英语翻译：求翻译下面这句话：If you hear the sound of a mobile phone beepin

英语翻译：求翻译下面这句话：
If you hear the sound of a mobile phone beeping in a bag or pocket, youcould be forgiven for thinking that someone has received a text message. Butnowadays there are so many different ways of messaging someone that it couldspell the death of the traditional text as we know it.
特别是后面的 someone that it could spell thedeath of the traditional text as we know it.怎么理解？