The participants on the Digital Inclusion Day really benefited.

数码共融日的参与者确实获益匪浅。

The majority were in their seventies, though some were younger and a few were even in their nineties!

大多数人都70多岁了，虽然有些人年轻些，而有些人甚至已经90多岁了!

Quite a few owned both a computer and a mobile phone, but these tended to be outdated models.

不少人同时拥有电脑和手机，但这些都是过时的款式。

They generally knew how to do simple things, like send texts, but weren't aware of recent developments in mobile phone technology.

他们一般都知道如何做简单的事情，比如发短信，但不知道手机技术的最新发展。

A few were keen to learn but most were quite dismissive at first - they couldn't see the point of updating their skills.

一些人热衷于学习，但大多数人一开始都很不屑——他们看不到更新技能的意义。

But that soon changed.

但这种情况很快就改变了。

The feedback was very positive.

这个活动有非常积极的反响。

The really encouraging thing was that participants all said they felt much more confident about using social media to keep in touch with their grandchildren, who prefer this form of communication to phoning or sending emails.

真正令人鼓舞的是，所有参与者都表示，他们更有信心使用社交媒体与孙辈保持联系了，孙辈更喜欢这种沟通方式，而不是打电话或发电子邮件。

A lot of them also said playing online games would help them make new friends and keep their brains active.

许多人还说玩网络游戏可以帮助他们结交新朋友，保持大脑活跃。

They weren't that impressed with being able to order their groceries online, as they liked going out to the shops, but some said it would come in handy if they were ill or the weather was really bad.

他们对能够在网上订购食品并不感兴趣， 因为他们喜欢去商店，但一些人表示，如果他们生病了，或者天气真的很糟糕，网上购物就会派上用场。

One thing they asked about was using tablets for things like reading newspapers - some people had been given tablets as presents but had never used them, so that's something we'll make sure we include this time ...

他们问的一件事是使用平板电脑来阅读报纸——有些人收到平板电脑作为礼物，但从未使用过，所以这次我们一定要把这一点包括进去……