在被调查者中，超过十分之七(71%)的人通过短信联系家人和朋友，31%的人使用社交网站，仅有27%的人目前将电子邮件作为他们的主要联系方式。

More than seven in ten (71 per cent) text their friends and family and 31 per cent use social networking sites while just 27 per cent now use email as their primary means of contact.

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诺瑟普努力工作并忍受了很多残酷的事情，但他一直在寻找机会逃离或联系他在纽约的家人和朋友。

Northup worked hard and endured much cruelty, but he was always looking for the chance to escape or contact his family and friends in New York.

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减少联系人：我清除了所有联系人，仅保留家人和一到两个朋友。

Reduced my contacts: I cleared out all my contacts, keeping only family and one or two friends.

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