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According to Business Insider, Tesla announced Friday in a company email that it would lay off 3,000 workers in the coming months, which is 7% of its workforce.
据“Business Insider”报道，周五，特斯拉在公司的一份电子邮件中宣布，它将在未来的几个月里裁掉3000名员工，也就是职工总数的7％5220@M|lKu85UejZ([j。
The company also let go 9,000 workers last year.
去年，该公司也解雇了9000名工人tNTqsbxr-!JbLth=KW。

Tesla shares slid Friday after CEO Elon Musk projected weaker profits on Model 3 than some investors expected.
在CEO伊隆·马斯克预计“Model 3”的利润比一些投资者的预期要低之后，特斯拉股价在周五出现下滑HjE#uBu!Mn^(&6b。
The company will report fourth-quarter and full-year 2018 financial results next month.
该公司将在下个月公布第四季度和2018年全年的财务业绩Edm!Kt_Qods_。

词语解释

1.lay off （通常指因工作岗位不足而）辞退，解雇，使下岗

例句：They did not sell a single car for a month and had to lay off workers.
一个月来一辆汽车都卖不出去，他们只好裁员l^UH;O.#kO。

2.project v. 预测；预计；推想

例句：The unemployment rate has been projected to fall.
据预测失业率将下降ic[P@=L-!31=I;dlhDou。