The methods of communication used during the war were primitive by today's standards.

按今天的标准，大战时期使用的通讯方法非常简陋。

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As methods of communication, they are an age apart.

之所以选择不同的联系方法，大概是因为他们的年龄差距吧。

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The invention of the telephone blew away all other methods of communication.

电话的发明超越了其他所有通信手段。

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in the new methods of communication that you are opening up.

也要在你所展开的对话的新方法中发现乐趣。

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Apparently, all of the above were considered military-grade, mission-critical methods of communication 100 years ago.

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Since it's built directly into the OS and has integrated nearly all of my preferred methods of communication, I can catch up on emails, texts and tweet mentions without exiting to different apps.

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