🌻這星期, 比較引起我注意的就是這幾個新聞了

☘️美國支付公司PayPal(PYPL)宣布，將以3000億日圓（27億美元）收購日本新創公司Paidy，以強化自家「先買後付」（BNPL）產品。

熟悉美股的讀者, 應該對BNPL不陌生了. PayPal這舉動, 其實也強化了跟Amazon的關係:
(from Morgan Stanley)
Provides potential for initial relationship with AMZN in Japan: We think the deal is most notable for giving PYPL its first entry into AMZN's large ecosystem, which PYPL has been trying to gain access to for some time. Paidy began providing BNPL services for AMZN in Japan in November 2019, and after the deal closes, PYPL should have a clear path to eventually sell some of its other core services to AMZN in Japan.

☘️lululemon(LULU)昨天(台灣周四凌晨)發表財報了, 股價跳漲10.47%.

Morgan Stanley:
We highlight margin expansion as particularly impressive against 1) higher eCommerce penetration, which has historically resulted in EBIT margin degradation for many other specialty retail peers, 2) the acquisition of MIRROR, which has not yet achieved profitability, & 3) already best-in-class historical operating margin levels. While some macro factors like lean industry-wide inventory levels may be partially supporting these results, in our view they point to a higher & more profitable growth trajectory for the business compared to the outlook pre-Covid. As such, though LULU’s P/E multiple sits at 46x, above the high end of its pre-Covid 18-41x range, we view current levels as merited against higher future growth & profitability. In our view, this may represent a more permanent valuation re-rating for LULU, & the stock likely continues to trade at elevated levels until results prove otherwise.

🌻Alphabet(GOOGL)今年的表現為什麼那麼亮眼?
今年最會漲的FAANG個股之一, 就是GOOGL了. 如果有在follow這家公司的讀者, 應該有發現他們的營收結構跟過去幾年很不一樣了(可以看下面的表格). YouTube以及Cloud業務成為新的營收成長動能.

Picture: 畫 from National Gallery of Art; 自製的GOOGL簡單營收分類表.

定宇分享台灣相關外交國防消息…

美國海軍部長提名人托羅（Carlos Del Toro），13日出席參議院軍事委員會的任命聽證會。如果你看完下列托羅的證詞，再加上不久前，美軍太平洋艦隊司令帕帕羅所說的「防止中國武統台灣是我的責任。」可以看出美國印太戰略架構中，對台的安全政策和紅線。

托羅強調，「（美國）以所有可能的方式保衛台灣是至關重要的事，這需要全面審視我們對台灣的國家承諾。我們應該專注於為台灣提供儘可能多的自衛措施。」

「如果獲確認為海軍部長，我將特別專注於中國的威脅，特別專注於推進我們的海上戰略，以保護台灣和我們在印太地區所有的國家安全利益。」

「中國軍事實力的不斷成長，美海軍優勢已非當然之理。海軍有必要達成355艦隊的目標，以有效嚇阻北京在南海的擴張行動…他尚未通過提名，無法參與2022年度財政預算案，但是他會在2023年財政年度預算案爭取落實這個目標。」

——以下為美國海軍部張提名人托羅攸關台灣的重要證詞——
"It's incredibly important to defend Taiwan in every way possible," Del Toro told the Senate Armed Services Committee at his confirmation hearing. "It takes a holistic view of our national commitment to Taiwan. We should be focused on providing Taiwan with as much self-defensive measures as humanly possible.

"And if confirmed to the Navy, I am going to be exclusively focused on the China threat and exclusively focused in moving our maritime strategy forward in order to protect Taiwan and all of our national security interests in the Indo-Pacific theater," he added.

Del Toro said at his confirmation hearing that he supports the 355-ship goal. Pressed on the fiscal 2022 budget, Del Toro stressed he has not been involved since he isn't confirmed yet, but he pledged to fight for resources in the fiscal 2023 budget.

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We will reach out and *deliver a box of groceries* to you as soon as possible. (Delivery within Johor Bahru & Kulai area only) If you know someone who could be benefited from this, please help *pay it forward* and spread the words. Thank you!

