互聯網搜索引擎巨頭谷歌公司已同意支付5億美元罰款，以了結一項針對該公司在網絡上違法發布藥品廣告的刑事調查。而這筆罰金也是美國歷史上針對違法網絡廣告開具的最大罰金之一。

Google has agreed to pay 500 million U.S. dollars for running advertisements by online Canadian pharmacies targeting consumers in the U.S.

The U.S. Justice Department says the ads led to illegal imports of prescription medication into the country, and allowed the purchase of these drugs online without valid prescriptions. The fine is one of the largest-ever in the U.S. for illegal online advertising, and represents money made by Google on ad sales, plus revenue earned by the pharmacies from sales to American customers. Google has since banned the advertising of prescription drugs in the U.S. by Canadian pharmacies. But, the fine didn't come as a total surprise to Google, as the company disclosed in May it had set aside 500 million dollars for a potential settlement.

詞匯學習：

1. pharmacy n. 藥房，藥店；藥劑學，配藥
2. prescription n. 處(藥)方，(開的)藥；開處(藥)方
3. fine a. 健康的；極好的的 ad. 很好 vt./ n. 罰款
4. ban vt. 取締，查禁；(from)禁止 常構成: ban from sth./ doing sth.
n. 禁止，禁令 常構成: ban on sth.