Grandma's smartphone

The lesson’s vocabulary

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• 清楚
  qīngchu

  clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly

• 自从
  zìcóng

  since (a time); ever since

• 微信
  wēixìn

  WeChat message; WeChat account

• 视频
  shìpín

  video

• 发
  fā

  to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue

• 连
  lián

  to link; to join; to connect

• 简单
  jiǎndān

  simple; not complicated

• 方便
  fāngbiàn

  convenient; suitable; having money to spare

• 声音
  shēngyīn

  sound; voice

• 着急
  zháojí

  to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency

• 网
  wǎng

  net; web; network

• 试
  shì

  to test; to try; experiment

• 存
  cún

  to exist; to deposit; to store

• 照片
  zhàopiàn

  photograph

• 电脑
  diànnǎo

  computer

• 随时
  suíshí

  at any time; at all times; at the right time

• 后来
  hòulái

  afterwards; later; newly arrived

• 软件
  ruǎnjiàn

  software

• 下载
  xiàzài

  to download

• 密码
  mìmǎ

  cipher; secret code; password

• 充电
  chōngdiàn

  to recharge (a battery)

• 上网
  shàngwǎng

  to go online; to connect to the Internet

• 信息
  xìnxī

  information; news

• 使用
  shǐyòng

  to use; to employ; to apply

• 技术
  jìshù

  technology; technique

• 短信
  duǎnxìn

  text message; SMS

• 屏幕
  píngmù

  screen (TV, computer or movie)

• 重
  zhòng

  heavy; serious; to attach importance to

• 满
  mǎn

  full; filled; packed

The lesson’s grammar

• Potential complement (1): V + 得/不 + result

  Verb + 得 / 不 + result or direction complement

• Potential complement (2): 了 (liǎo), 动, 下

  V + 得/不 + 了 (liǎo) ｜ V + 得/不 + 动 ｜ V + 得/不 + 下

• Figurative 起来: starting, seeming, recalling

  V/Adj + 起来 ｜ V + 起来 + 很… ｜ 想起来

• Ever since: 自从……(以来/以后)

  自从 + time / event + (以来 / 以后)，…

• Even…: 连……都 / 也

  (Subject) + 连 + extreme case + 都 / 也 + Verb