Soon I got messages from colleagues reporting on a jarring change in Zell's tone and demeanour.

不久，我就从同事们那边了解到一些消息，是关于对泽尔办事风格与态度发生不太和谐的改变有关的报道。

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Meanwhile companies are reporting a huge growth in the use of text messaging - 200 million messages were sent on the Orange network alone in March.

BBC: Children using mobile phones