It used to be that shopping was a fairly simple activity - you went to the supermarket, picked up what you needed, paid for it and left.
曾经一度，购物是种非常简单的活动——去到超市，选中自己想要的东西，然后付账走人。
But in recent years it's become a lot more complicated.
但是最近几年，购物已经变得复杂多了。
Supermarkets in the UK now sell much more than food: you can get your insurance there, pay bills and a variety of other services.
英国的超市现在不单只卖食品，你可以在那里买保险，还钱以及享受各种其它服务。
In many ways they've become a one-stop shop for lots of life's daily chores.
在很多方面，超市变成了为日常生活中的很多事情提供一站式服务的地方。
You can also get 'rewards' - join up and get a 'loyalty card' and every time you shop you'll get points and discounts.
顾客还会拿到‘奖赏’——办会员卡得优惠劵，而每次购物会有积分和折扣。
And just when you thought supermarkets couldn't offer anything else, they turned into mini-banks, offering you cash when you shop.
正当你觉得超市再也不可能提供其它的服务时，它们又化身为了小型银行，购物的时候能提供取现的服务（在国外有此种服务）。
Go into any UK supermarket, pay for your shopping, and you're more than likely to be asked if you want 'any cashback with that?'
在英国，进入任何一间超市，买东西付钱的时候，很多时候，收银员会问你是否需要‘cashback’（买东西时是否想顺便提取点现金——一般有金额限制）。
This is only offered if you pay by debit card.
这种服务只在大家使用借记卡付账时才会享受。
Effectively, if you buy ￡30 worth of shopping, you can pay ￡50 with your debit card and the supermarket will give you your shopping plus, ￡20 in cash from the till.
实际上就是，如果你买了30英镑的东西，你可以用借记卡付50英镑，而超市收银员会从钱屉里拿给你20英镑。
Originally introduced by the supermarket giant Tesco, it eases busy shoppers' lives by cutting out an extra visit to the bank.
这种服务最初是由英国巨头超市公司乐购引进的。这让顾客们省了去银行（取零钱）的麻烦。
Of course, they didn't just introduce this for the customer's benefit - shops also benefit by having less cash in-house, and by paying less in fees for taking this cash to their local bank.
当然，他们这样做并不只是为了给顾客带来利益，超市本身一方面可以把店里的散钱分散出去，同时也可以减少在本地银行存现时所产生的手续费。
In recent years the phrase 'cashback!' has also been observed as an exclamation of joy or satisfaction, as in 'It's three drinks for the price of two in the pub tonight. 'Cashback!'
最近几年来，cashback一词同时还被看成了表达满足高兴的感叹词，例如，今晚酒吧里，喝三杯只需要两杯酒的钱，Cashback！
