A:Some people are always closing their handsets, so it's difficult to inform them.
有些人的手机老是不开,想告诉他们的事总是无法传达。
B:Why not send them short messages?
那就给他们发短信好了。
A:Can short messages reach them?
短信就能收到?
B:Short messages will be kept in the short messages center. Once they open the handsets they will receive them, which is better than you can't find them.
短信要在短讯中心保留,只要他们一开机就可以收到,这总比找不到他们好吧。
A:Why haven't I thought of this skill?
我还真没想到这一招。
B:I use short messages quite a lot. If it's not too complicated I will send a short message, which can save much phone charge.
现在我用短信用得特别多,一些不是太复杂的事情,我都用短信告知,这样可以省去很多话费。
A:I am informed that many people used short messages to pay a New Year call, and only on the Spring Festival it amounted to 1 billion this year, didn't it?
我听说今年用短信拜年的特别多,仅春节那一大就有10亿条,是吧?
B:I almost can't live without messages, from which I learn about weather forecasts and stock quotations.
我觉得我现在都离不开短信了,每天的天气预报、股市行情都靠它。