Big Changes in Ford – level 1
30-05-2019 07:00
Ford is a big car company. It is going through some changes. People are restructuring it. The restructuring costs $11 billion. When it is done, it will save Ford $600 million every year.
Ford has around 70,000 employees worldwide. About 10% of them will lose their jobs. The company does not need them anymore.
Difficult words: restructure (organise differently), will (in the future), employee (a worker).
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