24.Mobile phone is an amazing invention.People could finally speak to each other from one home to another.As a result,we could keep in touch with people almost anywhere in the world,(1)
it seems that many of us still prefer to communicate by text(短信).A study in the UK a few years ago found that 49% of teenagers preferred to send a text rather than(2)
to someone on the phone. Certainly sending a text message on WeChat(微信)means we can carefully(3)
about what we want to say,and we can be more efficient(高效的)in saying it - especially if we express ourselves (4)
using different emojis (表情符號).Besides,to have a quick communication,we can simply send a text!It can also be easier and much (5)
as long as you don't waste time having a very long discussion by text.Texting also helps to protect privacy.When (6)
are communicating by text in a public place such as on a bus,other people can't hear your conversation. But texting can't really help us to develop communication skills.When texting,we may even forget the art of communicating with others and no longer go out of our (7)
to sound polite sometimes.Besides,we may not be able to (8)
a text well if we have missed a speaker's intonation(語調(diào)).