外媒报道：极越 大厦崩塌

● 24岁自学成为同声传译● 25岁为瑞士联邦总统翻译● 关注公众号【Albert英语研习社】回复【福利】● 领取本节目400+视频&文字学习资料● 加赠《Albert三天口语听力特训营》直播● 听说读写译轻松进阶！前一秒认真上班，下一秒原地失业，女主播在线泪崩！极越汽车大厦崩塌，CEO被“自费上班”的员工围追堵截。我们一起来看看今天的这篇英文文章。The CEO of China's Ji Yue Auto was surrounded by people demanding to know how they would be paid, videos posted online on Thursday showed, a day after the EV maker said it would downsize operations to cope with vicious market competition.Projects that do not improve the company's financial health will be scrapped, and some business units will be merged to avoid redundancy of human resources, the Shanghai-based carmaker said in a statement on Wednesday.The statement came after speculation on social media in China that Ji Yue had edged closer to liquidation due to poor sales in the world's largest EV market, which is crowded with more than 50 major players.周四，在网上发布的一条视频里，中国极越汽车的首席执行官被员工围堵讨薪。就在这件事发生的前一天，这家电动汽车制造商表示未来将缩减业务，来应对恶性市场竞争。这家汽车制造商的总部位于上海。周三，极越汽车发布声明表示“削减短期内无法提升财务表现的项目，合并职能重复的部门与岗位”。此前，中国社交媒体上有猜测称，由于销量不佳，极越汽车临近破产清算。中国是全球最大的电动汽车市场，这个赛道上挤满了50多家主要的汽车制造商。📝重点词汇与表达maker /ˈmeɪkər/ n. 制造商downsize /ˈdaʊnsaɪz/ v. 缩减人数；缩小尺寸vicious /ˈvɪʃəs/ adj. 恶意的；恶劣的scrap /skræp/ v. 放弃，抛弃merged /mɜːdʒd/ adj. 合并的redundancy /rɪˈdʌndənsi/ n. 累赘；冗余carmaker /ˈkɑːˌmeɪkər/ n. 汽车制造商statement /ˈsteɪtmənt/ n. 声明，报告speculation /ˌspekjuˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ n. 猜测，推断edge /edʒ/ v. 缓慢地移动close /ˈkloʊz/ adj. 接近的；（坏事）险些发生的；liquidation /ˌlɪkwɪˈdeɪʃ(ə)n/ n. 清算；偿还be surrounded by 被……包围demand to do sth. 要求做某事EV 电动汽车 (electric vehicle)cope with 应对；处理business unit 业务单元be crowded with 拥挤的，人满为患的主播：周邦琴Albert●没有名牌大学背景，没有英语专业背景●没有国外留学经历，没有英语生活环境●22岁成为500强公司全球员工英文讲师●24岁自学成为同声传译●25岁为瑞士联邦总统翻译前往小宇宙评论区与主播互动