NBC晚间新闻 通用公司新一轮裁员引众怒

Tonight, facing the possibility of life without a paycheck, 4200 white collar employees at GM getting the same news 7000 frontline employees received in November. Most of those affected¹ tonight are in Michigan but also reportedly in Georgia, Texas and Arizona. GM CEO Mary Barra insists downsizing and shifting production including to Mexico is critical to the company's future.

General Motors is an entity² that has not just a three or four or five year future but has a three or four or five decade future and beyond. President Trump³ has criticized the move, tweeting the U.S. save General Motors and this is the thanks we get. When GM needed help we gave them $300 from every single Canadian. In Canada the the Automakers Union ran a Superbowl commercial urging a boycott⁴ after GM announced a plant closing there. But we'll never forget your Greed. GM insists it paid back its loans but tonight it's paying the price in anger and outrage⁵ for cutting jobs.

与7000名一线员工在11月份的遭遇一样，今晚，通用汽车公司的4200名员工都收到了被裁员的消息，他们将可能面临没有薪水的生活。今晚大多数受影响的员工都来自密歇根州，但是据报道，也有来自乔治亚州，德克萨斯州和亚利桑那州的员工。通用汽车首席执行官玛丽·巴拉坚持认为，公司裁员和向墨西哥等地区转移生产线对公司的未来是非常关键的。通用汽车是一个实体，它不仅有三、四、五年的未来，而且有三、四、五十年甚至更长时间的未来。特朗普总统已在推特上批评了通用公司的裁员决策，他写道，美国拯救了通用公司，而这就是我们得到的感谢。当通用公司需要帮助的时候，我们从每个加拿大人那里给了他们300美元。在通用汽车宣布关闭在加拿大的一家工厂后，加拿大汽车制造商工会发布了一则联合抵制该决策的超级碗广告。但是我们从不会忘记你们的贪婪。通用公司认为自己已经偿还了贷款，但是今晚，它正在为裁员后引起的愤怒而付出代价。

1 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

2 entity   

n.实体，独立存在体，实际存在物

参考例句：

• The country is no longer one political entity.这个国家不再是一个统一的政治实体了。
• As a separate legal entity,the corporation must pay taxes.作为一个独立的法律实体，公司必须纳税。

3 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

4 boycott   

n./v.(联合)抵制，拒绝参与

参考例句：

• We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
• The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。

5 outrage   

n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒

参考例句：

• When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
• We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。