【地道美语100】再见现金刷卡,你好在线支付 Online Payments
获取今日课堂完整文本,请关注《英语PK台》公众微信号:英语PK台 关注主持人京晶个人微信:goingforgold2018参与语音互动(验证注明添加原因)临时疑问可咨询新浪微博: @京晶am774 @英语PK台下载一直播APP,搜索“英语PK台”观看本期视频直播实用英语轻松学,就在北京外语广播英语PK台。Dialogue : (课堂全文本于微信公众号【英语PK台】课后发送,参与直播互动中译英练习需加京晶微信goingforgold2018 拉入群dialogue 1Jingjing: Mark, you look -------. Anything new?Mark: Not exactly. -------- I finally got my WeChat wallet working, though. That's been t-------------my week.Jingjing: Were you living under a rock ------? Online payment's been around for a while now.Mark: Don't I know it. ------------, as the only one still paying with cash.Jingjing: So, what happened? -------------all of a sudden.Mark: Well, I was waiting to --------—one that I wanted to spend at the bank. That didn't happen. Then people ------------WeChat wallet. So: bye bye bank, hello online payment.Jingjing: That's cool. I'm happy for you, Mark. ----------- isn't it?Mark: For sure. I don't have to worry about ---------me or having to break a hundred.Jingjing: Hmm. I got used to it gradually. ------------when a phone could be used to pay for anything, would you say you spend more or ------------every day?Mark: I know what you're getting at. Because it doesn't ----------- money, I might make more impulse buys, right?Jingjing: Yeah. -----------and sweet drinks?Mark: At my university, there's a vending ----------fresh-ground coffee. I tried that, once. But I get the same weekly allowance -------- And I know that'd be gone pretty----------I bought snacks.Jingjing: Well, then, it sounds like---------some self-control.Mark: Ha ha. Right, some.dialogue 2 Jingjing: So, Mark, now that you've ---------- the times, do you have any ideas about the future of online payment?Mark: Yeah. ------------- used already by police. The technology could easily be ---------- POS.Jingjing: That'd be a little weird. ------------you'd just look up at something like a camera as you leave.Mark: Exactly! ----------put your stuff down on a counter. -----------out------------.Jingjing: I guess the ---------- to be tagged with special electronic chips.Mark: Yeah, those are pretty-----------. And they might be something people could recycle, like-------------.Jingjing: Do you think online payment is -----------?Mark: Well, people keep their nest egg s----------- money and weekly budget.Jingjing: What about hackers?Mark: Smartphone ----------------better and better. Meanwhile, the biggest danger is probably people misreading ------------------the store with a 1000yuan bottle of wine that they thought---------------.Jingjing: Ha ha. Oops!Mark: Oops is right. I've caught mistakes ------------. For now, at least, I'm more careful to------------- before clicking the “pay now” button.Jingjing: Ok then. Let's hope --------------mistakes and run out of your allowance!Mark: I know, right! --------------------nd the week isn't over yet!Jingjing: I'll buy you a cup of coffee. How about that?Mark: Thanks, Jingjing!new words and phrases from dialogue 1a snap something convenient, quick and easyto break (a hundred) use a 100yuan bill to pay for something small and get lots of changewhat you're getting at what you're suggestingan impulse buy something you buy without thinking carefullya vending machine a machine that sells snacks and drinks from dialogue 2catch up with the times start to do something modernfacial recognition (technology) computer equipment to recognize someone by their facePOS point-of-sale (pronounced pee ooh ess) - a checkout counter, cash register, etcmerchandise stuff for sale in a storenest egg a person's savings and investmentsmad money the money a person allows themselves to spend on small fun stuff (spend madly)weekly budget money for food, transportation, etchackers people who steal electronic information
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