每日口說挑戰科技公司裁員潮湧現，看似大成功的公司為何也難逃此劫？（Amazon, Meta, Netflix: Why Big Tech Is Facing Massive Layoffs | WSJ）

科技公司裁員潮湧現，看似大成功的公司為何也難逃此劫？（Amazon, Meta, Netflix: Why Big Tech Is Facing Massive Layoffs | WSJ）
Intro
Hi VoiceTubers! I am Mia. Have you noticed that there is a massive layoff in big tech companies? Why is this happening? The answer will be revealed in the video. Now let’s take a look at the sentence.

Sentence
Companies and businesses that might not have been online before now had an online presence⏤you have to hold that data somewhere.

Pronunciation Tips
1.Businesses: /ˈbɪznəsəz/. The second “s,” which means the plural, sounds more like /z/ here. This is common when there are two “s” next to each other, the second one is usually pronounced more like the/z/ sound.
2.Had an: Linking.
3.Presence: /ˈprez.əns/. Notice the stress is at the beginning of the word, and the first “s” is the/z/ sound.
4.Have to: linking

Vocabulary
1.presence (n) （事物的）存在 KK[ˋprɛzns]IPA /ˈprez.əns/
Def: the fact that someone or something is in a place
Her presence during the crisis had a calming effect.
在危機期間，她的出現起到了安撫作用。

2.data (n) 數據 KK[ˋdetə] IPA /ˈdeɪ.t̬ə/
Def: information, especially facts or numbers, collected to be examined and considered and used to help decision-making, or information in an electronic form that can be stored and used by a computer
The data were collected by various researchers.
這些數據是由不同的研究人員收集的。
Outro
What do you think about this phenomenon? Share it with us and don’t forget your recording. This is the end of today’s episode. I am Mia. See you next time!

Companies and businesses that might not have been online before now had an online presence⏤you have to host that data somewhere.

Companies and business that might not have been online before now had an online presence - you have to hold that data somewhere.