It's considered pretty informal to text message someone.

给别人发短信的确感觉很不正式。

In one study, girls average 80 text messages a day, and boys average 30.

在一项研究中，女孩平均每天发80条短信，男孩平均每天发30条短信。

For example, suppose you are answering a friend's text message.

例如，假设你正在回复一位朋友的短信。

Phone goes mad: missed calls, Slack messages, texts.

全是未接来电、Slack消息以及短信。

They feed your flame, look at your last five text messages.

他们助长了你的火焰，看看你手机上的最后五则讯息。

Oh, wait a second. I've got a text message from my husband.

哦，等等。我刚收到了我丈夫发来的短信。

Yeah, I can see what he means. It's considered pretty informal to text message someone.

嗯，我能理解他。给别人发短信的确感觉很不正式。

Some people, we sent a text message as if it came from their kids.

有些人，我们给他们发仿佛是他们的孩子发来的消息。

Yeah, that's right. If no one sends me text messages, I'll go crazy.

对。如果没人给我发短信，我肯定受不了。

Rodong Shinmun, the government mouthpiece, sends out text messages that relay the latest news to phone subscribers.

朝鲜政府的喉舌《劳动新闻》报就通过短信的方式向手机订阅用户发送每日新闻。

It's not okay to communicate some text message outside business hours, specifically if they are business related.

在工作时间之外发短信是不合适的，尤其是与业务有关的短信。

I'll feel uncomfortable if no one calls me or sends me text messages, like there is something missing.

我也遇到过这种情况。如果没有人给我打电话，发短信，我会觉得不舒服，跟少了点什么的。

It turns out that humans tend to perceive those text message as if it's someone knocking at their doorsteps.

事实证明，人类倾向于将这些短信视为有人敲门。

Oh! Excuse me. I'm getting a text message completely unrelated to this magic trick. Oh, look, my dry cleaning's ready.

抱歉 我刚收到一则跟这魔术没半点关系的短信 我的衣服干洗完了。

At five, my mobile phone signalled a text message.

五点钟，我的手机发来一条短信。

It was barely even a text message.

连短信都算不上。

And then just before midnight, I received this text message from Caitlin.

然后就在午夜之前，我收到了凯特琳发来的这条短信。

They can also send a text message with their phones to vote.

他们还可以用手机发送短信进行投票。

He frowned as he quickly read the text message.

他皱起眉头，飞快地看完了短信。

Jealousy can lead to controlling behaviour, like checking your partner's text messages or monitoring who they see, behaviour which damages relationships.

嫉妒会导致控制行为，比如查看伴侣的短信或监视同他们碰面的人，这些行为会破坏关系。