当然，没有公司能这样做，但是许多美国公司已经在大量剥离工人和中层经理 — — 2008年1月份的数字比去年同期增加了19 % 。
Of course, no company can do that, but many US companies have been shedding workers and middle managers in great numbers – the figures for January 2008 were up 19% from a year earlier.