VOA原文：

The widespread retrenchment in the U.S. technology industry has thrown thousands of workers in Silicon Valley out of work, a trend greatly amplified on Wednesday by Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, which announced it would eliminate 13% of its workforce, amounting to more than 11,000 jobs. The announcement followed on the heels of major layoffs at other tech firms, most recently Twitter, which is restructuring in the aftermath of its takeover by Tesla founder Elon Musk, and also business software firm Salesforce and social media giant Snap, Inc.

美国科技行业的大范围裁员潮已经导致硅谷数千名员工失业，脸书的母公司Meta平台周三宣布，其裁员比例将达13%，总计超过1.1万个工作岗位，此举进一步加剧了硅谷的裁员趋势。在宣布这一消息前不久，其他科技公司也都进行了大规模裁员，最近的一次裁员是推特公司，该公司被特斯拉创始人埃隆·马斯克收购后目前正处于重组阶段。还有商业软件公司Salesforce和社交媒体巨头Snap。

1.retrenchment n. 节省，缩减，紧缩；裁员

2.technology industry 科技行业

3.Silicon Valley 硅谷

4.Meta 元宇宙

5.parent company 母公司

6.Facebook 脸书

7.eliminate workforce 削减员工

Other major tech firms, including Apple, Amazon and Alphabet, the parent company of Google, have said that they will slow or curtail new hiring. Announcing the job cuts, Facebook founder and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted he had made an error in judgment by assuming the sharp growth in online commerce that coincided with the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic signaled a permanent change in consumer habits.

其他主要科技公司，包括苹果、亚马逊和谷歌的母公司Alphabet都表示，他们将放缓或减少员工招聘。脸书创始人兼Meta首席执行官马克·扎克伯格在宣布裁员时承认，他的判断出现失误。新冠疫情初期，线上业务急剧增长，他当时误以为这一现象意味着消费者的消费习惯将永久改变。

8.Mark Zuckerberg 马克·扎克伯格