There have been some recent?articles?about how the language of texting is damaging the English Language. Whether you agree or not with this view, the language of texting is here to stay. Most of us live through our smartphones and I have to say that even I, an English Language Trainer, use text language when sending SMSs.
最近有文章講短信體是如何破壞英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)言的。無(wú)論你是否贊同這個(gè)觀點(diǎn),短信體都存在。我們大部分人都生活在智能手機(jī)的世界里,即使是我這樣一個(gè)英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)言老師也會(huì)在發(fā)送短信時(shí)采用短信體。

I am in awe of young people today who can send texts in seconds. Of course, they have mastered the language of texting and I really need to learn from them. As an English Language Trainer, I cannot escape this reality so instead of fighting it, I thought that I’d dedicate this article to showing English Language Learners how to text in English.
我非常敬畏能在數(shù)秒鐘就發(fā)出短信的現(xiàn)代年輕人。當(dāng)然,他們已經(jīng)精通了短信語(yǔ)言,而我也要向他們學(xué)習(xí)。作為一個(gè)英語(yǔ)講師,我無(wú)法逃避這個(gè)現(xiàn)實(shí),所以我想與其無(wú)謂反抗我還不如花些時(shí)間寫篇文章告訴語(yǔ)言學(xué)習(xí)者如何用英文發(fā)短信。

Here are some common expressions:
下面是一些常用的表示方法:

All the best

ATB

Are

R

Are you OK?

RUOK

Be

B

Before

B4

Be right back

BRB

Be seeing you

BCNU

Boyfriend

BF

For, four

4

Forever

4EVER

Girlfriend

GF

Great

GR8

Have a great day

HAGD

Kiss

X

Late

L8

Later

L8R

Lots of Love

LOL

Laugh Out Loud

LOL

No One

NO1

Oh I see

OIC

Please

PLS

Please call me

PCM

See you

CU

Thanks

THX

Thank you

THNQ

Too, to, two

2

Today

2DAY

Tomorrow

2MORO

Very

v

What do you

WADU

Want to

WAN2

What

WOT

What you see is what you get

WUCIWUG

You

U

Your/You’re

UR

Let’s look at a text conversation:
讓我們來(lái)看一個(gè)短信對(duì)話:

A: Hi, RUOK? WOT U up 2?
嗨,你還好嗎?你在干嘛呢?

B: With BF. U?
跟男朋友一起。你呢?

A: 0. WAN2 meet L8R?
哦,待會(huì)見(jiàn)面不?

B: Sure. Where?
見(jiàn)唄。在哪?

A: Call u L8R.
待會(huì)打給你。

B: OK. C YA.
好的,待會(huì)兒見(jiàn)。

Can you work out what it means? This is a very simple conversation. There are far more complicated chats.
(如果不看翻譯)你知道什么意思嗎?這只是一個(gè)非常簡(jiǎn)單的對(duì)話。還有更多更復(fù)雜的聊天內(nèi)容。