上个星期一的早上,我一边下楼梯一边看手机。
Shàng gè xīngqī yī de zǎoshang, wǒ yìbiān xià lóutī yìbiān kàn shǒujī.
On Monday morning I was looking at my phone while walking down the stairs.

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上个星期一的早上,我一边下楼梯一边看手机。
Shàng gè xīngqī yī de zǎoshang, wǒ yìbiān xià lóutī yìbiān kàn shǒujī.
On Monday morning I was looking at my phone while walking down the stairs.
脚下一滑,手机从手里飞了出去。
Jiǎo xià yì huá, shǒujī cóng shǒu lǐ fēi le chūqù.
My foot slipped, and the phone flew out of my hand.
它掉在台阶上,屏幕马上碎了。
Tā diào zài táijiē shàng, píngmù mǎshàng suì le.
It hit the steps and the screen cracked at once.
破的地方像花一样,从中间开到边上。
Pò de dìfang xiàng huā yíyàng, cóngzhōng jiān kāi dào biān shàng.
The broken part looked like a flower opening from the middle to the edges.
我站在那里,心里很难过。
Wǒ zhàn zài nàlǐ, xīnlǐ hěn nánguò.
I stood there feeling really sad.
这部手机我用了三年,照片没有保存到别的地方。
Zhè bù shǒujī wǒ yòng le sān nián, zhàopiàn méiyǒu bǎocún dào biéde dìfang.
I had used this phone for three years, and the photos in it were not saved anywhere else.
还好手机还能用,就是屏幕看起来很伤心。
Hái hǎo shǒujī hái néng yòng, jiùshì píngmù kàn qǐlái hěn shāngxīn.
Luckily the phone still worked, only the screen looked heartbreaking.
那几天,我用手机的时候特别小心。
Nà jǐ tiān, wǒ yòng shǒujī de shíhou tèbié xiǎoxīn.
For those days I used my phone with great care.
有一次,碎玻璃还是把我的手指划了一下。
Yǒu yí cì, suì bōli háishi bǎ wǒ de shǒuzhǐ huá le yíxià.
Once, the broken glass still gave my finger a small cut.
伤不大,我却下定了决心。
Shāng bú dà, wǒ què xià dìng le juéxīn.
The cut was small, but I finally made up my mind.
星期五下班,我去了公司后面的一家修理店。
Xīngqī wǔ xiàbān, wǒ qù le gōngsī hòumiàn de yì jiā xiūlǐ diàn.
After work on Friday I went to a repair shop behind my office.
店里只有一位师傅,正在给一部旧手机换电池。
Diàn lǐ zhǐyǒu yí wèi shīfu, zhèngzài gěi yí bù jiù shǒujī huàn diànchí.
There was only one repairman in the shop, changing the battery of an old phone.
他看了看我的屏幕,说一个小时就能修好。
Tā kàn le kàn wǒ de píngmù, shuō yí gè xiǎoshí jiù néng xiū hǎo.
He looked at my screen and said it could be fixed in an hour.
我问多少钱,他说了一个数,比我想的少一半。
Wǒ wèn duōshao qián, tā shuō le yí gè shù, bǐ wǒ xiǎng de shǎo yíbàn.
I asked the price, and the number he said was half of what I expected.
我坐着等,看他的一双手很快地动来动去。
Wǒ zuò zhe děng, kàn tā de yì shuāng shǒu hěn kuài de dòng lái dòng qù.
I sat waiting and watched his two hands move quickly.
墙上贴着很多纸条,都是顾客写的谢谢。
Qiáng shàng tiē zhe hěn duō zhǐ tiáo, dōu shì gùkè xiě de xièxie.
Many notes were stuck on the wall, all saying thank you from customers.
师傅一边修一边跟我说话。
Shīfu yìbiān xiū yìbiān gēn wǒ shuōhuà.
The repairman talked with me while he worked.
他说,来修屏幕的人,一半都是走路看手机摔的。
Tā shuō, lái xiū píngmù de rén, yíbàn dōu shì zǒulù kàn shǒujī shuāi de.
He said half of the people who came to fix screens had dropped them while looking at phones while walking.
新屏幕很亮,手机像新的一样。
Xīn píngmù hěn liàng, shǒujī xiàng xīn de yíyàng.
The new screen was bright, and the phone looked new again.
我付了钱,又把照片都保存好了。
Wǒ fù le qián, yòu bǎ zhàopiàn dōu bǎocún hǎo le.
I paid and also got all my photos saved properly.
出了修理店,我把它放进了包里。
Chū le xiūlǐ diàn, wǒ bǎ tā fàng jìn le bāo lǐ.
Walking out of the repair shop, I put it into my bag.
现在走路的时候,我就好好走路。
Xiànzài zǒulù de shíhou, wǒ jiù hǎohǎo zǒulù.
Now when I walk, I just walk.
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