雅思口语Part1: text message

 text sb. 给某人发信息

Mm-hmm, just a second,  I'm texting a friend…额，稍等一下，我在给一个朋友发消息。

too busy texting to talk 忙于发信息，没空说话

Ah, has this ever happened you? Someone too busy texting to talk.噢，你身上发生过这种情况吗？某个人忙于发信息，没空跟你说话。

（注意在口语中，常常不说完整的句子，说一些关键词就行，有时候不说主语，有时候谓语都省略了，写作不行哈）

communicate by text  信息交流

have become increasingly common 越来越常见

With the huge rise of mobile phones in recent decades, communicating by text has become more and more popular and scenes like this have become increasingly common. 近几十年间，随着手机的数量急剧上升，信息交流变得越来越流行，忙于回消息不说话的情形越来越常见。

choose to text, instead of talk 选择跟给别人发消息，而不是直接交谈

Why do people often choose to text, instead of talk to the people in their lives?人们在生活在为何会经常选择跟给别人发消息，而不是直接交谈?

this popular form of communication 这种流行的交流方式

is changing how we interact with each other 改变我们彼此之间的交流方式

We'll be asking whether this popular form of communication is changing how we interact with each other.我们会问到，这种流行的交流方式是否会改变我们彼此之间的交流方式。

the biggest users of mobile phones 是手机使用人数最多的群体

be in the same room 即使他们在同一个房间里

Young people are often the biggest users of mobile phones, they would prefer to send a text rather than speak to someone, even if they were in the same room? 年轻人往往是手机使用人数最多的群体,比起与他人交谈，他们更喜欢发消息，即使他们在同一个房间里。

sounds pretty shocking 听起来太令人震惊了

That sounds pretty shocking! 听起来太令人震惊了！

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