Meta Gives Money to Cred

Meta 出資投資 Cred


Introduction

Meta gave 900 million dollars to the Indian company Cred. At the same time, the boss of Cred is moving to a new job at WhatsApp.

Meta 向印度公司 Cred 提供了 9 億美元。與此同時,Cred 的老闆正轉職到 WhatsApp。

Main Body

Meta gave this money to help Cred grow. Meta does not own the whole company. Meta will not take any customer data from Cred. Meta wants WhatsApp Pay to be popular in India.

Meta 提供這筆資金是為了幫助 Cred 成長。Meta 並非擁有整間公司。Meta 不會從 Cred 獲取任何客戶數據。Meta 希望 WhatsApp Pay 在印度普及。

Kunal Shah was the boss of Cred. Now he is the global leader of WhatsApp. Miten Sampat is the new temporary boss of Cred. He has a lot of experience in finance and engineering.

Kunal Shah 曾是 Cred 的老闆。現在他是 WhatsApp 的全球負責人。Miten Sampat 是 Cred 的新任臨時老闆。他在金融和工程領域擁有豐富經驗。

Some reports say Cred does not make money. But Kunal Shah says the company made a profit for the first time. Now the company is changing its leaders. They want to sell shares to the public in the future.

有些報告稱 Cred 並未獲利。但 Kunal Shah 表示公司首次實現獲利。目前公司正在更換領導層,他們希望未來能向大眾出售股票。

Conclusion

Miten Sampat is the new boss of Cred. Meta gave the company a lot of money and Kunal Shah joined WhatsApp.

Miten Sampat 是 Cred 的新老闆。Meta 向該公司提供了大量資金,而 Kunal Shah 則加入了 WhatsApp。

Vocabulary Learning

⚡ The 'Money' Words

In this story, we see how business words work. To reach A2, you need to describe who has what and what happened.

1. Giving and Getting

  • Gave (Past) \rightarrow Give (Present)
  • Example: Meta gave money. (It happened already).

2. The 'Boss' Words Look at how the text describes people in charge:

  • Boss \rightarrow A general word for the leader.
  • Leader \rightarrow A person who guides a group.
  • Temporary \rightarrow Not for a long time. (Short-term).

3. Action Patterns Notice the simple flow of these sentences:

"Meta wants WhatsApp Pay to be popular."

Pattern: [Person/Company] \rightarrow wants \rightarrow [Thing] \rightarrow to be \rightarrow [Adjective].

Try this logic for other things:

  • I want the coffee to be hot.
  • She wants the car to be blue.

Vocabulary Learning

global (adj.)
relating to the whole world
Example:The company has a global leader to manage offices in many countries.
temporary (adj.)
lasting for only a short time
Example:He is the temporary boss until they find a permanent leader.
experience (n.)
knowledge and skill from doing a job for a long time
Example:She has ten years of experience in engineering.
finance (n.)
the management of large amounts of money
Example:He studied finance to learn how to invest money.
profit (n.)
money that a company makes after paying all costs
Example:The small shop made a profit for the first time this year.
shares (n.)
parts of a company that people can buy
Example:The company wants to sell shares to the public.
Practice A2 words in a crossword