VOA标准英语2013--Cypriots Wait and Worry As Default Looms

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Cypriots Wait and Worry As Default Looms¹

At a shop in Nicosia, flowers are in bloom. But the spirits of those who work there are wilting².

"We have a problem when the banks are closed. It's like we are the living dead. We can't make any withdrawals³, we can't make deposits, pay our suppliers," said florist⁴ Stelios Stylianou.

One shoe store in the capital is open and empty, as it has been for days. Totis Pelacanos owns the store. He wonders if lawmakers will find a solution. "I should hope so that they have a plan B after saying no. Otherwise, I don't know what's going to happen?," Pelacanos said.

Even though the banks are closed, cash machines have been open though some appear to be running out [of money].

In the seaside town of Limassol, the sun has been shining. But for many of the Russians who flocked there after the fall of the Soviet⁵ Union, a European Union bailout plan that would have taxed their savings⁶, though rejected, still has them rattled⁷.

"From what I see from my friends, who are Russians and Ukrainians here, yes they are in a panic and I think it will affect the Cypriot economy because now people do not trust anymore. They do not trust banks, they are not secur,'' said Ekaterina Vitebskaya-Melas, who works as a luxury rental⁸ car company

Until a solution is found, many in Cyprus are anxiously waiting, wondering just how much worse the cash crunch⁹ can get.