电击能让你停止买东西 一个来自英国的公司发明了一个新产品用于帮助省钱。这个产品是个手环，花了太多钱就给你电击。手环名叫‘Pavlok’。跟用户的银行账户联系，所以手环能知道你的账户里有多少钱。购物的时候，如果账户里的钱太少，手环就给你的手腕255伏特电击。这个警告用户不要超支。公司名叫‘智能环境’，要跟银行合作帮助用户控制他们的钱。至今，没有英国银行声明将要提供Pavlok对银行的客户，但是将来可能开始提供。 Pavlok的手环是‘物联网’的一部分。这个概念表示在未来我们的生活中所有的东西都能跟互联网联系。‘智能环境’的首席执行官David Webber说很多人喜欢Pavlok的概念。购物者宁愿在店里被电击而不愿在获得银行卡账单的时候感到非常震惊。Webber先生说Pavlok对没有毅力或者毅力微弱的人有好处。他还说很多的青年人患有‘鸵鸟效应’。这意味着，有人宁可把头埋在地下而买东西也不愿关注他在账户里有的钱。 Get an Electric Shock to Stop You Buying Things A British firm has developed a new product to help us save money. The product is a wristband that gives us an electric shock if we spend too much money. The wristband is called Pavlok. It is linked to our bank account. It knows how much money we have in the bank. If we go shopping and there is not enough money in our bank account, the wristband delivers a 255-volt electric shock to our wrist. This warns us not to overspend. The company is called Intelligent Environments. It wants to work with banks to help customers with their money. So far, no banks in Britain have said they would offer the Pavlok to their customers. They could start doing this in the future. The Pavlok wristband is part of the Internet of Things. This is the idea that everything in our life will be connected to the Internet. The CEO of Intelligent Environments, David Webber, said people liked the idea of the Pavlok. Shoppers would rather get a small electric shock in the store from the wristband than get a big shock later when they see their credit card bill. Mr Webber said the Pavlok would be great for people who cannot stop spending because they have no willpower or their willpower is weak. He added that many young people suffer from the "ostrich effect". This is when people stick their heads in the sand and buy things rather than look at how much money they have in their bank.