The British love sending text messages. They send more than 2.5 billion messages every month. And most people now (理解) the language of text, with its numbers and missing letters. In fact, when a student at a Scottish school wrote the(整个的) article "in txt", his/her teacher gave him/her "C+4 f4t" ("C+for effort"). Although texting is a cheap way of k in touch with your friends, it can also bring problems.
In 2005, a British teenager became the first person in the world to (接受) treatment for an addiction (沉迷) to text messaging. In one year, the nineteen-year-old s about ￡4, 5005 on texts. For some people, text messaging has changed their l . For example, James Trusler from England travels around the world taking part in texting (比赛) and TV shows. He is the world's fastest texter and (近来）set a new world record while he was appearing on Australian TV. He texted, "The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serraslmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack humans." It only took him 67 s . James sends a lot of text messages -- a 2, 500 a month. But he doesn't get big bills because he works for a large mobile phone company！
