| Imagine
a society in which cash no longer
exists. Instead, 'cash' is electronic,
as in bank-card systems. Paper money and coins
are given up. Cash has been the root
of much social and economic evil.
However, the use of electronic funds-transfer
technology will make it possible to change the nature of money
and to separate it from evil.
The technology will have immediate
and numerous benefits. On the
one hand, it will be impossible for thieves
to steal money from people. Bank
robberies will stop, and attacks
on shop keepers, taxi drivers and cashiers
will all end. Shops in once-dangerous areas can be open till midnight
in safety. On the other, security costs
and insurance rates will fall
and neighborhoods will become better for people to live in.
People can still use their checks
and credit cards to buy goods
and pay bills. The difference
will be that they don't have to carry cash with them 8in the future.
People can easily put their money into their electronic-money account
and other money-system accounts.
Though it may take a long time for people of the world to work
out a way to change the form of cash to an international electronic-money
system, the idea is encouraging
and the day will come sooner or later.
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imagine [
i5mAdVin ]vt. 想像
society [ sE5saiEti ] n. 社会
exist [ ig5zist ] vi. 存在
cash [ kAF ] n. 钱，现款
electronic [ ilke5trRnik ] adj. 电子的
coin [ kRin ] n. 硬币
root [ ru:t ] n. 根；根源
economic [ ikE5nRmik ] adj. 经济的, 经济(学)的
evil [ 5:vEl ] n. 邪恶，罪恶
fund [ fQnd ] n. [复]资金；基金
transfer [ trB:ns5fE: ] n .过户
technology [ tek5nRlEdV i ]n. 技术
immediate [ i5mi:diEt ]adj .立即的；直接的
benefit [ 5benefit ] n.& vt. 益处,
有益于……
thief [ Wi: f] n. 小偷，贼
steal [ sti:l ] vt. 偷盗，窃取
robbery [ 5rRbEri ] n. 抢劫
cashier [ kA5FiE ] n. 收银员
security [ si5kjuEriti ] n. 安全
cost [ kRst ] n. 费用
insurance [ in5FuErEns ] n .保险
rate [ reit ] n. 费；率
check [ tFek ] n. 支票
credit card [ `kredit ] 信用卡
bill [ bil ] n.&vt .帐单；开帐单
account [ [`kaunt ] n. 帐目
encouraging a.令人鼓舞的 |