【正确答案】正确答案： At present, there is no doubt that text messages are getting increasingly popular and playing an increasingly important role in our life. We are all aware that, like everything else, text messages have both favorable and unfavorable aspects. But in my view, the favorable aspects far outweigh the unfavorable aspects and they are a real blessing. Generally speaking, the favorable aspects can be listed as follows. To begin with, in festivals, we can send text messages to wish good luck to relatives, friends, as well as some acquaintances, which promote understanding and friendship. In addition, text message enables the users to be kept informed of the outside world. We can subscribe to weather forecast, news and even some reminding services, with which people"s life will be greatly enriched and getting more convenient. Text messages can also act to ask for help in emergency. People can send text messages to 110 to seek for help. It cannot be denied that text messages do have some unfavorable aspects, but as long as people have a right attitude and make good use of text messages, text messages will surely make their life more convenient and more colorful.