重点讲解:移动钱包改善肯尼亚生活
http://www.canachieve.com.cn 发布日期:2009-11-10
Safaricom和Vodafone在肯尼亚启动了M-Pesa移动钱包服务。Pesa在斯瓦希里语中是钱的意思。该服务的运营方式类似储蓄银行——这是非常重要的,因为许多肯尼亚人没有银行账户。 该服务的早期用户大多是在城市中工作,想往农村的家中寄钱的年轻人。现在,客户还可以使用他们的M-Pesa账户来付账,购物或支付服务费用,例如出租车。用户只需为每笔交易支付少量费用。 Stephen Mbugua拥有一个农场,距离首都有一小时车程。他使用M-Pesa接受儿子寄回来的钱,并用来支付账单。
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1.rural a.乡下的,田园的,乡村风味的
例句:The English rural area looks best in May and June.
英国乡村在五六月间风景最美。
We are now in rural seclusion.
我们目前过着乡村隐居生活。
2.transaction n.交易,办理,执行,报告书,学报,和解,事务
例句:Now let me record this transaction in your bankbook .
现在我把这笔帐登录在您的存折里。
There is a profit of over 20,000 yuan from the transaction.
这笔生意盈余2万多元。
3.withdraw vi.撤退,离开,取款
例句:Maggie withdrew 100 pounds from the bank.
麦琪从银行里取了100英镑。
4.transfer vt. 转移,调转,调任,改变,传递,转账
例句:The clerk was transferred to another department.
那位职员已被调到另一部门。
The sum of money has been transferred into my account.
那笔钱已转入我的账户。
5.offer vt.提供,出价,奉献,企图,使出现,演出
例句:He offered to swap his camera for hers.
他表示要与她交换相机。
You should offer her constant reassurance.
你应该不断地帮她树立自信心。
6.nearly adv.几乎; 差不多
例句:He can nearly swim.
他差不多会游泳了。
I was nearly killed in the accident.
我在这场事故中险些丧命。
7.team vi.(与某人)一起工作, 合作
例句:He teamed up with a friend and set up a trade business.
他与一个朋友联合, 做起了买卖。
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1.The service operates much like a savings bank -- which is important, because plenty of Kenyans do not have bank accounts.
plenty of许多,很多,大量的
例句:That will leave plenty of hours vacant.
那样的话就有许多空闲时间了。
He is a young lad with plenty of vigor.
他是个充满活力的小伙子。
2.I used to go to Nairobi or to any bank to pay my bill. But now, right now, I don’t go to Nairobi, I just pay my bill from here.
used to过去习惯于…,过去经常…
例句:Mr Brown used to be a bus driver.
布朗先生过去是一位司机。
注意:be used to do是指某物被用来做某事,
例句:A bracket may be used to hold up a shelf or a candle.
托架可用来支撑搁板或蜡烛。
be used do doing sth是指习惯做某事
例句:I am used to getting up early.
我比较习惯早起床。
3.That is twelve percent more than last year, and equal to two-thirds of the world’s population.
equal to等于,胜任
例句:The heat produced is equal to the electrical energy wasted.
产生的热量等于浪费了的电能。
A gill is equal to a quarter pit.
一及耳等于四分之一品脱。
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