換手機？找好時機！Should I get a new smartphone?
什麼時候應該換手機?how do you know when to change phones?
全球有很高比例的人口都使用智慧型手機；儼然已是日常生活相當重要的一部分，而且現在很多人還都很依賴手機。
因此，什麼時候應該更新手機的這個問題非常普遍。
納森和珍妮已經結婚五年，兩個人都用智慧型手機。
納森想換支新手機；珍妮則不那麼確定。
納森：這文章說更換智慧型手機的平均時間大約是兩年。
珍妮：然後，你告訴我這個 是因為？
納森：嗯，我的手機用了差不多那麼久了；所以，我在想是時候該買支新的了。
珍妮：為什麼？ 你手機有什麼問題嗎？
我們是同時間買的，記得嗎？我不覺得有必要換新機。
納森：我覺得如果更新升級手機，我的工作成效會更好。
珍妮：是嗎？怎麼說？
納森：新手機能使溝通更容易，而且運作更快。
珍妮：我知道你比較常用手機工作。但你確定需要換一支新的？新手機真的功能更好嗎？通常還不都只是尺寸、顏色或其他小功能不一樣而已。
Should I Get a New Smartphone?
How do you know when to change phones?
A high percentage of people use smartphones around the world.
They are a big part of daily life, and many people are now dependent on them.
So the question of when to update one's phone is very common.
Nathan and Jenny have been married five years and both have smartphones.
Nathan wants a new one, whereas Jenny is not so sure.
This article says that the average time for replacing a smartphone is about two years.
And you're telling me this because ...?
Well, I've had mine about that long.
Should I Get a New Smartphone?
How do you know when to change phones?
A high percentage of people use smartphones around the world.
They are a big part of daily life, and many people are now dependent on them.
So the question of when to update one's phone is very common.
So I'm thinking it is about time to get a new phone.
Why? Is something wrong with it? We got ours at the same time, remember?
I don't feel the need to get a new one yet.
I think I'd be more productive for work if I updated my phone.
Really? How so?
It would make communication easier, and a new phone would be faster.
I know you are using your phone for work more. But are you sure you need a new one? Do the new ones really function better?
Often a new model just means a new size, color or some other small feature.
whereas （連接詞）儘管；但是
Even though they are sisters, Lydia is very helpful, whereas Jenny is very selfish. 樂於助人
The bread at Lunds is expensive, whereas the same bread at Cuh is not.
Nora finds geometry easy to understand, whereas she finds algebra quite difficult. 幾何學 代數
（to）replace更換；代替
How often do you replace your toothbrush?
The coach replaced Adam as team captain after he found out he had gotten into a fight.陷入打架糾紛
replace把…放回原處
After she had finished reading it, Sabrina replaced the book in her father’s bookcase.
hard-and-fast rule定義清楚、不可改變(嚴格)、且可做得到的規則或規定；硬性規定
doesn’t depend on anybody or any other circumstances
flip phone vs. slide phone vs. rotary phone
not so sure= not convince yet
and you’re telling me this because…?
What are you getting at?
A way of saying, ”can you please be a little more direct with me about what you’re thinking?”
It’s about time……
To be on call
If a Doctor or nurse is on call, that means they are available if needed during that time.
Pastor牧師
A repairman or repair person being on call
Sorry, I’m on a call right now. 抱歉，我正在電話上
productive 富有成效的；富饒的
I am one of the many people who are more productive in the morning than in the afternoon. 上午的生產力比下午更高
The company chairperson felt that the meeting was very productive and made a lot of decisions based on what had been discussed. 覺得會議非常有成效 做了很多決議
If you plant crops on a piece of protperty every other year, the land will be more productive. 每兩年在一塊土地上播種 該土地就會更富饒
communication 溝通；通訊
We need to improve the communication in our organization if we want people to reamin. 若要留下員工 改善組織溝通
Sam’s only menas of communication when he was hiking in the mountains was a satellite phone.
communicate（n.）
Please communicate directly with me regarding your needs. 有甚麼需要請直接與我溝通
to feel the need to ＋（v）
you think that it’s necessary, you think that you should do it
I’m hard on my phone.
I treat devices that I have kind of roughly. I drop my phone a lot. I take it with me everywhere. Sometimes I let my kids play with it.
I’m very hard on devices.
How so?= in what way?
