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

Lesson Eight Electronic Systems of PaymentsDigitized ‘e-cash’ Systems Payment takes the form of encoded messages, which represents the encrypted equivalent of digitized money. 1.One of the leading firms, which are developing an e-cash system, is DigiCash, which has previously been involved in developing smart card technologies. 2.The key to the DigiCash system is anonymity. A number of companies are attempting to ensure the security issues involved in handling payments on the Internet by establishing electronic clearing systems. （1）one example is First Virtual Holdings （2）the First Virtual system has been in operation since Oct. 1994 Notes 1．A number of companies are developing payment systems permitting direct payments to be made anonymously. 这里的permitting direct payments to be made anonymously是现在分词修饰payment systems，而to be made anonymously是不定式短语修饰direct payments。 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．A number of trials are presently under way to test the concepts involved. 这里的under way作“前进着，进行中”解释。例如： Preparations for spring plough are well under way. 春耕的准备工作正在扎实地进行着。 3．It has been running trials since Nove. 1994, involving the transmission of what is effectively electronic money using more than thirty sellers linked to the Internet. (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，并可能继续下去。例如： He has been teaching here for 10 years. It has been raining all the morning. In our country people’s living standard has been rising steadily. (2) involving the transmission of what is effectively electronic money using more than thirty sellers linked to the Internet是一个现在分词短语，修饰trials，而linked to the Internet是一个过去分词短语，修饰thirty sellers。 4．When the transaction is confirmed, First Virtual sends a message to the buyer to confirm that the transaction should still go ahead, at which point payment is effected. 这里的effect为动词词性，作“实现，达到（目的等）”解释。 例如： I will effect my purpose; no one shall stop me. 我决心达到我的目的；没有谁能阻止我。 effect the greatest economy 力求节约 5．First Virtual