The British love sending text messages. They(send)more than 2.5 billion messages every month. And most people now understand the language of text, with its numbers and missing letters. In fact, when a student at a Scottish school wrote the whole article "in txt", his/her teacher(give)him/her "C+4 f4t"("C+for effort").

    Although texting is a cheap way ofin touch with your friends, it can also bring problems. In 2005, a British teenager became the(one)person in the world to receive treatment for an addiction(沉)to text messaging. In one year, the nineteen-year-old spent about ￡4, 5005 texts.

    For some people, text messaging has (change)their lives. For example, James Trusler from Sussex in England travels around the world taking part in texting competitions and TV shows. He's the world's(fast)texter and recently set a new world record while he(appear)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."took him 67 seconds. James sends a lot of text messages-about 2, 500 a month. But he doesn't get big bills (because)he works for a large mobile phone company！