生活英语情景口语:开办新帐户

L: good morning. How can I help you? C: I'd like to open a new account. L: have you filled out an application form? C: yes. And I've brought some documents along with me, too. Do you need to see my passport? L: yes. I'll just have my assistant looko

CNN 2010-02-28

You can expect to have more money stay in your own pocket. That's the point of all of these credit card new rules, and finally, they are here as of today. This is what the benefits should be for you. The design of it -- no rate heights on existing ba

CNN 2010-09-25

AZUZ: The General Assembly is getting together at U.N. headquarters in New York this week. On Thursday, the group will start its annual debate. That's when member nations discuss global issues and what they might do about them. Before that starts, th

VOA慢速英语2009-Education Report - Studying in the US: A Lesson

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. We continue now with our discussion of personal finance for students. A study in the United States found that eighty-four percent of undergraduates last year had at least one credit card. Half had fo

Why Chinese Consumers Leave without Tax Refunds

Media reports have revealed that after shopping in Europe, many Chinese consumers gave up tax refunds amounting to as much as 800 million yuan per year. Why do so many Chinese consumers leave the airport without tax refunds? Is it because they don't

标准美国英语口语 20 Banking

Unit 20 Banking 381.Pennys, nickels, dimes, quaters,and dollars. 382.Would you like to have a savings account or a chequing account or both? 383. A savings account pay interest on your money, but there are some restrictions. 384.If you have less than

生活口语天天说 第153期:怎样谈论付款方式

经典句型:Can I write a check? 我可以用支票吗？ A:How are you going to pay? 甲:您打算如何支付？ B:Can I write a check? 乙:我可以用支票吗？ A:Yes, you can. 甲:可以。 经典句型:Do you accept credit cards? 可以用信用

华尔街的赚钱经 第82期:纸币vs信用卡(1)

Cards to Replace Notes in Our Affections 纸币vs信用卡未来谁主天下 Credit and debit cards are expected to overtake cash this year as Britain's most popular method of payment, according to a new industry report. 根据一份新的行业报告显

华尔街的赚钱经 第83期:纸币vs信用卡(2)

Plastic accounted for ￡244bn of spending in 2003. This year, total plastic card use, if business card usage is included, is expected to top ￡269bn. said the spokesman for the Association for payment Clearing Services. 2003年，信用卡消费额达

华尔街的赚钱经(MP3+中英字幕) 第36期:改善经济状况 从这些做起(1)

Improving your finances improves your happiness, in general, so I thought it would be important to share stuff that's worked for me. 一般而言，经济状况的改善会促进幸福感的提升。因此，我认为有必要将我个人认为很受用

印度2020年前将实现'无卡支付'

If you thought India's decision to ban 86% of its cash was ambitious, wait until you hear what it may do next. 如果你认为印度禁止全国86%现金流通的决定野心勃勃，听完该国下一步可能采取的举措再说吧。 Amitabh Kant

万花筒 2011-02-03&02-05 可怕的信用卡复制器

Watch a man sit down next to a woman and without touching her; successfully steal her key information from her credit card. -Heres your visa number. -How did you do that? He works for IDENTITY STRONCHOLD, a company specializing in electronic fraud pr

知道你的银行卡有多脏吗？

Next time you get your debit card out, you might want to use it to buy some hand wash. A study has found that nearly one in 10 bank cards contains faecal matter. Cash is little better with one in seven bank notes containing high levels of bacteria si

【英音模仿秀】现钞为何还未走到末路

模仿文本： Yep, it seems hard currency is making a comeback, wrong-footing everyone who was predicting a move towards a cashless society, including the American central bank - the Federal Reserve. Remember how we were told the rise of debit and

钱包中应该存放的4种重要的物品

1. Identification 1.身份证 We never know when we need to show our identification, so its a good idea to carry it in your wallet all the time. Your identification is actually your passport to numerous opportunities so you dont have to keep your pas

澳大利亚连锁超市伍尔沃斯将接受银联卡支付

The Australian grocery giant Woolworths said that it will now accept UnionPay cards at its stores; China's leading debit and credit cards. 澳大利亚知名零售商沃尔沃斯集团日前宣布，其门店将接受中国的主要借贷卡--银联卡

信用卡安全码随时变 打击电信诈骗

A credit card with a constantly changing security code is being launched in an attempt to combat fraud. 英国将推出一种具有不断变化的安全码的信用卡，以打击诈骗行为。 The three numbers on the back of the card will be repla

美国记者在北京体验没有钱包的生活：爽呆了！

In many places, if you leave the house without your wallet, you'll be in a tough spot all day. No way to pay for food, transportation or any of life's other necessities. 在很多地方，如果你出门不带钱包，一整天都会过得非常艰难。

经济学人340:信用卡 偷蒙拐骗

Finance and economics 财经商业 Credit cards 信用卡 Skimming off the top 偷蒙拐骗 Why America has such a high rate of payment-card fraud. 美国支付卡诈骗频发原因何在 AMERICA leads the world in many categories: shale-gas producti

ESL Podcast 185 – Ways to Pay

I was at the store, and when the clerk finished ringing me up , I had a few problems. Clerk: Your total comes to $79.42. Peter: Do you take credit cards ? Clerk: Yes, we take Visa, MasterCard, and American Express. Peter: Heres my Visa. Clerk: HmmIm