9.5億美元現金交易
American multinational Uber Technologies Inc. announced on May 13 that it had reached a deal to buy the foodpanda delivery business in Taiwan from German company Delivery Hero SE.
美國跨國企業優步於5月13日宣布，已經與德國公司Delivery Hero SE達成協議，將收購台灣的foodpanda外送業務。
multinational(adj.)跨國的Inc.=incorporated組成公司的deal(n.)交易reach (make, cut) a deal達成交易
According to a joint statement by the companies, Uber will pay $950 million in cash for foodpanda.
根據兩家公司的聯合聲明，Uber將以9.5億美元現金收購foodpanda。
joint(adj.)共同的a joint (concerted) effort共同的努力in cash用現金支付
Both parties have said that they hope to close the deal in the first half of 2025, but the sale cannot be completed until it is approved by Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission.
雙方都表示，希望在2025年上半年完成交易，但交易必須獲得台灣公平交易委員會的批准方能完成。
party(n.)一方approve(v.)批准approve a proposal批准提案approve of sth.同意某事
Speaking about the deal, Delivery Hero CEO Niklas Ostberg said that the company wanted to sell foodpanda in order to focus on its businesses outside of the Taiwanese market.
Delivery Hero執行長奧斯特伯格在談到這筆交易時表示，公司希望出售foodpanda，以便專注於台灣市場以外的業務。
in order to Vr.=with a view to V-ing為了…focus on專注於
If the sale goes through, this would mean that all of foodpanda’s customers and vendors would be moved to Uber Technologies’ UberEats platform.
如果交易成功，這將意味著foodpanda的所有顧客和供應商都將轉移到優步的UberEats平台上。
go through正式通過vendor(n.)攤販、供應商
Both companies have agreed that this would benefit consumers by giving them more choices and better prices on a single sales platform.
兩家公司都同意這將有利於消費者，他們將在單一銷售平台上獲得更多選擇和更優惠的價格。
benefit(v.)有益於benefit from doing sth.從…獲益consumer(n.)消費者consume(v.)消費option, alternative (n.)選擇
However, some people in Taiwan are worried that the two largest food delivery companies in the country coming together could actually be harmful.
然而，有些台灣人擔心，台灣兩家最大的外送公司合併實際上可能是有害的。
be worried that…擔心某事=be concerned that…
They have said that the lack of competition created by the sale could affect both consumer rights and the quality of service offered to customers and restaurants by UberEats.
他們表示，此次出售造成的缺乏競爭可能會影響消費者權益以及UbearEats為顧客和餐廳提供的服務品質。
lack(n.)欠缺，the lack of sth.缺乏某物lack(v.)缺少，為及物動詞competition(n.)競爭intense(adj.)激烈的tense(adj.)緊張的intensive(adj.)密集的competitive(adj.)競爭的、愛好競爭的competent(adj.)有能力的、能幹的right(n.)權益
As a result, the FTC may want to collect public opinion before approving the deal.
因此，公平交易委員會可能會希望在批准交易之前徵求大眾意見。
as a result因此=therefore, thus