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。