电子商务英语 教学课件 作者 张云 Lesson 8 Electronic Systems of Payments.ppt

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1、LessonEightElectronicSystemsofPaymentsDigitized‘e-cash’SystemsPaymenttakestheformofencodedmessages,whichrepresentstheencryptedequivalentofdigitizedmoney.1.Oneoftheleadingfirms,whicharedevelopingane-cashsystem,isDigiCash,whichhaspreviouslybeeninvolvedindevelopingsmartcardtechnol

2、ogies.2.ThekeytotheDigiCashsystemisanonymity.AnumberofcompaniesareattemptingtoensurethesecurityissuesinvolvedinhandlingpaymentsontheInternetbyestablishingelectronicclearingsystems.（1）oneexampleisFirstVirtualHoldings（2）theFirstVirtualsystemhasbeeninoperationsinceOct.1994Notes1．An

3、umberofcompaniesaredevelopingpaymentsystemspermittingdirectpaymentstobemadeanonymously.这里的permittingdirectpaymentstobemadeanonymously是现在分词修饰paymentsystems，而tobemadeanonymously是不定式短语修饰directpayments。本句译为：许多公司正在开发以匿名方式进行直接支付的付款系统。2．Anumberoftrialsarepresentlyunderwaytotesttheconce

4、ptsinvolved.这里的underway作“前进着，进行中”解释。例如：Preparationsforspringplougharewellunderway.春耕的准备工作正在扎实地进行着。3．IthasbeenrunningtrialssinceNove.1994,involvingthetransmissionofwhatiseffectivelyelectronicmoneyusingmorethanthirtysellerslinkedtotheInternet.(1)该句的时态是现在完成进行时，表示动作于过去某时开始，一直持续到现在，并

5、可能继续下去。例如：Hehasbeenteachingherefor10years.Ithasbeenrainingallthemorning.Inourcountrypeople’slivingstandardhasbeenrisingsteadily.(2)involvingthetransmissionofwhatiseffectivelyelectronicmoneyusingmorethanthirtysellerslinkedtotheInternet是一个现在分词短语，修饰trials，而linkedtotheInternet是一个过去分

6、词短语，修饰thirtysellers。4．Whenthetransactionisconfirmed,FirstVirtualsendsamessagetothebuyertoconfirmthatthetransactionshouldstillgoahead,atwhichpointpaymentiseffected.这里的effect为动词词性，作“实现，达到（目的等）”解释。例如：Iwilleffectmypurpose;nooneshallstopme.我决心达到我的目的；没有谁能阻止我。effectthegreatesteconomy力求

7、节约5．FirstVirtualissignificantinthatitspaymentsystemwascreatedalmostentirelyindependentlyofthebankingsystem.这里的inthat作“[书面语]既然；因为”解释。例如：Criticismandself-criticismisnecessaryinthatithelpsustocorrectourmistakes.批评和自我批评是必要的，因为能帮助我们改正错误。小技巧——SkillsofUnderstanding推理和判断例1：Britainalmost

8、morethananyothercountryintheworldmustseriouslyf