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“裁员”是今年各大科技公司的关键词之一。继社交巨头推特裁掉一半员工后，亚马逊、Meta、Lyft等各大公司也陆续宣布裁员。目前，科技巨头中仅剩谷歌和苹果尚未宣布裁员消息，但两者皆已宣布放缓或冻结招聘。今年以来，美国企业已裁员12万人，其中包括基层员工、工程师和技术人员。特别是10月份，美国企业的裁员人数达到9587人，创下近两年来的新高。
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This is a sad and uncertain time for many people across the tech industry.
对科技行业的许多人来说，这是一个悲伤且充满不确定的时刻。
Many workers are scrambling to seek new opportunities.
许多工人都在争先恐后地寻找新的工作机会。
Fears of recession, rising interest rates and a shift to pre-pandemic lifestyles have all dealt major blows to the tech industry.
对经济衰退、利率上升的担忧以及向疫情前生活方式的转变都对科技行业造成了重大打击。
More than 35,000 tech workers across 72 companies have been laid off just this month, for a total of 120,000 tech jobs lost this year.
本月，72家公司的35000多名技术工人被解雇，今年共有12万个技术岗位流失。
We'll hear now from CNN business and politics correspondent Vanessa Yurkevich who has more on the future of the industry.
现在，我们将听取 CNN 商业和政治记者 Vanessa Yurkevich 对有关该行业未来的更多报道。
In three weeks, the tech industry lost tens of thousands of jobs.
三周内，科技行业流失了数万个工作岗位。
Historic layoffs at Twitter, Meta, Lyft and Amazon.
推特、Meta、Lyft 和亚马逊公司发生了历史性的裁员。
Layoffs.fyi, a crowdsourced layoff tracking site, puts it at more than 35,000 layoffs so far this month.
根据众包裁员追踪网站 Layoffs.fyi，本月迄今为止，裁员人数超过35000人。
That's the highest month since the pandemic.
这是疫情以来裁员数量最多的一个月。
So that beats April 2020, which was 17,000 employees laid off.
这比2020年4月裁员1.7万人的数量还要多。
Meta cut its workforce by 13 percent.
Meta 公司削减了13%的员工。
CEO Mark Zuckerberg saying he's taking accountability and apologizing to those impacted.
首席执行官 Mark Zuckerberg 表示，他将承担责任，并向受影响的人道歉。
New owner Elon Musk slashed half of Twitter staff with founder Jack Dorsey tweeting: The company grew too quickly, I apologize for that.
新老板 Elon Musk 裁掉了推特一半的员工，创始人 Jack Dorsey 在推特上写道：公司发展太快了，我为此道歉。
And Amazon is laying off ten thousand workers this week, citing an unusual and uncertain macroeconomic environment.
亚马逊本周将裁员一万人，给出的原因是宏观经济环境异常且不稳定。
There were big investments made during the pandemic time while the rest of the economy for example was plummeting by 3.4 percent.
疫情期间涌现了大量投资，而其他经济领域则暴跌了3.4%。
Tech grew by four percent.
科技领域增长了4%。
But in a post-pandemic high inflation world, consumer behaviors and spending habits are changing, with the threat of recession on the horizon.
但在疫情后高度通货膨胀的世界，消费行为和消费习惯正在改变，经济衰退的威胁即将来临。
I take this as a sign that maybe companies got over their skis at some point right, and they're trying to kind of sit upright again.
我认为这表明可能公司在某个时刻做出了轻率的决定，但他们正试图重新振作起来。
Roger Lee founded layoffs.fyi. as the pandemic unfolded.
Roger Lee 在疫情期间创立了 layoffs.fyi。
Recently, he's been digging deeper into the numbers.
最近，他一直在深入研究数字。
There have been many companies who have been letting go half or more of their recruiting HR teams just because they're not hiring as many people anymore.
许多公司已经解雇了一半或更多的人力资源团队，因为他们不用再招聘那么多人了。
Aaron Backman, a recruiter at a tech company, was one of those layoffs.
一家科技公司的招聘人员 Aaron Backman 就是其中之一。
What did that feel like for you?
你感觉怎么样？
It was a really awful feeling.
这是一种非常可怕的感觉。
We were told really early in the morning an email saying layoffs are coming today.
我们一大早就收到一封电子邮件，说今天要裁员。
And if you get a call, it's going to be you.
如果你接到电话，那裁的就是你。
And I sat there for six hours on slack and watched my colleagues get laid off one by one.
我在那里闲坐了六个小时，看着同事们一个个被解雇。
Then he got the call.
然后他也接到了电话。
It's depressing.
真令人沮丧。
As American workers watch tech giants shed jobs at a rapid clip, many in other industries are asking, am I next?
当美国工人看着科技巨头快速裁员时，其他行业的许多人都在问，我会是下一个吗？
Should they be nervous?
他们应该紧张吗？
First of all, the tech economy are just two percent of the labor market.
首先，科技经济只占劳动力市场的2%。
Tech is an important part of the economy but it is not the whole of the economy.
技术是经济的重要组成部分，但它不是经济的全部。
The rest of the labor market is looking pretty good.
劳动力市场的其余部分看起来相当好。
The economy is adding jobs at a pretty healthy clip.
经济领域正以非常健康的速度增加就业岗位。
重点解析
More than 35,000 tech workers across 72 companies have been laid off just this month, for a total of 120,000 tech jobs lost this year.
本月，72家公司的35000多名技术工人被解雇，今年共有12万个技术岗位流失。
重点词汇短语：
lay off
（通常指因工作岗位不足而）辞退，解雇，使下岗；住手；闭嘴
例句：
100,000 federal workers will be laid off to reduce the deficit...
10万联邦公务人员将被辞退以减少赤字。
He went on attacking her until other passengers arrived and told him to lay off.
