4StoryEveryday life2 min
Grandpa’s New Phone
A seventy-eight-year-old, a phone he does not want and a grandchild who will not give up.
A family story. 不但……而且…… adds a second, bigger point to a first one. Watch also for 看不清楚 and 记不住: verb + 不 + result says what somebody cannot manage.
我爷爷今年七十八岁。以前他用一个很旧的手机，只能打电话、发短信。去年春节，我给他买了一个新手机。
刚开始的时候，爷爷觉得新手机太复杂了。屏幕上的字太小，他看不清楚；要点的地方太多，他记不住。他说：“这东西是给年轻人用的，不是给我用的。”
我没有放弃。每个周末，我都教他一件事：先教他把字变大，再教他视频通话，后来又教他用手机付钱。我还把每件事怎么做都写在一张纸上，贴在冰箱上，让他忘记的时候可以看。
三个月以后，爷爷不但学会了，而且比我用得还多。他每天早上在家人群里发一张花的照片，还常常跟在外地的老朋友视频通话。
有一天，他给我打电话，很得意地说：“你看，我现在也是年轻人了！”
我爷爷今年七十八岁。他以前的手机很旧，只能打电话、发短信。去年春节，我给他买了一个新手机。
开始的时候，爷爷觉得新手机太难了。字太小，他看不清楚。要记的东西太多，他记不住。
我每个周末都教他一件事。我把每件事怎么做都写在一张纸上，贴在冰箱上。
三个月以后，爷爷都学会了。他每天早上在家人群里发一张花的照片，也常常和老朋友视频通话。
有一天，他很高兴地对我说：“我现在也是年轻人了！”
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不但学会了，而且
不但……而且……: “not only …, but also …” — he learned it, and he even uses it more than the narrator. Not only … but also: búdàn … érqiě →
看不清楚 · 记不住
Verb + 不 + result: 看不清楚 (cannot see clearly), 记不住 (cannot remember). Can or cannot: potential complements →
比我用得还多
比我用得还多: with 还, the comparison becomes “even more than me”. Comparing with bǐ →
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Comprehension questions
4 questions on the text. With each answer the sentence it comes from appears — a question whose answer you cannot find in the text tests nothing.
1. What could Grandpa’s old phone do?
Look at the first paragraph.
Look for 只能.
只能打电话、发短信
2. Why did Grandpa find the new phone difficult at first?
Read the second paragraph.
Look for 看不清楚 and 记不住.
屏幕上的字太小，他看不清楚
3. What did the narrator put on the fridge?
Look at the third paragraph.
Look for 冰箱.
写在一张纸上，贴在冰箱上
4. What does Grandpa do every morning now?
Read the fourth paragraph.
Look for 每天早上.
每天早上在家人群里发一张花的照片