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▍原文
Netflix has laid off about 150 staff, just a month after the entertainment giant said it was losing subscribers for the first time in a decade.
The redundancies, announced by the streaming service on Tuesday, will mainly affect its US office in California. They account for about 2% of its North American workforce.
Netflix said the job losses were due to the slump in the company's revenue.
The streaming service is battling an exodus of viewers this year.
▍语言点
1. lay off 裁员,解雇
· 词义辨析:fire是“由于个人的问题导致合同终止”;lay off是“公司财务资金或者管理问题而裁员多人”
2. for the first time+时间 表示“多久时间以来头一回”
· for the first time in a decade 十年来头一回
· for the first time in a century 百年以来第一次
3. redundancy /rɪˈdʌnd(ə)nsi/ n.(因劳动力过剩而造成的)裁员,解雇
· Thousands of factory workers are facing redundancy.
数千名工厂工人面临裁汰。
· to accept/take voluntary redundancy 接受自愿裁汰
· redundancy payments 裁员补偿
4. account for+百分比 表示“占比”
· Computers account for 5% of the country's commercial electricity consumption.
电脑占了这个国家商业用电的5%。
5. workforce /ˈwɜrːkfɔːrs/ n. (一个公司或组织的)全体员工;(某个国家或某个地区的)劳动力、劳动人口
6. slump /slʌmp/ n. (销售量、价格、价值等的)骤降,猛跌,锐减
· a slump in profits 利润锐减
· the slump in the company’s revenue 公司收入骤减
· slump in sth. 在某方面的骤降
7. battle /ˈbæt(ə)l/ v. 与……作战,和……作斗争
· We battled the coronavirus for three years.
我们同新冠疫情斗争了三年。
8. exodus /ˈeksədəs/ n. (大批人同时)离开,外出,出去(a situation in which many people leave a place at the same time)
· an exodus of views 大批的观众流失
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