全球首个"无现金机场"落地杭州

 　　Hangzhou International Airport plans to become the world’s first "cashless" airport by applying cutting-edge digital technologies to its services and will use AI to make security checks faster, Shanghai-based news portal thepaper.cn reported on Friday.

　　上海新闻门户网站thepaper.cn周五报道称，杭州萧山国际机场计划通过提供前沿的数字化服务，并用人工智能进行更快速的安检以实现世界上首个无现金式机场。

　　According to thepaper.cn’s report, the airport will cooperate with Internet firms, such as Alipay, to allow travelers to make cashless payments for services including accommodation, flights and car rentals¹.

　　根据thepaper.cn的消息，该机场将会同支付宝等互联网公司合作来为旅客提供无现金支付服务。包括住宿，航班预定和汽车租赁等等。

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　　The airport will also work with service providers to combine cloud computing² and big data so it can offer passengers door-to-door services including ticket bookings, transportation, smart parking, shopping and catering³ as well as hotel bookings.

　　该机场还会同一些服务提供方合作以便于结合云计算和大数据，这样一来可以给旅客们提供门到门的服务，包括机票预订，办理托运，智能停车，购物，餐饮和酒店预订。

　　The airport will also introduce artificial intelligence and image recognition technologies into security checks so as to increase the safety and efficiency of the process as well as reduce passenger wait times, according to the report.

　　根据报道，该机场同时也会将人工智能和图像识别技术应用到安检，以提高安检流程的安全性和效率，这样也会减少旅客的等待时间。

　　Hangzhou resident Lu Xiaotian told the Global Times on Friday that she welcomes the airport experimenting with big data and cashless services.

　　杭州居民鲁晓天周五对环球时报说她很欢迎萧山机场此次运用大数据和无现金服务的试验。

　　She explained that with the spread of mobile payment, offering cashless services is unlikely to pose much of a challenge. She said that reducing wait time is likely to be the real test of the new technologies, adding that "the results remain to be seen."

　　她解释到：随着移动端支付的普及，提供无现金化服务不会有太大的挑战。她说道减少等待时间将会是对这些新技术真正的考验，结果还有待观察。

　　She also added that if travel efficiency is significantly enhanced, the airport’s experience can be shared with, and applied⁴ to, other airports across the whole country.

　　她还补充道：如果旅行的效率有了显著的提高，那么这座机场的经验就可以被分享并应用到全国其他的各大机场。

　　Online payment already has a particularly high level of penetration⁵ in Hangzhou, which is home to tech giant Alibaba Group Holding, which pioneered China’s most popular online payment tool, Alipay.

　　在杭州，在线支付已经有了相当高的占有率。杭州市同时也是科技巨头公司阿里巴巴集团总部所在地，该公司推出了中国最受欢迎的在线支付工具——支付宝。

　　Separately, Alibaba’s financial affiliate⁶ Ant Financial announced plans to spend 3 billion yuan ($435 million) each year for the next two years to create a cashless society in partnership⁷ with merchants and service providers。

　　此外，阿里巴巴金融的子公司蚂蚁金服声称计划每年为后两年投资30亿人民币（43500万美元），和商人以及服务提供方合作，共同创建一个无现金化的社会。

1 rentals   

n.租费，租金额( rental的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• In some large hotels, the income derived from this source actually exceeds income from room rentals. 有些大旅馆中，这方面的盈利实际上要超过出租客房的盈利。 来自辞典例句
• Clerk: Well, Canadian Gifts is on the lower level. It's across from Prime Time Video Rentals. 噢，礼品店在楼下，在黄金时刻录像出租屋的对面。 来自口语例句

2 computing   

n.计算

参考例句：

• to work in computing 从事信息处理
• Back in the dark ages of computing, in about 1980, they started a software company. 早在计算机尚未普及的时代（约1980年），他们就创办了软件公司。

3 catering   

n. 给养

参考例句：

• Most of our work now involves catering for weddings. 我们现在的工作多半是承办婚宴。
• Who did the catering for your son's wedding? 你儿子的婚宴是由谁承办的？

4 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

5 penetration   

n.穿透，穿人，渗透

参考例句：

• He is a man of penetration.他是一个富有洞察力的人。
• Our aim is to achieve greater market penetration.我们的目标是进一步打入市场。

6 affiliate   

vt.使隶(附)属于；n.附属机构，分公司

参考例句：

• Our New York company has an affiliate in Los Angeles.我们的纽约公司在洛杉矶有一个下属企业。
• What is the difference between affiliate and regular membership?固定会员和附属会员之间的区别是什么？

7 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。