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英語新聞報導原文Words in the News一般是星期五在網上發表。
05 October, 2005 - Published 11:50 GMT
New Orleans job losses
The mayor of New Orleans has announced that around half of his employees will lose their jobs in the next two weeks. Mayor Ray Nagin said there wasn't enough money to keep the jobs open given the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. This report from Alistair Leithead:
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Mayor Ray Nagin said it was with great sadness that he was forced to sack three thousand people who worked for the city. New Orleans was not able to obtain sufficient funds, the official statement said, pointing out that the request for money had been put into the state and the federal government. Those city workers not contacted to return to work, it added, should consider themselves part of the lay off.
Meanwhile the house to house search for bodies has been brought to an end with the death toll in Louisiana standing at more than nine hundred and seventy. A private company will now assume responsibility for any other reports of bodies being found. The total number of dead, around one thousand two hundred, including those in Mississippi, is considerably lower than the figure of ten thousand talked about in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Tens of thousands of people are still homeless living in shelters, hotels or other accommodation across America. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, has been criticised for not getting evacuees into more permanent housing quickly enough. Trailer parks are being established to home those most in need.
Alistair Leithead, BBC News, New Orleans
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Key words
to sack
解雇
not able to obtain sufficient funds
無法獲得足夠的資金
pointing out
指出
the lay off
裁員
brought to an end
結束
the death toll
死亡人數
assume responsibility for
承擔責任
the immediate aftermath
災難發生后
evacuees
被迫疏散的人士
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