In a time bank, members get credit for services they provide to other members, from cooking to housekeeping to car rides to home repair. For each hour of work, one time dollar is deposited into a member's account。
在時間銀行里,會員可以通過為其他會員提供服務(wù)來獲得積分,服務(wù)范圍可包括做飯、整理家務(wù)、開車接送,以及家庭維修等。每工作一小時,便會有一個時間貨幣被存入會員的賬戶。
People see time banking as a way to deal with the economic pressures they are feeling, especially in places hit hardest by the recession。
人們把這種存儲時間的方式作為應(yīng)對經(jīng)濟壓力的一種手段,在受經(jīng)濟衰退影響比較大的地區(qū),尤其如此。