上周我回爷爷家吃饭。
Shàng zhōu wǒ huí yéye jiā chī fàn.
Last week I went back to Grandpa's home for dinner.

The Old Camera
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上周我回爷爷家吃饭。
Shàng zhōu wǒ huí yéye jiā chī fàn.
Last week I went back to Grandpa's home for dinner.
爷爷给我看一个旧盒子。
Yéye gěi wǒ kàn yí gè jiù hézi.
Grandpa showed me an old box.
盒子里有一台旧相机。
Hézi lǐ yǒu yì tái jiù xiàngjī.
Inside the box was an old camera.
爷爷说它比他还要老。
Yéye shuō tā bǐ tā hái yào lǎo.
Grandpa said it was even older than him.
相机里还有一张老照片。
Xiàngjī lǐ hái yǒu yì zhāng lǎo zhàopiàn.
There was still an old photo in the camera.
照片上是一对年轻的夫妻。
Zhàopiàn shàng shì yí duì niánqīng de fūqī.
The photo showed a young couple.
爷爷说那是他和奶奶。
Yéye shuō nà shì tā hé nǎinai.
Grandpa said it was him and Grandma.
那时候照一张照片很难。
Nà shíhou zhào yì zhāng zhàopiàn hěn nán.
Back then, taking a photo was hard.
我用手机把照片拍了下来。
Wǒ yòng shǒujī bǎ zhàopiàn pāi le xiàlái.
I took a picture of the photo with my phone.
爷爷看着照片笑了很久。
Yéye kàn zhe zhàopiàn xiào le hěn jiǔ.
Grandpa looked at the photo and smiled for a long time.
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