Your cell phone

In England people say ‘mobile phone’, in America they say ‘cell phone’.

What things do you do with your cell phone?

Take pictures. I like to take pictures of friends. I want to take a picture of the flowers. Image courtesy of tuelekza at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Write four sentences. Two sentences with ‘take pictures of’. Two sentences with ‘take a picture of’.

Read. I like to read. Don’t say ‘I like to read books.’ Image courtesy of nenetus at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Use the internet I like to surf the internet. No purpose I often look things up on the internet. Images courtesy of Stuart Miles, Just2shutter at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Watch TV He likes to watch TV. Don’t say ‘He likes to watch TV programs.’ Image by imagerymajestic at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Watch movies Image courtesy of marcolm at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

What’s different between ‘watch a movie’ and ‘see a movie’?

Let’s go see a movie. ‘See a movie’ is to go to the movie theater to see a movie. Image courtesy of Salvatore Vuono at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Let’s watch a movie. ‘Watch a movie’ is not at the movie theater. It’s on your computer, cell phone, TV, tablet, etc. Image by imagerymajestic at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

You contact people. I’ll contact you. (NOT ‘I’ll connect with you.’) Contact me later.

发短信 (NOT ‘send a message’) Image by artur84 at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

I’ll text you. I’ll send you a text. (NOT ‘I’ll send you a message.’) Text me later. I’ll text you her phone number. Can you text me the answer?

What do you say if you want to send a message on QQ?

‘I’ll QQ you.’ What do you say if you want to send a message on Wechat?

‘I’ll Wechat you.’

没电了 It’s dead. ( 不是 ‘ 死机了 ’ 的意思 ) My phone is dead. Image by tiramisustudio at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

我要充电。 I have to charge it. I have to recharge it. Image by blackzheep at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Portable Charger

我要充话费。 I have to put money on my phone. Image by Stuart Miles at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

自拍 Take a selfie. How often do you take a selfie? Image by patrisyu at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

A selfie stick Image courtesy of blackzheep at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Think of and write down seven disadvantages of a cell phone.