Other choices, in descending order of personalization, are: a real-time phone call, a voice-mail message, a handwritten note, a typewritten letter, and the most unfriendly is email.

按照私人化程度降序排列，其他选择有：实时电话、语音邮件、手写便条、机打信件，而最不友好的是电子邮件。

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If one of your friends sends you a message to borrow money on the Internet, you'd better phone him directly first to make sure of that.

如果你的一个朋友在网上给你发信息借钱，你最好先直接给他打电话确认一下。

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One of the telltale signs of rudeness is made by someone who does not respond after a reasonable length of time to a phone message awaiting a reply.

粗蛮无礼的一个迹象征兆是，有人不在合理的时间里回应等待回复的电话留言。

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The proposals to be brought forward would address the fact the police - who can already tell when, where and who made a mobile phone call or sent a text message - cannot always trace the origin of an email, a message sent via instant messaging or a phone call made over the internet.

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The fear of rejection when someone doesn't answer a Facebook message lacks the impact of an ignored phone call, according to Wallace.

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Consumers like to interact with companies through the contact channel of their choice, be it over the phone or text message or e-mail.

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