时间:2019-01-12 作者:英语课 分类:2016年VOA慢速英语(十二)月


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New Amazon Store Lets Customers Avoid Long Lines 亚马逊新商店顾客不用再排长队结帐


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The online marketer Amazon is opening a new kind of store. It is one where people do not have to wait in long lines to buy a product. Instead, the buyers pay using their smartphones.


The new store is in the American city of Seattle, Washington. It is called Amazon Go. It sells products that are normally 1 found in a grocery store. What you will not find, however, are long lines and cashiers 3 exchanging money.


Customers must have a smartphone, an Amazon account, and a program on their smartphone: the Amazon Go app. The app makes a list of everything that customers plan to buy from the store. After customers have finished shopping, they can simply leave.


Amazon says that because its new store does not require as many employees, the prices of goods will remain low.


The company has been working on creating the store for four years.


#AmazonGo became a trending topic this week on social media.


One person on Twitter published a photograph of himself waiting in a very long line at a grocery store. He wrote, “I cannot wait for Amazon Go. Longest queue in history.”


But, it may be some time before Amazon Go stores open up in other areas. Even the Seattle store is still only open to Amazon employees. The company plans to open that store to the public in early 2017.


Words in This Story


account - n. a record of money that has been paid and money that has been received


cashier 2 - n. a person whose job is to take in or give out money in a store, bank, etc.


queue - n. (British) a line of people who are waiting for something


shopping - n. he activity of visiting places where goods are sold in order to look at and buy things (such as food, clothing, etc.)


customer - n. someone who buys goods or services from a business


grocery store - n. a store that sells food and household supplies



adv.正常地,通常地
  • I normally do all my shopping on Saturdays.我通常在星期六买东西。
  • My pulse beats normally.我脉搏正常。
n.出纳员,收银员
  • The young cashier gave a patient sigh.年轻的出纳员忍耐地叹了一口气。
  • One brother is a cashier and the other sells.两个兄弟一位当出纳,另一位当店员。
n.出纳员( cashier的名词复数 )
  • All the office employees -- secretaries, cashiers, salesmen -- were invited. 全部办公室雇员--秘书、出纳员、推销员--都被邀请了。 来自辞典例句
  • Could you sign at the Cashiers Counter when you check out, please? 结账时请到会计部签名好吗? 来自互联网
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