The store's card reader failed to scan the card's magnetic strip.

店里的读卡器坏了，不能读卡上的磁条。

The store's card reader failed to scan the card's magnetic strip. Azar tried again and again. No luck.

商店的读卡器无法识别他卡上的词条，阿扎试了又试，总是不行。

And his father invented that magnetic strip on credit cards.

他的父亲发明了信用卡上的磁条。

All you have to do is take the credit card and swipe it through here, making sure that the magnetic strip is facing you.

您所要做的就是拿起信用卡并在此处刷卡，确保磁条面向您。

Chip cards, credit cards with tiny microchips have been increasingly used in the U.S. since 2015. The old type of card which utilized a magnetic strip was easier to hack and steal information from.

自 2015 年以来，芯片卡、带有微型芯片的信用卡在美国的使用越来越多。使用磁条的旧式卡更容易被黑客入侵和窃取信息。