西门子将在全球裁员1.5万人

 　　西门子将在全球裁员1.5万人

　　MUNICH, Germany, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- The German engineering giant Siemens plans to cut 15,000 jobs, including 5,000 in Germany, by autumn 2014, a spokesman said here on Sunday.

　　Cutting 15,000 jobs is part of a 6-billion-euro cost cutting program named "Siemens 2014", which started from a year ago, the spokesman said.

　　The announced number of job cuts is even beyond analysts¹' estimation. The Welt am Sonntag newspaper had earlier reported that analysts estimate that about 10,000 jobs would be cut.

　　In Germany, about 2,000 jobs will be cut at the company's industry division and 1,400 each at its energy division and infrastructure² division, according to the spokesman.

　　Siemens and its employee representatives have already reached an agreement over about half of the job cuts and both sides have had clear knowledge of the other half, which are due to be cut by next autumn, in order to end wild speculations³ in the market about the number of jobs which are about to be cut, the spokesman added.

　　The Munich-based company's total number of global workers will firstly not shrink. It still expects to close the current fiscal⁴ year on Monday with around 370,000 workers. As the spokesman said, when Siemens cuts jobs in some areas, new people will be hired in other growth areas.

1 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

2 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

3 speculations   

n.投机买卖( speculation的名词复数 )；思考；投机活动；推断

参考例句：

• Your speculations were all quite close to the truth. 你的揣测都很接近于事实。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• This possibility gives rise to interesting speculations. 这种可能性引起了有趣的推测。 来自《用法词典》

4 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。