阅读理解Canyouunderstandthebeginningofthisessay?“MysmmrholswrCWOT．B4weusd2go2NY2CmybrohisGf&3kdsFTF．”TheScottishteacherwhoreceivedit

　　阅读理解

　　Canyouunderstandthebeginningofthisessay?

　　“MysmmrholswrCWOT．B4weusd2go2NY2CmybrohisGf&3kdsFTF．”

　　TheScottishteacherwhoreceiveditinclasshadnoideawhatthegirlwhowroteitmeant．TheessaywaswritteninaformofEnglishusedincellphonetextmessages．Textmessages(alsocalledSMS)throughcellphonesbecameverypopularinthelate1990s．Atfirstmobilephonecompaniesthoughtthattextmeasuringwouldbeagoodwaytomessagestocustomersbutcustomersquicklybegantousethetextmessagingservicetosendmessagestoeachother．Teenagersinparticularenjoyedusingtextmessagingandtheybegantocreateanewlanguageformessagescalled“texting．”

　　Atextmessageislimitedto160charactersincludinglettersspacesandnumberssomessagesmustbekeptshort．Inadditiontypingonthesmallkeypadofacellphoneisdifficultsoit’scommontomakewordsshorter．Intextingasingleletterornumbercanrepresentawordlike“r”for“are”“u”for“you”and“2”for“to”．Severalletterscanalsorepresentaphraselike“lol”for“laughingoutloud”．Anothercharacteristicoftextingistheleavingoutoflettersinawordlikespelling“please”as“pls”．

　　Someparentsandteachersworrythattextingwillmakechildrenbadspellersandbadwriters．Thestudentswhowrotetheessayatthetopofthispagesaidwritingthatwaywasmorecomfortableforher．(Theessaysaid“Mysummerholidayswereacompletewasteoftime．BeforeweusedtogotoNewYorktoseemybrotherhisgirlfriendandtheirthreekidsfacetoface．”)

　　Noteveryoneagreesthattextingisabadthing．SomeexpertssaylanguagesalwaysdevelopandthisisjustanotherwayinwhichEnglishischanging．Otherpeoplebelievetextingwilldisappearsoon．Newtechnologyforvoicemessagesmaysoonmaketextmessagesathingofthepast．

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　　Whatisthewriter’sopinionoftextmessaging?

　　[]A．

　　Thewriterdo