The self-operating bookshop(书店) is open(营业) 24/7 and employs(雇佣) robots(机器人) with scanners instead of(代替) sales assistants(店员). It has received(接待) hundreds of visitors since it opened in January. At least 20 more of these shops are expected to open in Beijing in 2018.

A visitor is shown having his face scanned(扫描) at the entrance of Beijing’s first smart bookshop in Tongzhou District in southeastern Beijing, March 12, 2018.[Photo: Chinanews.com/Li Xuefeng]

词汇 Words:

[shū diàn] 书店 bookshop
[yíng yè] 营业 open
[gù yōng] 雇佣 employ
[jiē dài] 接待 receive
[sǎo miáo] 扫描 scan
[dú] 读 read

重点词汇 Key word:

首

    <名词 n.> head
    E.g. Tā ángshǒu tǐngxiōng de kuàibù érxíng。
    他昂首挺胸地快步而行。
    He walked at a rapid pace with his back straight and his head held erect.

    <名词 n.> leader; chief
    E.g. Mǒu gè fǔbài wúnéng de guānyuán shì dǎozhì zhè yī làntānzi de zuìkuí huòshǒu。
    某个腐败无能的官员是导致这一烂摊子的罪魁祸首。
    The mess was directly attributable to a corrupt and incompetent official.

    <数词 numeral> first
    E.g. Tā shǐzhōng bǎ shìyè fàngzài shǒuwèi。
    她始终把事业放在首位。
    She always put her career first.

    <形容词 adj.> highest; supreme
    E.g. Běijīng shì Zhōngguó de shǒudū。
    北京是中国的首都。
    Beijing is the capital of China.

    <量词 measure word> (for poem or songs)
    E.g. Tā jiāngyào lǎngsòng yī shǒu shī。
    他将要朗诵一首诗。
    He is going to read a poem.