With a text message: text messages only take a few minutes to send, so if you don't text your partner often, why not send them a text message?

短信：发个短信只需要短短几秒钟，如果你不常给你的爱人发短信，为什么不试一下呢？

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Only 40% of Japanese send text messages, while two-thirds of Americans and 82% of Europeans engage in short message service, or SMS.

只有40%的日本人会给别人发短信，与此同时，三分之二的美国人和82%的欧洲人都在使用短信功能。

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If the project works, the system will not only automatically deal with leaks but also schedule work crews and send text messages to affected customers.

如果该项目顺利完工，供水系统不仅能够自动处理自来水的跑冒故障，也使工作人员能够有条不紊的按计划进行工作，并及时发送短信通知受到影响的客户。

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There are 4.5 billion mobile phones in the developing world, according to data compiled by USAID, and many of them are "feature phones" -- not-so-smart devices that only make calls and send text messages.

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Never mind that the ballots were cast for contestants in a televised singing competition, and that only those with the means to send text messages by mobile phone could take part.

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