Internet and Phone Problems
網路與電話問題
Introduction
On Monday, June 22, many people around the world could not use the internet and some phone services.
在 6 月 22 日星期一，全球許多人無法使用網路及部分電話服務。
Main Body
The app X stopped working for many people. More than 32,000 people in the US, UK, Canada, and India had problems. They could not see their news feeds.
X 應用程式對許多人來說無法使用。美國、英國、加拿大與印度有超過 32,000 人出現問題，他們無法看到自己的新聞牆。
Other apps also had problems. Reddit, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams did not work well. A company called Cloudflare said a big internet cable broke in North America. This caused the problems.
其他應用程式也出現問題。Reddit、Zoom 與 Microsoft Teams 運作不順暢。一家名為 Cloudflare 的公司表示，北美的一條大型網路電纜斷裂，導致了這些問題。
At the same time, Xfinity had problems in the US. More than 12,000 people could not watch TV or use the internet. Xfinity asked customers for help to fix the problems.
與此同時，美國的 Xfinity 也出現問題。超過 12,000 人無法觀看電視或使用網路。Xfinity 要求客戶協助修復這些問題。
Conclusion
Xfinity checked the problems one by one. X and the other apps started to work again later that day.
Xfinity 逐一檢查了問題。X 與其他應用程式在當天稍後恢復正常。
Vocabulary Learning
🕒 The "Past State" Pattern
In this story, we see how to describe things that were broken or stopped in the past. To reach A2, you need to move from is/are (now) to was/were or did not (then).
The Shift:
- Now: The app works. Past: The app worked.
- Now: It does not work. Past: It did not work.
Real Examples from the Text:
- "X stopped working" Action finished.
- "Reddit... did not work well" Negative state in the past.
- "A cable broke" The reason why it happened.
Quick Rule for A2: When you want to say something was a problem yesterday, use did not + [base verb].
Wrong: I no have internet yesterday. Right: I did not have internet yesterday.