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Tech Company's Outage

מאמר באנגלית לתרגול קריאה. כולל 5 מילים חדשות עם תרגום לעברית, 3 שאלות הבנת הנקרא, 5 שאלות לשיחה. מתאים לרמה בינונית.

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A technology company that handles ticketing for many of the biggest college football programs encountered a problem that left fans across the country unable to download digital tickets onto their smartphones for several hours.

The outage also led StubHub, one of the biggest secondary ticket marketplace, to suspend sales until the issue was resolved.

Paciolan is the largest primary ticketing company in college athletics, with 125 clients, including 75% of the Power Five, according to the Irvine, California-based company’s website.

The nature of the problem wasn’t clear. Phone and email messages seeking comment were not immediately returned.

Schools including Nebraska, Oklahoma, Georgia Tech, Pitt, UCLA, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Cincinnati reported problems with digital tickets.

Schools said fans trying to download tickets began encountering problems on the morning of September 10. StubHub and several schools reported Paciolan’s system was up and running at about 4:30 p.m. Eastern.

Stadiums and arenas have mostly phased out paper tickets and gone to digital ticketing.

Schools affected by the outage sent emails to ticket holders that they could present at the gate for entry. Some also encouraged fans to go to the ticket office for assistance.

מילים חדשות מהטקסט

  • Up and running /ʌp ænd ˈrʌnɪŋ/ idiom פועל

    used to say that a machine or system is working

    We're trying to get the medical facilities up and running again.

  • Returned /rɪˈtɜrn/ verb חזר

    to respond to something in the same way

    He never returned my phone calls.

  • Suspend /səˈspɛnd/ verb לְהַשְׁעוֹת

    to stop something temporarily

    The company was forced to suspend operations.

  • Marketplace /ˈmɑr kɪtˌpleɪs/ noun זירת מסחר

    a space for selling items, which can be online or an actual store

    The marketplace is more than where you buy groceries.

  • Secondary /ˈsɛk ənˌdɛr i/ adjective מִשׁנִי

    related to something that’s not the main or primary source of something

    This job requires at least a secondary education.

שאלות לשיחה

אין כאן תשובה נכונה — אלה שאלות לתרגול דיבור, לבד או מול מורה.

  1. What do you think are the pros and cons of selling tickets online?
  2. In your opinion, should all kinds of tickets become digital? Why or why not?
  3. Is it better to buy online or to go to a shop?
  4. What do you think are the pros and cons of buying and selling things online?
  5. What kind of things do you buy online? Why?

בדקו את עצמכם

3 שאלות. בחרו תשובה וקבלו בדיקה מיד.

  1. What problem did the tech company encounter?

  2. What is the largest primary ticketing company in college athletics?

  3. When did they start having trouble with the tickets?

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