2023/1/7 早读 Amazon will reportedly lay off 10000 workers
原文:Good morning to you,robin. And These are deep cuts tech giant amazon planning to cut ten thousand employees starting this week. According to the new york times and this is the largest layoff in the company's nearly 30-year history. It's also something we've now been hearing from so many tech companies including facebook parent company meta,lift and twitter post musk's takeover. so what's really going on here?well, many of these big companies,these tech companies,they built up their workforces during the pandemic and as americans and people all over the world were stuck at home,spending more time than ever before on their phones and buying stuff on amazon but then inflation came along.
生词和短语:
stuck adj.被困住的(be stuck at home)
layoff n.解聘,裁员
workforce n.劳动力,员工团队
inflation n.通货膨胀
build up (使)逐渐增加
come along (偶然地)发生,来到
翻译:这是科技巨头亚马逊计划从本周开始裁员一万人的大幅度裁员。据《纽约时报》报道,这是该公司近30年历史上规模最大的一次裁员。在马斯克被收购后,我们也听到了很多科技公司的消息,包括facebook母公司meta、lift和twitter。那么这里到底发生了什么?好吧,这些大公司中的许多,这些科技公司,在疫情期间建立了自己的劳动力队伍,而美国人和全世界的人都被困在家里,花在手机上的时间比以往任何时候都多,在亚马逊上买东西,但随后通货膨胀也随之而来。