*PROGRAM PRIHATIN IMS UNTUK KREW PRODUKSI DI SEKITAR JOHOR BAHRU*

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Pegawai kami akan menghubungi anda dan sekotak bantuan makanan akan di salurkan kepada anda dengan segera. (Penghantaran di kawasan Johor Bahru & Kulai sahaja). Bantu sebarkan untuk manfaat bersama. Terima Kasih!

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現代的社會都一直在玩手機！坐捷運玩手機，過馬路玩手機，坐電梯玩手機。。。
我們花越來越多時間在看手機。。。但這樣的話，我們越來越忘記要怎麽享受生活！
透過這個影片我想提醒大家不要一直在看手機，我相信如果我們更小心每天出門的小細節，我們會更享受我們的生活！

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第一個單字是 hit 達到某個程度，例句是： U.S. coronavirus cases hit 2 million.

美國確診數突破兩百萬，目前仍然是疫情最嚴重的國家，突破兩百萬，來到這個嚴重的程度，我們可以用 hit 這個動詞。疫情很嚴重，不過川普好像不太在乎捏，從下個單字，我們看得出來，他比較在乎，能不能再當一屆總統。
https://globalnews.ca/news/7047844/us-coronavirus-cases-2-million/

第二個單字是 rally 大型集會，例句是：Trump will restart political rallies this month despite coronavirus pandemic.

剛剛說到，美國疫情很嚴重，那不是應該避免大型集會嗎？No no，川普不在乎。川普說，這個月，他要開始辦造勢活動，來來來一群人擠在一起，喊個夠！什麼保持距離，免！口罩，免！大家 high 起來！這百分之百會加速疫情傳染... 這種大型集會就是 rally。https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/06/08/872588125/trump-to-restart-political-rallies-this-month-despite-coronavirus-pandemic

第三個單字是 moratorium 暫停（正式協議），例句是：Amazon announced a one-year moratorium on providing police facial recognition technology.

亞馬遜公司（Amazon）宣布，暫停提供人臉辨識科技給警察，一年後再說。事情是這樣的，亞馬遜有人臉辨識科技，原本會提供給美國的警察，幫忙辨識壞人。結果這科技，竟然也在搞種族歧視，看到無辜的黑人，常常錯誤辨識，亂認成嫌疑犯。欸，最近美國警察殺黑人，才引發大規模抗議，這個氣氛下，亞馬遜還是乖乖暫停吧。暫停是 moratorium。https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/10/amazon-rekognition-moratorium/

第四個單字是 contribute 貢獻，例句是： Afghan refugees are contributing to Turkey's fight against the coronavirus.
難民幫大忙！土耳其境內有些阿富汗難民，他們也為土耳其盡一份心力，幫忙對抗武漢肺炎。這些難民製作口罩跟肥皂，提供給土耳其人民，非常積極、非常溫暖～貢獻就是 contribute。https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/afghan-refugees-helping-turkey-fight-coronavirus-200610093840716.html

最後一個單字是 centenarian 百歲人瑞，例句是：Can the ‘Centenarian Olympics’ help you live longer?

你知道嗎？有個奧運大賽，只有超過 100 歲的人，才能參加。這是「百歲人瑞奧運大賽」如果想參賽，這輩子都要好好鍛鍊身體，這樣 100 歲的時候，才能跑能跳。老年生活，不用臥病在床，很幸福耶！你也可以設下這個目標，100 歲時，我們一起參加這個特別的奧運大賽！百歲人瑞，就是 centenarian。
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200520-can-the-centenarian-olympics-help-you-live-longer

恭喜你！今天學了 5 個新單字，還聽了 5 則國際大事！你喜歡這樣聽新聞、學英文嗎？希望你可以訂閱我們的 podcast，然後為我們留 5 顆星的評價。如果有什麼意見，歡迎留言，敘述欄裡面有連結喔～謝謝收聽，下次通勤見 ❤️