停擺的世界
Thanks to Google, many people around the world were able to take a half day off from work.
感謝Google，全世界許多人得以放半天假。
thanks to sb or sth幸虧、由於be able to能夠day off休假
A Google outage occurred on the morning of March 13th. The outage was wide-reaching and affected areas including North and South America, Europe, and Asia, though not all users were impacted.
3月13日早上Google發生當機情況，影響範圍十分廣泛，包含北美洲、南美洲、歐洲及亞洲，但並非所有用戶皆受影響。
outage(n.)停電、停擺occur(v.)發生affect(v.)影響impact(v.)影響
Google confirmed the incident and the problem appeared to be resolved later in the afternoon that very same day.
Google已經確認當機情況，並在13日下午排除問題。
confirm(v.)確認incident(n.)事件appear to似乎resolve(v.)解決
Google users flooded social media to complain about not being able to send out emails or open up certain files, etc.
Google用戶湧進社群媒體，抱怨無法傳送電子郵件，或是無法開啟某些檔案等問題。
flood(v.)湧入be able to能夠etc.=et cetera等等
Some also reported that they were unable to access Google Drive, Hangout and Youtube.
有些人甚至回報無法使用Google Drive、Hangout和Youtube。
unable(adj.)不能、無法access(v.)進入
Google apologized for the inconvenience in a message posted on Google’s GSuite Status Dashboard, saying that “system reliability is a top priority at Google, and we are making continuous improvements to make our systems better.”
Google在GSuite Status上發布訊息，為造成不便道歉，他們表示「系統穩定度是Google第一要務，我們會持續改進，讓系統更好。」
apologize(v.)道歉inconvenience(n.)不便system(n.)系統reliability(n.)穩定度priority(n.)優先事項continuous(adj.)持續的improvement(n.)改善
However, Google has not revealed any further details regarding the outage.
但Google並未針對當機情況提出進一步細節解釋。
reveal(v.)透露further(adj.)更進一步、更多的detail(n.)細節regarding=aboutoutage(n.)停電、停擺