当你想要一直保持接触，但觉得长距离通话会花很多钱，你想避免这时，文本和即时通讯允许你仅仅只要去问个机灵点的问题或者给个简单的问候“早上好”。

But text and instant messaging also allows you to stay in touch when, say, expensive long distance charges may otherwise prevent it or you just need to ask a quick question or give a simple.

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保持眼神交流，靠近，当你们的脸接近但没接触时停下，给另一方停下或更希望的是，靠近一点的机会。

Maintain eye contact, lean in and pause when your faces are close but not touching, to allow the other person space to escape or, hopefully, lean in too.

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但另一方面，很多人承认他们太沉迷于电脑而不愿与朋友和同事保持面对面接触。

But on the other hand, a good many people admit that they are too much addicted to computers to maintain face-to-face contact with their friends and colleagues.

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