1. βA challenging period.β
Thatβs how Mark Zuckerberg described in a memo _____________ will be like for Meta employees after he announced the once-impervious social media company will cut another 10,000 jobs in the months ahead.
"μ΄λ €μ΄ μκΈ°."
λ§ν¬ 주컀λ²κ·Έλ νλ 무μ μ μμ
λ―Έλμ΄ κΈ°μ
μ΄ μμΌλ‘ λͺ λ¬ μμ 10,000κ°μ μΌμ리λ₯Ό μΆκ°λ‘ κ°μΆν κ²μ΄λΌκ³ λ°νν ν, λ©ν μ§μλ€μκ² κ°κΉμ΄ λ―Έλκ° μ΄λ€ λͺ¨μ΅μΌμ§ λ©λͺ¨λ₯Ό ν΅ν΄ μ΄λ κ² μ€λͺ
νλ€.
*once-impervious: νλ 무μ μ
ex) Once-impervious social media company is now on the brink of closure. νλ μλκ°λ μμ
λ―Έλμ΄ κΈ°μ
μ μ΄μ λ¬Έμ λ«μ μκΈ°μ μ²νλ€.
2. The cuts to the parent of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp come after it laid off about 11,000 employees in November, which at the time represented the companyβs first-ever workforce reduction. ______________________, Meta will have cut about 24% of its workforce, or one in four employees, in just about half a year.
νμ΄μ€λΆ, μΈμ€νκ·Έλ¨, μμΈ μ±μ λͺ¨κΈ°μ
μΈ λ©νλ μ§λ 11μμ μ½ 11,000λͺ
μ μ§μμ ν΄κ³ ν λ° μμΌλ©°, μ΄λ λΉμ νμ¬ μ¬μ μ΅μ΄μ μΈλ ₯ κ°μΆμ΄μλ€. μ΄λ² κ°μκ³Ό λλΆμ΄ λ©νλ μ½ λ°λ
λ§μ μ 체 μ§μμ μ½ 24%, μ¦ μ§μ 4λͺ
μ€ 1λͺ
μ κ°μνκ² λλ€.
* lay off: ν΄κ³
ex) The company has laid off 150 workers in an effort to save money. μ΄ νμ¬λ λΉμ© μ κ°μ μν΄ 150λͺ
μ μ§μμ ν΄κ³ νμ΅λλ€.
3. Meta, in particular, has been battling some of the most severe headwinds in Silicon Valley. The company has had to _______________ an ever-weakening digital advertising sector amid broader economic turmoil, Appleβs unforgiving new privacy policy, the rapid emergence of artificial intelligence technologies, and the seemingly unstoppable rise of TikTok.
νΉν λ©νλ μ€λ¦¬μ½λ°Έλ¦¬μμ κ°μ₯ μ¬κ°ν μνκ³Ό μΈμ°κ³ μλ€. κ΄λ²μν κ²½μ νΌλ, μ νμ μλ‘μ΄ κ°μΈμ 보 λ³΄νΈ μ μ±
, μΈκ³΅μ§λ₯ κΈ°μ μ κΈλΆμ, ν±ν‘μ κ±°μΉ¨μλ μμΉμΈ μμμ λμ§νΈ κ΄κ³ λΆλ¬Έμ΄ μ μ μ½νλλ νλ¦κ³Ό μ¨λ¦ν΄μΌ νλ€.
* has been battling ~ : ~μ μΈμ°κ³ μλ€
ex) For the last decade, the landowner has been battling to keep trespassers out. μ§λ 10λ
λμ ν μ§ μμ μ£Όλ μΉ¨μ
μλ₯Ό λ§κΈ° μν΄ κ³ κ΅°λΆν¬ν΄ μλ€.
4. Nevertheless, the layoff announcements have naturally sent morale at the Menlo Park-headquartered company plummeting. The latest announcement, in particular, has left already anxious employees distressed and wondering whether they might be on ____________ in the near future.
κ·ΈλΌμλ λΆκ΅¬νκ³ ν΄κ³ λ°νλ‘ μΈν΄ λ©λ‘ νν¬μ λ³Έμ¬λ₯Ό λ νμ¬μ μ¬κΈ°λ μμ°μ€λ κ³€λλ°μ§μ³€λ€. νΉν μ΅κ·Όμ λ°νλ‘ μΈν΄ μ΄λ―Έ λΆμν΄νκ³ μλ μ§μλ€μ μ‘°λ§κ° ν΄κ³ λμμ΄ λ μ§λ λͺ¨λ₯Έλ€λ λΆμκ°μ ν©μΈμ¬ μλ€.
* morale - μ¬κΈ°, μμ
ex) The morale of the football team hit rock bottom. μΆκ΅¬νμ μ¬κΈ°λ λ°λ₯μ μ³€μ΅λλ€.
5. The bigger question moving forward is whether Meta can indeed exit this ____________ a stronger company β or will instead continue in a slow decline as its primary products reach maturation while Zuckerberg chases the hope that one day his big bet on the metaverse will materialize.
μμΌλ‘ λ ν° λ¬Έμ λ λ©νκ° μ΄ κ³ ν΅μ€λ¬μ΄ κ΅λ©΄μ λ²μ΄λ λ κ°λ ₯ν νμ¬λ‘ κ±°λλ μ μμμ§, μλλ©΄ 주컀λ²κ·Έκ° μΈμ κ° λ©νλ²μ€μ λν ν° λ² ν
μ΄ μ€νλ κ²μ΄λΌλ ν¬λ§μ μ’λ λμ μ£Όμ μ νμ΄ μ±μ₯μ λ©μΆκ³ λλ¦° μ ν΄λ₯Ό κ³μν μ§ μ¬λΆλ€.
* materialize - ꡬ체νλλ€[μ€νλλ€]
ex) The money we had been promised failed to materialize. μ½μνλ κΈμ‘μ μ€νλμ§ μμλ€.
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λ΅:
- what the near future
- Coupled with the new cuts
- grapple with
- the chopping block
- painful phase
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