亚马逊新商店让客户免于排长队结帐

    This is What's Trending Today...
    这里是今日热点节目。

    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.
    在线销售商亚马逊公司正在开办一种新型商店。人们在这里购买产品无需排长队。相反,买家们使用他们的智能手机付款。

    The new store is in the American city of Seattle, Washington. It is called Amazon Go. It sells products that are normally found in a grocery store. What you will not find, however, are long lines and cashiers exchanging money.
    这家新商店位于美国华盛顿州西雅图市。它被称之为Amazon Go。该店出售通常能在杂货店找到的各种产品。然而你在这里找不到结账长队和收银员找零。

    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.
    客户们必须有智能手机和亚马逊账户,并且在智能手机上安装Amazon Go这个应用程序。该应用程序列出客户计划从该商店购买的所有物品清单。顾客完成购物之后就能轻松离开。

    Amazon says that because its new store does not require as many employees, the prices of goods will remain low.
    亚马逊表示,因为它的新店不需要那么多员工,商品价格将会很低。

    The company has been working on creating the store for four years.
    该公司四年来一直致力于打造这种商店。

    AmazonGo became a trending topic this week on social media.
    本周亚马逊成为了社交媒体上的热门话题。

    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."
    一位推特用户发表了自己在杂货店排长队的照片。他写道,“我等不及去Amazon Go购物了。这是史上最长的结账队伍。”

    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.
    但是Amazon Go商店到其它地方开业可能尚需时日。即使是西雅图商店也只对亚马逊员工开放。该公司计划在2017年初向公众开放这一商店。

    And that's What's Trending Today.
    以上就是本期今日热点的全部内容。

    I'm Jill Robbins.
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