现在的孩子好像在不停地发短信。

Kids seem to be texting non-stop these days.

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经济与短信的流行有很大关系。

Economics has much to do with texting's popularity.

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你用拇指发短信的速度快吗？

Are you fast at writing the messages with your thumb?

youdao

That sense, I suspect even in writing a text message, that one would have.

我认为，甚至在发短信,的过程中，我们都能感受这种力量的存在。

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I think, I think that's, that's fantastic, even if they're texting or, or face to face.

我认为那是很好的，不论即使他们是发短信或者面对面的交流。

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But, from this moment forth, cell phone goes off, you're out. You leave the room, OK? And, Lord help you if a cell phone goes off during an exam because those things have text messaging capabilities.

但是，从这一刻开始，手机响的话，你们就出去，你们就离开教室，好吗，上帝保佑你的手机不要在考试期间响起,因为它们有发短信的功能。

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