裤图片,好让我去商店买。可是“手机不让我发照片!”2个小时后,我意识到,她是把纸尿裤照片设成个人头像了。而且,她还没有注意到……



So my dad got his first camera phone today...

今天我爹拿到了他人生第一台拍照手机……

爸爸你真的在菜市场自拍吗……lol



My grandma got a new phone, my dad receives this.

我奶奶拿到了新手机,我爸收到下面这样的信息……

Hi Greg, please ring, not urgent, can not find space bar

嗨,Greg,给我打个电话,不急,我就是找不到空格键



My girlfriend's grandma thought the ipad was a cutting board.

我女朋友她奶奶,以为ipad是个菜板子。



So we got grandma a TV...

给奶奶买了个电视,结果奶奶说……



My grandma printed some photos from her phone.

我奶奶把手机里的照片都打印出来了……


你身边有这么可爱的老人家吗,你有什么教长辈使用科技产品的高招吗?和大家分享一下吧。


双语君(微信ID: Chinadaily_Mobile)最后要唠叨一下,小伙伴们有空一定要多陪陪家人,教教他们怎么正确使用高科技产品哦。


编辑:唐晓敏 左卓


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