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考研英語時文賞讀(87):越來越多的人正在使用移動支付

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  Use of mobile payment services skyrockets as consumers opt for convenience

  作為消費者更便捷的選擇,越來越多的人開始使用移動支付

  Whether it is the down payment on an apartment involving about 3 million yuan ($434,440), or just 2 yuan needed to buy a steamed stuffed bun for breakfast, Song Yu makes the payments with just a few clicks on his smartphone.

  無論是支付300萬元(約合434440美元)的房屋首付款,還是買一個只需要2元的包子當(dāng)作早餐,宋羽只需在智能手機(jī)上點擊幾下就能付款。

  I usually put a few hundred yuan in my physical wallet, but I almost never use the cash unless I travel to remote villages, said Song, a 34-year-old freelance writer in Beijing.

  34歲的宋羽是北京的一名自由撰稿人,他說:“我通常會在錢包里放幾百元,但除了去偏遠(yuǎn)的村莊旅行外,我?guī)缀醪粫眠@些錢。”

  Cashless payments have become part of everyday life in China due to the rapid development of financial technology, or fintech.

  得益于金融技術(shù)的快速發(fā)展,無現(xiàn)金支付已經(jīng)成為中國人日常生活的一部分。

  People can leave their homes without carrying cash or bank cards and can use digital wallet services on their phones for shopping, dining out, or to make donations.

  人們出門無需帶現(xiàn)金和銀行卡,用手機(jī)上的數(shù)字錢包就可以購物、外出就餐或捐款。

  The use of mobile payment services in China has skyrocketed in the past five years, with the total number of transactions reaching 277.39 trillion yuan last year, a rise of more than 27-fold from five years ago, according to a report issued by the People’s Bank of China.

  據(jù)中國人民銀行發(fā)布的一份報告顯示,過去五年來,中國移動支付服務(wù)的使用量激增,去年移動支付的交易總額達(dá)277.39萬億元,相較于五年前增長了27倍多。

  The country is already the world’s biggest market for mobile payments, with some 583 million users last year, a rise of 10.7 percent from 2017, according to a recent report from the China Internet Network Information Center.

  據(jù)中國互聯(lián)網(wǎng)信息中心最近發(fā)布的一份報告顯示,中國已經(jīng)是全球最大的移動支付市場,去年大約有5.83億用戶使用移動支付服務(wù),相較于2017年增長了10.7%。

  (全文共217個詞,China Daily)

  ?重難點詞匯:

  skyrocket  n. 流星煙火;沖天火箭 v. 飛漲,猛漲;使……猛然上漲

  stuffed  已經(jīng)喂飽了的;塞滿了的

  freelance  n. 自由作家;自由記者 adj. 自由投稿的

  transaction  n. 交易;事務(wù);辦理;會報,學(xué)報

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