Phones and the Internet: a Chinese text with translation
A phone makes life easier, but late-night gaming hurt the narrator's sleep, so he came up with a rule. HSK 3, 12 sentences, 191 characters. Tap a line to see the translation, tap the icon to hear it.
手机和上网 shǒujī hé shàngwǎng
Translation
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These days I can't live without my phone.
In the morning after I get up, the first thing I do is read the news on my phone.
On the subway, I use my phone to listen to music or read e-books.
At work, I get dozens of emails every day.
Shopping, ordering takeout, getting a taxi: you can do it all online.
I also often send photos to my mom and dad, who live in another city.
Phones are very convenient, but they have their downsides too.
For a while, I played games every night until very late.
The next day at work, my eyes hurt and my head hurt too.
Then I made a rule for myself: turn off my phone after eleven at night.
On weekends I leave my phone at home and go cycling in the park.
Now I sleep better, and I have more time to read and see friends.
HSK 3 words in this text
- 生活shēnghuólife; live
- 以后yǐhòuafter; later
- 先xiānfirst
- 新闻xīnwénnews
- 用yònguse
- 音乐yīnyuèmusic
- 或者huòzhěor
- 电子书diànzǐshūe-book
- 收shōureceive, accept
- 封fēngmeasure word (letters)
- 邮件yóujiànemail
- 外卖wàimàitakeout, delivery
- 还háireturn (give back)
- 常常chángchángoften, frequently
- 外地wàidìanother city, out-of-town
- 发fāsend; issue
- 照片zhàopiànphoto
- 方便fāngbiànconvenient
- 段duànsection, paragraph (measure word)
- 游戏yóuxìgame
- 后来hòuláilater, afterwards
- 要求yāoqiúdemand; requirement
- 关机guānjīturn off (phone)
- 周末zhōumòweekend
- 把bǎ"take and…" preposition; measure word
- 放fàngput, place
- 公园gōngyuánpark
- 骑qíride (a bike, a horse)
- 自行车zìxíngchēbicycle
- 得deget, receive
- 更gèngeven more
Questions on the text
What does the narrator do on the subway?
He listens to music or reads e-books.
Why did his eyes and head hurt?
He played games until late at night.
What rule did he make for himself?
Turn off his phone after eleven at night.
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