不过，自从被解雇后，他做了一系列兼职、低薪的临时工作，包括在洛德-泰勒公司（Lord & Taylor）卖鞋，以及在一家汽车公司做销售客服。

Since being laid off, though, he has worked a series of part-time, low-wage, temporary positions, including selling shoes at Lord & Taylor and making sales calls for a car company.

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眼下汽车销售量下滑，工厂已经调整为非完整工作周，圣诞节期间关门整整四周。

The factory is now operating short weeks, due to a slump in car sales. It shut down completely for four weeks over Christmas.

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瑙曼补充称，尽管销售新车的利润率较低，但随着上路汽车日渐老化，对利润率较高的服务及维修工作的需求将得到提升，经销商的盈利能力也会激增。

While selling new cars is a low-margin business, he adds, dealers' profitability will shoot up as those on the road age, boosting demand for higher-margin service and repair work.

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