Thirty thousand people thrown out of work overnight.

史密斯：一夜之间有三万人失业。

Hundreds of men were thrown out of work when the mine closed down.

【throw】矿井关闭，数百人一下子都失去了工作。

A mere six weeks later, on March 26th, tens of thousands of those pampered employees were given notice that they would be thrown out of work because of the covid-19 pandemic.

仅仅6个星期后，3月26日，成千上万优待惯了的员工接到通知，他们将因covid-19传染病而失业。