Two US Companies Want to Buy easyJet
兩家美國公司欲收購 easyJet
Introduction
The leaders of easyJet want to accept a deal from a company called Apollo. Apollo wants to pay £5.7 billion for the airline.
easyJet 的領導層希望接受一家名為 Apollo 的公司提出的方案。Apollo 打算以 57 億英鎊收購這家航空公司。
Main Body
Apollo offers more money for each share than another company called Castlelake. Apollo wants to keep the airline's low prices. They also want to buy new planes.
Apollo 為每股提供的價格高於另一家名為 Castlelake 的公司。Apollo 希望維持該航空公司的低價策略，並計畫採購新飛機。
Apollo is a very large company. Castlelake is smaller. Apollo has more experience buying big businesses.
Apollo 是一家規模很大的公司，而 Castlelake 則較小。Apollo 在收購大型企業方面擁有更豐富的經驗。
There is one problem. EU laws say that EU people must own most of the airline. Both US companies must find a way to follow this law. Also, easyJet lost a lot of money recently because fuel prices went up.
然而目前存在一個問題。歐盟法律規定，歐盟公民必須持有該航空公司的多數股權。兩家美國公司都必須尋找符合此法律的方法。此外，由於近期燃料價格上漲，easyJet 損失慘重。
Conclusion
Apollo must give a final offer by August 7. Castlelake must give an offer by August 3.
Apollo 必須在 8 月 7 日前提交最終報價。Castlelake 則必須在 8 月 3 日前提交報價。
Vocabulary Learning
Comparing Things (The '-er' Rule)
In this story, we see how to compare two companies. When we want to say one thing is 'more' than another, we often add -er to the word.
Examples from the text:
- Small → Smaller
- (Example: Castlelake is smaller than Apollo.)
How to use it:
Word + er + than Comparison
Wait! What about long words? If the word is long (like expensive or experienced), we don't add -er. We use more.
- Experience More experience
- Money More money
Quick Summary:
- Short word? Use -er.
- Long word? Use more.