2024届高考英语读后续写：教奶奶用智能手机课件

Continuation Writing My great-grandmother Eileen is fierce, loyal and strong and a bit of a legend in her own lifetime, which now stretches to 92 years. I should add that we're not allowed to call her Gran, because she says it makes her feel old. That summer, I lost my job and felt hopeless. One day, I paid a visit to her. She picked up a box which she placed on the coffee table. "There you go," she said. "You do know what you're doing with these things, don't you?" It was a new phone. Her current mobile was pretty ancient. I was amazed it was still going. "Yes," I said. "Good. That's why I ask you. You young people know more about such things than us oldies. You can take it home with you and get it all set up," she went on. "Then, when you bring it back, you can show me how to use my new phone, such as getting on the internet, sending e-mails and so on." She smiled so sweetly that I felt a surge of love for her. I grabbed the box and stood up. Setting up the phone would be easy. It was teaching her how to use it that may prove challenging. The following day I headed back to my great-grandmother's with the phone. "Here's your phone. It's all ready to use." For the next hour, I was busy setting up her passcode and fingerprint recognition, which she said was like something out of James Bond. She chose a picture for her screen and it was all going so well until I tried to show her how to swipe (滑动屏幕) . "What do you mean, swipe?" she asked. She was 92, I reminded myself. This had been tiring for her. She pressed at the up arrow and got angry when nothing happened. When I finally got her to swipe, she didn't put the right amount of pressure on and the menu slipped away. After what seemed like hours, she threw the phone across the room and it landed on the sofa. "Take it away!" she howled. "I want my old phone back!" I picked up the phone and was about to leave to give her time to cool down when I realized I didn't want to go home when she was ang