【地道美语100】再见现金刷卡，你好在线支付 Online Payments

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dialogue 1
Jingjing:  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 1
a snap  something convenient, quick and easy
to break (a hundred)  use a 100yuan bill to pay for something small and get lots of change
what you're getting at  what you're suggesting
an impulse buy  something you buy without thinking carefully
a vending machine  a machine that sells snacks and drinks
 
 
from dialogue 2
catch up with the times  start to do something modern
facial recognition (technology)  computer equipment to recognize someone by their face
POS  point-of-sale (pronounced pee ooh ess) - a checkout counter, cash register, etc
merchandise  stuff for sale in a store
nest egg  a person's savings and investments
mad money  the money a person allows themselves to spend on small fun stuff (spend madly)
weekly budget  money for food, transportation, etc
hackers  people who steal electronic information