The time-based currency offers a fairer solution to work.
時間貨幣提供了一個更加平等的工作方式。
Everyone's life is
precious, so why do some people—doctors, managers, or
CEOs—get so much more money for their time than other people like teachers, cleaners, and garbage men? Most people say it is _(1)_ their special skills and education, but others believe this system is
flawed. They believe that everyone's time is _(2)_ important, and to
reflect that, they have
established a different
payment system: the
time-based currency.
This payment system begins with the idea that one person's time is _(3)_ as much as another person's time. Every hour of work earns one time dollar, which can be
exchanged for another time dollar from someone else. _(4)_, everyone's time has exactly the same value. In the real-world economy, a
gardener may have to work for three hours to be able to _(5)_ a
tutor. Using a time-based currency, they simply
trade an hour
for an hour.
This system allows people to exchange services _(6)_, and offers
incentives to help each other when one isn't so busy,
in return for help when they are. Importantly, a time-based currency _(7)_ people to do community work such as childcare, which is usually
poorly paid or
unpaid. Because of this, and because most
schemes are
localized, time banks
introduce people
to each other, as well as build and support communities.
Of course, there are problems. Actually
keeping the bank's
records takes time and needs someone _(8)_. Also, there is little incentive for well-paid workers such as dentists to _(9)_ to the scheme, so
professional services are not always
available. _(10)_, the idea is
gaining in popularity, and there are now over 50
registered time banks in the US, and more worldwide.
With time, this currency that treats everyone as an equal will reach more people.
(A) afford (B) Even so (C) worth (D) equally (E) informs (F) due to (G) efficiently (H) As a result (I) contribute (J) encourages (K) by means of
(L) trustworthy
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