初阶网络|第11集：你能想象回到只有现金的年代吗？

音频一：

W: Did you use credit cards on your vacation last month in Europe?

M: Sure I did. They certainly beat going around with a wallet full of big bills. But carrying lots of cash is still very common among some older people traveling abroad.

音频二：

She decided that she was going to try to just use cash for two weeks. She found she did spend a lot less money, because it is incredibly hard to predict how much cash one is going to need. She was forever drawing money out of the ATM.

音频三：

M: We are out of paper for the printer. Could you please order some?

W: I completed the order form online yesterday and it will be here by noon. I'll let you know when it comes in.

重点词汇：

1, beat /biːt/ v. 击败，战胜

2, bill /bɪl/ n. 纸币；账单； 英式说法：note /nəʊt/ n. 纸币

3, incredibly /ɪnˈkredəblɪ/ adv.难以置信地

4, predict /prɪ'dɪkt/ v. 预言 prediction /prɪ'dɪkʃən/ n. 预言，预测

天气预报 weather forecast

5, draw /drɔː/ v. 提取〔银行账户中的钱〕；绘画

同义替换：withdraw wɪð'drɔː/ v. 提取〔存款〕

6, out of 缺乏；由于 out of jealousy 出于嫉妒

7, order /'ɔːdə/ v. 订购，订货；〔在餐厅、酒吧等〕点；命令

跟读训练：

音频一：

Did you use credit cards on your vacation last month in Europe?

你上个月去欧洲旅行的时候用信用卡了吗？

Sure I did. They certainly beat going around with a wallet full of big bills. But carrying lots of cash is still very common among some older people traveling abroad.

当然用了，用信用卡肯定比带着一钱包大面值钞票强多了。但是老年人出国旅行的时候，带很多现金很常见。

音频二：

She decided that she was going to try to just use cash for two weeks.

她决定拿出两个星期来尝试只用现金。

She found she did spend a lot less money, because it is incredibly hard to predict how much cash one is going to need. She was forever drawing money out of the ATM.

她发现自己确实少花了不少钱，但是真的很难预测即将要花多少现金。她总是从取款机里取钱。

音频三：

We are out of paper for the printer. Could you please order some?

咱们打印机里没纸了，请你订购一些好吗？

I completed the order form online yesterday and it will be here by noon. I'll let you know when it comes in.

我昨天就从网上下单了，明天中午送到。来了我就告诉你。

 背景拓展：

现金cash和信用卡credit card是我们购物时主要的支付方式，大额纸币big bills确实不太方便，而且，你无法预测需要取多少钱才算够draw money。相比之下，在网上下单order online 就简单多了。

目前支付宝Alipay 已经覆盖了全球超过30个国家；微信支付WeChat Pay在超过13个国家和地区，目前，移动支付mobile payment 都支持很多种外币结算。

支付宝和微信支付都离不开二维码 QR code or 2 dimentional bar code。你知道吗？虽然中国人已经把二维码的使用做到了极致，但其实二维码其实是日本人发明的，是1994年由日本电装公司研发的。其英文是“Quick Response”的缩写，意思是快速反应的含义。在二维码之前，世界上普遍应用的是一维条形码。比起一维条形码（bar code），二维码的优势在于：信息容量提高了几十倍，容易制作且成本很低。