The changing nature of money 不断更新演变的货币_BBC

to underpin 支持、构成

virtual currency 虚拟货币

crash 系统瘫痪

to take off 突然成功

to wind back the clock / to wind the clock back 让时光倒流，回到过去

barter economy 以物易物的经济制度

to conjure 让人联想到（某个画面或情境）

to make a comeback 再度兴起，回归

测验与练习 1. 阅读课文并回答问题。

1. What does Amir Sajed believe will happen to credit cards in the future?

2. What currency is used in the movie In Time?

3. Why might customers find shopping at Monoprix convenient and efficient?

4. Which word means 'vulnerable'?

5. True or false: Bartering has a long history.

2. 请你在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处。

1. Fashion from the 1930s is ______. All the best designers are using it as inspiration again.

making a comeback crashing winding the clock back outdated

2. I ______ my old bike for a couple of tennis rackets.

checked out conjured bartered tallied up

3. I always prefer to use ______. I just don't trust banks.

wearable technology cashiers hard cash credit cards

4. On my 60th birthday party I wound ______ and played all my favourite old music.

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