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Cirque du Soleil Files for Bankruptcy Protection
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🎪Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group filed for bankruptcy protection in Canada on Monday, in an effort to salvage a circus business that’s ground to a halt because of the coronavirus pandemic.
太陽劇團娛樂集團於週一（6/29）在加拿大申請破產保護，試圖挽救因新冠疫情而停滯不前的馬戲事業。
-salvage: 打撈、搶救，形容從沉船或即將全毀的事物中進行救援
-halt: 停下、中止
🎭The company said it would lay off almost 3,500 employees who have been furloughed since March, leaving it with a core team of 213 people. The company is seeking to restructure its business and re-emerge with government support and less debt.
太陽劇團表示將解僱近3500名從三月起便被迫休假的員工，留下213人的核心團隊，該公司在尋求靠政府支持與減少債務以重建事業及復出。
-lay off: 解僱、遣散
-furlough: 休假、放假
-re-emerge: 重新出現
🤹♀️Montreal-based Cirque du Soleil has been forced to shut 44 shows world-wide this year as the Covid-19 pandemic spread, causing virtually its entire income stream to dry up. It currently has one show back running China, and hopes to have a dinner show resume in Mexico in July.
總部位於蒙特婁的太陽劇團今年因新冠肺炎疫情蔓延而被迫中止全球的44場表演，導致幾乎所有收入來源枯竭。他們目前在中國重開一齣劇目，並希望7月在墨西哥恢復一齣晚宴秀。
-virtually: 幾乎、實際上
-dry up: 乾涸、中斷
-resume: 恢復、重新開始，當名詞的用法可指「履歷」
🎟With shows like The Beatles Love, Michael Jackson One and Blue Man Group on indefinite hold, the company was forced in March to defer interest payments on some of its roughly $1.5 billion of outstanding debt shortly after hiring investment bank Greenhill & Co. Inc. to restructure its balance sheet.
由於《LOVE披頭四音樂秀》、《麥可傑克森ONE》、《藍人樂團》等劇目無限期停演，太陽劇團在三月聘請投資銀行格林希爾公司重組資產負債表不久後，便被迫延後支付其15億美金未償債務的部分利息。
-indefinite: 不確定的、無限期的
-defer: 推遲、延緩
-restructure: 重組、重建，重新架構（structure）
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Due to COVID-19, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games had been ＿＿ ＿＿.
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A. halting / indefinite
B. cancelled / indefinitely
C. halted / indefinitely
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