Stock Market News
股市新聞
Introduction
The stock market went up on Thursday. The US and Iran are not fighting as much now.
週四股市上漲。美國與伊朗目前的衝突有所減少。
Main Body
Many companies are spending money on AI. Micron and Cerebras are building new factories. Meta and Starbucks want to make their own AI software.
許多公司正投入資金於 AI。美光 (Micron) 與 Cerebras 正在興建新廠。Meta 與星巴克 (Starbucks) 想要開發自己的 AI 軟體。
FedEx has a new plan to move medicine. Amazon is a big competitor for FedEx. Honeywell is making new tools for Europe and NATO.
FedEx 有一項運送藥品的新計劃。亞馬遜 (Amazon) 是 FedEx 的強大競爭對手。霍尼韋爾 (Honeywell) 正為歐洲與北約 (NATO) 製造新工具。
Some companies have problems. AstraZeneca and Ionis made a drug for the heart, but it did not work. Costco and Levi Strauss sold fewer things in June.
部分公司遇到問題。阿斯特捷來康 (AstraZeneca) 與 Ionis 開發了一款心臟藥物，但效果不佳。好市多 (Costco) 與李維斯 (Levi Strauss) 六月的銷售量下降。
Conclusion
Tech and AI companies are growing. But some medicine and shop companies are losing money.
科技與 AI 公司正在成長。但部分製藥與零售公司正在虧損。
Vocabulary Learning
📈 THE "UP AND DOWN" PATTERN
In English, we use simple words to show if things are getting better or worse. Look at these opposites from the text:
The Good Side The Bad Side
- Went up Losing money
- Growing Problems
- Building Did not work
💡 Quick Tip: How to describe a company
To talk about a business, use: [Name] + is + [Action]
- Amazon is a big competitor.
- Honeywell is making new tools.
If you want to say something is not happening, just put 'not' after 'is/are':
- The US and Iran are not fighting.
- It did not work.