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foldable phone / 折屏手机 / (zhépínɡ shǒujī)

A: My phone broke. I want to buy a new phone. Do you have any recommendations? 

我的手机摔坏了,我想从新买一个手机。你有推荐吗？

(wǒde shǒujī shuāi huàile, wǒxiǎnɡ cónɡxīn mǎi yīɡè shǒujī.nǐ yǒu tuījiàn ma?)

B: Have you seen the new foldable phone introduced to the market? They look really cool.   

你看市面上最新推出的折屏手机了吗？它们看起来很酷。

(nǐkàn shìmiànshànɡ zuìxīn tuīchū de zhépínɡ shǒujī le ma？tāmén kànqǐlái hěn kù.)

A: Mentioning foldable phones makes me think of the flip phones everyone was using at the beginning of the millennium.  

你一提到折屏手机,我就想到千禧年初期大街小巷都在用的折叠式手机。

(nǐ yītídào zhépínɡ shǒujī, wǒjiù xiǎnɡdào qiānxǐnián chūqī dàjiēxiǎoxiànɡ dōu zài yònɡ de zhédié shì shǒujī.)

B: Haha. The foldable phones are different now. 

哈哈。但现在的折屏手机已经很不一样了。

(hāhā.dàn xiànzàide zhépínɡ shǒujī yǐjīnɡ hěn bùyīyànɡ le.)

A: How? I thought they all look pretty much the same. 

哪里不一样呢？我觉得它们看起来都差不多呢。

(nǎlǐ bù yīyànɡ ne?wǒ juédé tāmén kànqǐlái dōu chàbùduō ne.)

B: The buttons on today's foldable phones are on a touch screen, and their functions are getting more and more like a laptop.  

现在折屏手机的按键是可触摸化,而且功能也越来越像笔记本电脑。

(xiànzài zhépínɡ shǒujī de ànjiàn shì kě chùmōhuà, érqiě ɡōnɡnénɡ yě yuèláiyuè xiànɡ bǐjìběn diànnǎo.)

A: Sounds cool. 

听起来很酷。

(tīnɡqǐlái hěnkù.)

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