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Almost everyone knows the Visa brand.
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One of the most trusted and recognizable in the world.
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But not everyone knows what Visa does.
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A credit card company.
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Not a credit card company.
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Is it a bank company?
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Nope.
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They loan money.
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Try again.
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They lend the money to you and then they charge your bank account later.
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Sorry.
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I have no idea.
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Oh!
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Can I have a clue?
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Visa is a payments technology company that facilitates commerce around the world.
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Whether you are making a purchase, sending money to a friend, or part of a business moving money to another business.
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Visa pioneered the electronic payments business more than 60 years ago, envisioning a world in which paying for something could be translated into electrons
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and photons that move across the globe at the speed of light.
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The consumer may access an infinite range of goods and services whenever he chooses, he chooses, wherever he may be.
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Today, there are more than 3 billion Visa accounts around the world, in more than 200 countries and territories.
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During fiscal year 2019, more than 200 billion payments in cash transactions were made with the Visa brand,
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representing more than 11 trillion in payments and cash volume, from the largest cities to remote communities across the globe.
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Each transaction made on the Visa network represents a packet of data that moves across a massive telecommunications network, more than 10 million miles in length end to end.
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The network is made up of fiber, ethernet, wireless, satellite, and virtual connections,
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linking consumers, businesses, governments, and financial institutions.
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The journey of each transaction starts with you.
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When you click, swipe, dip, or tap to pay, data about the transaction travels from the store owner to their bank or processor,
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which captures the information and sends it to Visanet.
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Visanet uses artificial intelligence technology to analyze every aspect of the transaction to determine the level of risk for fraud.
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VisaNet routes the information to the bank that issued the customer's credit or debit account.
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The bank decides whether to approve or decline the transaction based on Visa's risk score and its own data about the account.
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Traveling back through VisaNet, the approved request returns to the store owner, where where the transaction is completed.
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Later on, Visa makes sure the money is transferred.
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This authorization all happens in less than one second, whether you're in Miami, Madrid, or Mumbai.
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Making sure that every transaction flows instantly are several global data centers synchronized in real time
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so that if one system experiences issues, another picks up.
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Software developers and other partners can use Visa's developer tools to build innovative ways to pay.
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As a payments leader, Visa is extending the boundaries of our network and the potential of billions of connected devices,
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bringing the security and reliability of our brand to customers across the entire payments ecosystem.
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Digital commerce can extend to even the most remote regions, where people who don't typically bank can access the benefits of mobile technology.
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Despite the growth of digital payments, about 1.7 billion people still lack access to formal financial services,
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and consumers spend nearly $17 trillion in cash and checks.
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Meeting this opportunity is the mission of Visa's more than 19,000
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employees committed to accelerating the global migration to digital payments to enable individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive.
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You might not know what Visa does because the inner workings of our network are not visible when you're making a payment, and they shouldn't be.
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Speed, security, and convenience are what drive our business, so you can get on with yours, no matter how, when, and where you choose to pay.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questo video contiene 46 frasi e 601 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 4:02. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 149 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Solo il 78% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è impegnativo.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
15 parole meno comuni del video, con pronuncia e significato:
- remote /ɹəˈməʊt̞/ (aggettivo) — remoto. At a distance; disconnected.
- commerce /ˈkɑ.mɚs/ (sostantivo) — commercio. The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended…
- globe /ɡloʊb/ (sostantivo) — globo. The eyeball.
- developer /dɪˈvɛləpɚ/ (sostantivo) — sviluppatore, sviluppatrice. A person or entity engaged in the creation or improvement of certain classes of products.
- approve /əˈpɹuːv/ (verbo) — approvare. To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.
- formal /ˈfɔɹməl/ (aggettivo) — formale. In accordance with established forms.
- capture /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/ (verbo) — catturare, riprendere. To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
- aspect /ˈæspɛkt/ (sostantivo) — aspetto. Any specific feature, part, or element of something.
- institution /ˌɪn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/ (sostantivo) — istituzione. A long-established organization or type of organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work.
- decline /dɪˈklaɪn/ (verbo) — declinare. To move downwards, to fall, to drop.
- visible /ˈvɪzɪb(ə)l/ (aggettivo) — visibile. Able to be seen.
- connect /kəˈnɛkt/ (verbo) — connettere, connettersi. To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
- fraud /ˈfɹɔːd/ (sostantivo) — frode, frodi. The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
- commit /kəˈmɪt/ (verbo) — affidare, impegnarsi. To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
- satellite /ˈsætəlaɪ̯t/ (sostantivo) — satellite. A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one.
I phrasal verb che sentirai
- pick up (verbo) — tirare su, sollevare. To lift; to grasp and raise.
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 4 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come you're, don't, shouldn't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “th”: authorization /ˌɔːθəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/, thrive /θɹajv/
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: transaction /tɹænˈzækʃən/, capture /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/, institution /ˌɪn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/, artificial /ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/, migration /maɪˈɡɹeɪʃ(ə)n/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: developer /dɪˈvɛləpɚ/, institution /ˌɪn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/, artificial /ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/, innovative /ˈɪn.əˌveɪtɪv/, facilitate /fəˈsɪlɪteɪt/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come remote, commerce, globe.
Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?
Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.