Apple Stops Stolen Phone Sales
Apple 阻止盜搶手機銷售
Introduction
Apple has a new security update. It makes stolen phones stop working. Apple is now working with the London police.
Apple 推出了新的安全性更新，讓被盜手機失效。Apple 目前正與倫敦警方合作。
Main Body
Apple uses a tool called 'Stolen Device Protection'. This tool locks the phone. Thieves cannot change the password. This means they cannot sell the phone for money.
Apple 使用了一項名為「盜搶裝置保護」的工具。這項工具會鎖定手機，讓小偷無法更改密碼。這意味著他們無法將手機賣掉獲利。
Many people stole phones in London. Between 2017 and 2024, thieves took over 500,000 phones. The police want to stop this. They want all phone companies to make stolen phones useless.
倫敦有許多手機盜搶案。在 2017 年至 2024 年間，小偷搶走了超過 50 萬支手機。警方希望停止這種情況，他們希望所有手機公司讓被盜手機失效。
Some thieves send stolen phones to China and Dubai. Now, Apple and the police are working together. Samsung and Google are doing this too. In one part of London, phone thefts went down by 45%.
部分小偷將盜搶手機運往中國和杜拜。現在，Apple 與警方正共同合作，Samsung 和 Google 也在採取行動。在倫敦的一個區域，手機盜搶案減少了 45%。
Conclusion
New technology and police work are stopping phone theft.
新技術與警方的努力正有效阻止手機盜搶。
Vocabulary Learning
💡 The 'Power' of STOP
In this story, we see a very useful pattern for A2 learners: Action → Result.
Look at how these words connect:
- Stop working → The phone is dead.
- Stop this → The crime ends.
- Stop phone theft → No more stealing.
🛠️ Simple Word Swaps
To move from A1 to A2, you can replace basic words with more specific ones from the text:
- Bad people Thieves
- Not working Useless
- Helping Working together
📉 Quick Logic
The Pattern:
Tool Action Result
Stolen Device Protection locks the phone cannot sell for money.