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①Then it tied up with Alipay, keen to serve the 300,000-400,000 Chinese tourists who visit Father Christmas and other attractions each year. ②It realised that QR codes would work for its own product as well. ③Alexander Yin of ePassi says he would travel with a selection of QR-code print-outs and two smartphones. ④Merchants he approached would at first be apprehensive, but soon see the system’s attractions. ⑤In 2018 ePassi announced a tie-up with Nordea, the biggest bank in the Nordic countries, to offer a QR-code-based mobile-payment system more widely.

段落解析：

本段接上文，ePassi随着业务扩展开始与Alipay合作（为中国游客提供服务），进而发现二维码的妙处，推广给更多的商家，并与Nordea银行合作，广泛开展基于二维码的移动支付系统。

词句精读：

• tie up with：to connect something with something else. 把…与…密切联系起来。比如现在很多心理问题都指向原生家庭，很多心理医生可能都会询问：Does this tie up with anything in your own childhood?

• attraction：这段中出现了两个attraction，一个表常见的“吸引”，另一个则表“名胜古迹，景点”。

• ④Merchants he approached would at first be apprehensive, but soon see the system’s attractions.
  这是一个省略了whom的定语从句，非常生动地表现出商人们对二维码支付的态度转换——由最初不安到被吸引。

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①Some people may resist the QR revolution. ②But China is coming for them, too, in the shape of China UnionPay, a state-controlled firm that dominates China’s payment-card market. ③Already its cards are accepted by more than 41m merchants and 2m ATMs in 170 countries. ④And it is planning a big overseas push.

段落分析：

很多人反对二维码的兴起，但中国正在快速拥抱它，银联也在推广，并开始在海外布局。大势已到~

词句精读：

• resist：If you resist something such as a change, you refuse to accept it and try to prevent it.抵抗，反对。人们常说要抵制诱惑，但对于甜食爱好者来说，who can resist starting the day with chocolate?

• in the shape of：You can use in the shape of to state exactly who or what you are referring to, immediately after referring to them in a general way. (精确说明所指)以…的形式,也就是。比如年底领导找你谈心，你对于心灵鸡汤已经完全免疫，只对物质要求丰富，就可以说：What I needed now was a little hope in the shape of a pay rise.

• push：If someone or something pushes an idea or project in a particular direction, they cause it to develop or progress in a particular way.这里的push有推进，扩张，发展之意。比如年终总结时，你认为业务发展比流程化对公司现阶段而言更重要，就可以强调We should continue to push the business forward.