英语新闻听写 航空公司突然关门 数千名旅客滞留

Icelandic budget airline Wow Air abruptly¹ announced it was shutting down on Thursday, leaving thousands of passengers stranded².

周四，冰岛廉航Wow Air突然宣布它要关门，致使数千名旅客滞留。

According to Business Insider, the announcement followed debt issues, job cuts, and a failed merger³ with Icelandair.

据“Business Insider”报道，这一声明是在债务问题、裁员以及与冰岛航空合并失败之后发表的。

One employee said, "I am absolutely heart broken about the company shutting down."

一位员工说道：“公司关门真的让我很心痛”。

A chief flight attendant for the airline expressed a similar sentiment, saying, "My heart broke into 100 pieces this morning when I got the news."

该航空公司的乘务长也有同感，说道：“今天早上得到这个消息的时候我的心好痛”。

1 abruptly   

adv.突然地，出其不意地

参考例句：

• He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车。
• I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。

2 stranded   

a.搁浅的，进退两难的

参考例句：

• He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
• I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

3 merger   

n.企业合并，并吞

参考例句：

• Acceptance of the offer is the first step to a merger.对这项提议的赞同是合并的第一步。
• Shareholders will be voting on the merger of the companies.股东们将投票表决公司合并问题。