夏说英语新闻晨读 第522期:沃尔玛高薪聘请货车司机

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Walmart has announced that it will add more truck drivers to its fleet this year. The retail¹ giant, which says it added 1,400 truckers in 2018, notes that "hundreds more are slated² to join the fleet in 2019." And the company says that it is raising driver pay in February. "A one cent per mile increase and additional pay for every arrival means that Walmart drivers will now earn on average $87,500 a year." To snag a job as a trucker at Walmart, you'll need "30 months of experience in the past three years and a clean safety record," the company says. One big reason truck drivers are so in demand is that we're ordering more online goods than ever, experts say.

announce: v. 宣布
fleet: n. 舰队
British fleet: 英国舰队
fleet of trucks: 货车车队
be slated to do sth.: 计划做……
on average: 平均
snag: v. 得到，抓住机会
be in demand: 急需的，受欢迎的

1 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

2 slated   

用石板瓦盖( slate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Yuki is working up an in-home phonics program slated for Thursdays, and I'm drilling her on English conversation at dinnertime. Yuki每周四还有一次家庭语音课。我在晚餐时训练她的英语口语。
• Bromfield was slated to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. 布罗姆菲尔德被提名为美国农业部长。