选择性必修四外研版（2019）《Unit 4 Everyday economics》Section A Starting out & Understanding ideas优质课教学ppt课件

选择性必修四外研版（2019）《Unit 4 Everyday economics》Section A Starting out & Understanding ideas优质课教学ppt课件

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主题语境——人与社会　经济

What Is Alipay and How does It Work?

Alipay is primarily a virtual payment platform that,protecting the consumer’s privacy①,allows you to make safe payments online similar to PayPal.

Alipay already cooperates with 65 financial institutions,among which are Visa and MasterCard.Therefore,if you already have a credit card all you have to do is to download② the Alipay app on your cell phone and register in a few simple steps.However note that some of the functions only work if you use a Chinese credit card.?

Once you finish downloading the app,open it and proceed to the registration③:you’ll first be asked to enter your cell phone number,later you’ll receive a message with a numeric code that you’ll have to enter in the app to continue with your registration.

The Alipay home page will open,so now you will have to add your credit card:access your profile by clicking on “Me” and then click on “Bank Cards” and proceed with the compilation④ or requested information,such as credit card number and your name and last name.Later Alipay will ask you to also enter a password to allow you to make payments with this application⑤.

The application is very intuitive and the first useful buttons will be “Scan” and “Pay”.The “Scan” button is for scanning QR codes:when paying at some stores and restaurants they’ll ask you to scan their QR code on your phone to then enter the amount to pay along with your password to enable payment.

The “Pay” button,instead,will make a bar code appear on the display of your smartphone to show in restaurants and scanner-equipped stores for payment:it’s a little like at supermarkets,your bar code will be scanned and without even having to enter your password the money will be directly transferred⑥ from your account.

This app has many other interesting uses,for example with the “Collect” button it will open a new QR code to show people who owe you money.You can specify the amount that they owe you by clicking on “Specify an Amount” before having them scan your code or letting them enter the amount they have to pay you back.

词海拾贝

①privacy n.隐私

②download vt.下载

③registration n.注册

④compilation n.收集

⑤application n.申请

⑥transfer vt.转移

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Therefore,if you already have a credit card all you have to do is to download the Alipay app on your cell phone and register in a few simple steps.

译文:因此,如果你已经有了信用卡,你所要做的就是在你的手机上下载支付宝应用程序,然后通过几个简单的步骤进行注册。