他不停地打她，直至其他乘客过来叫他住手。
I think you'd better lay off fatty foods for a while.
我认为你最好暂时别吃高脂食物。
* layoff /ˈleɪɔːf/
n. 解雇；(通常指因工作岗位不足的)裁员；下岗；休养；疗养；养伤
例句：
It will close more than 200 stores nationwide resulting in the layoffs of an estimated 2,000 employees.
它将关闭全国200多家店铺，估计会有2,000名员工因此失业。
They both made full recoveries after lengthy injury layoffs.
他俩因受伤长期休养后都已完全康复。
近义词辨析：
dismiss 开除，解雇。指正式解除某人的职务，常可与 fire，sack 换用。
That teacher was dismissed/fired/sacked secretly.
那名教师被秘密开除了。
axe (美亦作ax) 突然解雇。指突然解除某人的职务。
The company announced Thursday their plan to axe 180 employees.
该公司周四宣布计划裁员180人。
lay off 解雇。指因为没有工作可做而解雇员工。
The chain store laid off 500 workers in October.
这家连锁店10月份裁员500人。
remove 开除，罢免。指免除某人的职务，尤指罢免身居要职者。
The committee removed the corrupt official.
委员会罢免了那名腐败的官员。
sack [英，非正式]开除，解雇。解除某人的职务。
He was sacked from the job, although he did nothing wrong.
他没做错事却被解雇了。
New owner Elon Musk slashed half of Twitter staff with founder Jack Dorsey tweeting: The company grew too quickly, I apologize for that.
新老板 Elon Musk 裁掉了推特一半的员工，创始人 Jack Dorsey 在推特上写道：公司发展太快了，我为此道歉。
重点词汇短语：
slash /slæʃ/
n. 斜线；斜杠；(用刀等)劈；(长而窄的)伤口；切口；砍痕；斜线号
v. (用利器)劈；大幅度削减；大大降低
例句：
Someone had slashed the tyres on my car.
有人把我的汽车轮胎割破了。
The workforce has been slashed by half.
职工人数裁减了一半。
We had to slash our way through the undergrowth with sticks.
我们挥舞着木棍一路劈砍，才在密林里开出一条路，穿了过去。
常见搭配：
slash at sb/sth (with sth) （用刀等）猛砍，砍击
近义词辨析：
cut 指削减、缩减、裁减（尤指经费、开支、收入或生意规模）。
Buyers will bargain hard to cut the cost of the house they want.
买主会竭力讨价还价以压低他们想买的房子的价格。
slash 【非正式】指大幅度削减、大大降低。
The workforce has been slashed by half.
职工人数裁减了一半。
cut sth back/cut back on sth 指削减、缩减、裁减（尤指经费或生意）。
We had to cut back production.
我们只得减产。
scale sth back 【美】指削减、缩减、裁减（尤指经费或生意）。
The IMF has scaled back its growth forecasts for the next decade.
国际货币基金组织已经调低对未来十年的增长预测。
downsize 指公司或机构精简人员以降低成本。
The plight of the economy is forcing businesses to downsize.
经济困境迫使企业减员。
scale sth down 指减少（数量）、缩小（规模或范围）：
We are scaling down our training programmes next year.
我们将在明年缩小培训计划。
But in a post-pandemic high inflation world, consumer behaviors and spending habits are changing, with the threat of recession on the horizon.
但在疫情后高度通货膨胀的世界，消费行为和消费习惯正在改变，经济衰退的威胁即将来临。
重点词汇短语：
1. inflation /ɪnˈfleɪʃn/
n. 通货膨胀；通胀率；充气
例句：
Wage increases must be in line with inflation .
工资的增长必须与通货膨胀率一致。
The rate of inflation increased by 2%.
通货膨胀率增长了2%。
常见搭配：
control inflation 控制通货膨胀
reduce inflation 减少通货膨胀
high/low inflation 高/低通货膨胀率
inflation rate 通货膨胀率
increase in inflation 通货膨胀率的增长
2. recession /rɪˈseʃn/
n. 经济衰退；经济萎缩；退后；撤回
例句：
The country is sliding into the depths of (a) recession.
这个国家一步步滑入经济衰退的谷底。
The recession caused sales to drop off.
经济不景气使销量下降。
Many jobs in manufacturing were lost during the recession.
在经济衰退期，制造业有很多人失业了。
I take this as a sign that maybe companies got over their skis at some point right, and they're trying to kind of sit upright again.
我认为这表明可能公司在某个时刻做出了轻率的决定，但他们正试图重新振作起来。
重点词汇短语：
get (out) over (one's) skis
轻率地思考或采取行动，过火
例句：
Lots of entrepreneurs get over their skis when they set up new businesses, taking on a lot more risk and responsibility than they can actually handle.
很多企业家在创业时都没有经过审慎思考，总会去承担比他们实际能承受的更多的风险和责任。
"I can't believe he told you to leave!" "Oh, he was out over his skis, as usual. I don't pay much attention to what he says."
“我真不敢相信他竟然让你离开！”“他就是说话不经大脑。我不会太在意他的话的。”
As American workers watch tech giants shed jobs at a rapid clip, many in other industries are asking, am I next?
当美国工人看着科技巨头快速裁员时，其他行业的许多人都在问，我会是下一个吗？
重点词汇短语：
at a (fast, good, steady, etc.) clip
【美】以某种速度（形容速度的形容词用在“a”和“clip”之间）
例句：
Since you're still a beginner, just see if you can get your horse to move at a steady clip.
既然你还是个新手，就看看你能不能让你的马以稳定的速度移动吧。
Studios are releasing movies at a fast clip.
电影制片公司发行新片的速度很快。
They moved out from the airport at a brisk clip
他们迅速撤离机场。
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