Texting changes people as well.

发短信也会改变人。

Which is more important, texting or safety?

发短信和安全哪个更重要？

Her mother, however, thinks that texting seems cold.

但是，她妈妈认为用手机发短信似乎有点冷漠。

Texting saves us time, but it steals from quiet reflection.

发短信节省了我们的时间，但它打扰了我们安静的思考时间。

We should make texting while crossing the street illegally in more cities.

在更多的城市，我们应该让过马路时发短信成为违法行为。

People might get hurt from texting and walking if they're not paying attention.

如果人们不注意的话，他们可能会因为边走路边发短信而受伤。

Behind the texting explosion is a fundamental shift in how we view our mobile devices.

短信爆炸的背后是我们如何看待移动设备的根本转变。

A poll showed that half of medical technicians had admitted texting during a procedure.

一项民意调查显示，一半的医务人员承认在手术过程中发过短信。

Part of what's driving the texting surge among adults is the popularity of social media.

成年人间发短信数量激增的部分原因是社交媒体的流行。

Texting while driving was listed as a major cause of road deaths among young Americans back in 2013.

早在2013年，开车时发短信就已上榜成为导致美国年轻人因交通事故死亡的主要原因。

Evarts, a 20-year-old inventor, has come up with a novel solution that could easily put texting drivers on notice.

20岁的发明家埃瓦茨想出了一个新的解决方案，它可以让发短信的司机很容易注意到。

This suggests that texting allowed texters to present a self-image that differed from the one familiar to those who knew them well.

这表明，发短信可以让发短信的人呈现出与熟悉自己的人不同的自我形象。

When the lights come up at the end of the flick, call up a friend and loudly discuss how rude the guy texting throughout the entire movie was.

当电影结束，灯光亮起时，打电话给朋友，大声讨论那个家伙在看电影的整个过程都在发短信有多粗鲁。

Until students are able to resist the pull of social networking, texting, and endlessly surfing the web, they may continue to struggle in their classes.

除非学生能够抵挡住社交网络、短信以及无休止地浏览网页的吸引力，否则他们可能会继续在课上苦苦挣扎。

It involves the crude mechanics of writing, but in its economy, spontaneity and even vulgarity, texting is actually a new kind of talking, with its own kind of grammar and conventions.

它涉及粗略的写作技巧，但就其经济性、自发性甚至是庸俗性而言，发短信实际上是一种新型的谈话方式，具有自己的语法和惯例。

For anyone who doubts that the texting revolution is upon us, consider this: The average 13-to 17-year-old sends and receives 3,339 texts a month—more than 100 per day, according to the Nielsen Co.

如果有人对短信革命的到来表示怀疑，那就想想看：据尼尔森公司的数据，13至17岁的人平均每月收发3339条短信——每天超过100条。

Kids seem to be texting non-stop these days.

现在的孩子好像在不停地发短信。

A research showed that two-thirds of them believed watching TV or texting had no influence on their schoolwork.

一项研究显示，三分之二的人认为看电视或发短信聊天对他们的学业没有影响。

In another research, students who didn't text during a lesson took down a lot more notes than those who were texting.

在另一项研究中，上课时不发短信的学生比发短信的学生记的笔记要多得多。

What about texting while walking?

边走路边发短信呢？

Let's start with the bad news that Americans are terrible at technology skills, using email, naming the file on a computer, using the link on a webpage or just texting someone.

让我们从一些坏消息开始吧，美国人在科技技能上表现太差了，比如使用电子邮件，在电脑上给文件命名，用网页上的链接，或者发短信给某人。

He was texting on one mobile phone while his vehicle struck a car in the upstate Oxford town of Lockport.

他的车撞到牛津北部洛克波特镇上的一辆汽车时，他正在用一部手机发短信。

Neither provides two-way texting.

两家银行都没有提供双向短信确认服务。

TEXTING WITHOUT HANDS?

发短信无需用手？

Integrating Texting Into the Larger mix.

把短信整合到更大的活动中。

Am I too complacent about all the texting?

我是不是对短信问题太不在乎了？

Texting also is a relatively new phenomenon.

发短信本身就是一个相对比较新的现象。

Texting Still Popular, Usage increasing.

传简讯依然流行，使用越来越多了。

Texting while driving is the new drunk driving.

开车时发短信是一种新的醉酒驾车。

She's texting, too, and occasionally nodding off.

她发着短信，偶尔也打瞌睡。