Alibaba Pays $600 Million to U.S. Government
阿里巴巴向美國政府支付 6 億美元
Introduction
Alibaba and a payment company will pay $600 million. They did not stop people from buying illegal drugs and chemicals.
阿里巴巴與一家支付公司將支付 6 億美元。他們未能阻止他人購買非法藥物和化學品。
Main Body
From 2016 to 2024, people bought 80,000 illegal things on Alibaba. These items cost more than $200 million. The company did not stop these sales.
從 2016 年到 2024 年，人們在阿里巴巴購買了 8 萬件非法物品。這些物品的價值超過 2 億美元。該公司當時並未阻止這些銷售。
Some workers told the company about the problem. But the company did not fix it. Some sellers used secret messages to sell illegal drugs.
部分員工曾向公司反映此問題，但公司並未解決。有些賣家利用秘密訊息來銷售非法藥物。
U.S. police did 40 secret tests. They found many illegal sales. The payment company also had bad rules for money.
美國警方進行了 40 次秘密測試，發現了許多非法交易。該支付公司的資金管理規則同樣存在缺陷。
Conclusion
The companies will pay the money. They promise to follow the laws now.
這些公司將會支付款項，並承諾現在會遵守法律。
Vocabulary Learning
⚡ The Power of 'DID NOT'
In this story, we see a pattern: did not + action.
When we talk about the past and something failed or stopped, we use this simple formula. It is the key to A2 storytelling.
The Pattern:
Did not → Base Verb (Normal word)
Examples from the text:
- Did not stop → (They failed to block the sales)
- Did not fix → (They didn't repair the problem)
💡 Quick Rule: Notice that we say "did not stop" NOT "did not stopped". When "did" is there, the action word stays in its simplest form.
Compare:
- Positive: They fixed it. ✅
- Negative: They did not fix it. ❌