英语新闻听写 全球重组 福特将裁10%白领职位

According to Reuters, Ford¹ Motor Co. will cut 10-percent of their white-collar jobs as part of a global restructuring plan.

据路透社报道，作为全球重组计划的一部分，福特汽车公司将削减10%的白领职位。

The No. 2 automaker plans to cut about 7,000 jobs by the end of August, which will include 10-percent of it's global salaried workforce².

这家第二大汽车制造商计划在8月底前裁员约7000人，这将包括10%的全球受薪劳动力。

The restructuring is estimated to save Ford about $600 million annually³.

本次重组预计每年将为福特节省大约6亿美元。

Ford Chief Executive Officer Jim Hackett said the staffing cuts will include voluntary buyouts and layoffs⁴, while open positions will be frozen.

福特首席执行官吉姆·哈克特表示，裁员将包括自愿离职补偿计划及资遣，而空缺职位将被冻结。

Hackett added that Ford's goal is to reduce reduce bureaucracy, empower managers, and speed up decision making.

哈克特补充说，福特的目标是减少繁文缛节，赋予经理人职权，加快决策速度。

1 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

2 workforce   

n.劳动大军，劳动力

参考例句：

• A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
• A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。

3 annually   

adv.一年一次，每年

参考例句：

• Many migratory birds visit this lake annually.许多候鸟每年到这个湖上作短期逗留。
• They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。

4 layoffs   

临时解雇( layoff的名词复数 )； 停工，停止活动

参考例句：

• Textile companies announced 2000 fresh layoffs last week. 各纺织公司上周宣布再次裁员两千人。
• Stock prices broke when the firm suddenly announced layoffs. 当公司突然宣布裁员时，股票价格便大跌