Alice has found that text messaging has other advantages too. "If there is a guy I like, I find it easier to send text messages initially rather than phone him up," she said.

爱丽丝发现发信息也有其它好处。我想如果有一个伙伴，我发现首先发短信交流要比打电话简单得多。

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Take my father for instance, he received a lot of people when the message is issued to him, and soon learned to send text messages.

就拿我爸爸来说吧，他在接到很多人发给他短信之时，很快学会了发短信。

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That allowed him to send text messages, bypassing the local media which are cosily tied to the established parties.

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Obama reached a compromise with his security detail, Gibbs said, that will allow him to send text messages to his senior staff and a small group of close friends.

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