Reluctant to risk their lives by visiting a bank, many subscribers transferred money to each other by passing on the serial Numbers of scratch CARDS charged with credit, like gift vouchers.

用户们不愿冒着生命危险去银行，而是通过传送类似于礼品券，记有存款的刮刮卡上的系列号来转移钱财。

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You can buy gift CARDS, and if you do, it would be a good idea to photocopy the serial number on the card in case your recipient loses it which is possible - anything is possible!

你可以买购物卡，如果你买了购物卡，最好是影印购物卡的序列号以免收礼人弄丢了它。

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But when it comes to pacing and plot, serial writing has been a real gift.

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