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Car rental company Hertz has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US after the pandemic saw its business plummet.

The firm, which earns much of its income from car rentals at airports, said it had been affected by the sharp downturn in global travel.

The company - which began operating a century ago in Chicago with a dozen Model T Ford cars - had already furloughed or laid off 20,000 employees, or around half of its global workforce, in response to the pandemic.

语言点

file for bankruptcy (protection): 申请破产保护

pandemic n.（大范围）流行病，传染病

see vt. 见证，目睹（witness）

plummet n./v. 暴跌（drop drastically）

·近义表达: plunge, nosedive

earns income: 赚钱

be affected by: 受到……影响

downturn n. 下跌

furlough vt. 无薪休假，被迫休假

workforce n. 全体职工（staff）

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