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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.
