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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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