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群里的消息太多了

The Group Chat Is Too Busy

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消息message
group chat
measure word for messages
关掉to turn off
重要important
老板boss
小美

我们公司的群,一天有几百条消息,太多了!

Our company's group chat gets hundreds of messages a day, it's too much!

大明

对,这个群的消息真的很多,一天有几百条,我每天都看不完。

Right, this group really has a lot of messages, hundreds a day, I can never finish reading them.

小美

我也是。群里的消息太多,重要的消息也看不到。

Same here. There are too many messages in the group, so I can't even find the important ones.

大明

所以我关掉了这个群的消息。

So I turned off notifications for this group's messages.

小美

你关掉消息了?那老板在群里说的重要事情,你怎么知道?

You turned it off? Then how do you know about important things the boss says in the group?

大明

如果老板有重要的事情,他会打电话告诉我,不会在群里写消息。

If the boss has something important, he'll call and tell me, he won't just write it as a message in the group.

小美

那也好。但是我还是想看群里的消息,因为我觉得可能有重要的事情。

That's fair. But I still want to look at the group's messages, because I think there might be something important.

大明

你可以看老板的消息,这个群的消息,不看也可以。

You can look at the boss's messages. As for this group's messages, it's fine not to look.

小美

好,我懂了。但是这个群一天有几百条消息,关掉了,我还是想每天看看。

Okay, I get it. But this group gets hundreds of messages a day, so even after turning it off, I still want to check it every day.

大明

你可以关掉群的消息,但是每天看一次,也能知道重要的事情。

You can turn off the group's messages, but check it once a day, and you'll still know the important things.

小美

好,我也关掉消息,每天看一次。

Okay, I'll turn off the messages too, and check once a day.

大明

太好了!我们都能少看手机,多休息。

Great! We can both look at our phones less, and rest more.

看懂了吗 · Check yourself

How many messages does the work group chat get in a day, according to Xiao Mei?

几百条消息

What does Da Ming do about the group's messages?

关掉了这个群的消息

What is Xiao Mei worried she might miss?

重要的事情

What compromise do the two of them agree on?

每天看一次

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