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413) An ambitious, freshly-graduated new hire, Natalie Keener is promotinga plan to cut costs by conducting layoffs via videoconferencing.4) Ryan Bingham makes his living traveling to workplaces around theUnited States and breaking the news to workers that they have been let go foremployers unwilling to do it themselves.5) The company puts the remote-layoff program on hold because ofgovernment concerns and puts Ryan “back in the air”.6) She later tells him on the phone that her family is her real life and he issimply an escape.7) Natalie applies for a job in San Francisco, California. The intervieweris impressed by her qualifications and a recommendation from Ryan, and hiresher.8) Ryan argues that Natalie knows nothing about the actual process, liveor not, as she has never fired anyone and does not know how to handle upsetpeople.9) His boss then tells Ryan that a woman he and Natalie fired has killedherself, and that an upset Natalie has quit via text message and left withoutanother word.10) Ryan convinces Alex to accompany him to his younger sister Julie'swedding near Milwaukee, Wisconsin.11) When she opens the door, he is stunned to discover she is a marriedwoman with children.12) While traveling, he meets another frequent flyer named Alex. Theybegin a casual relationship, meeting whenever they can arrange to cross paths.13) Ryan is unexpectedly called back to his company's offices in Omaha,Nebraska.14) On an impulse, he flies to Alex's home in Chicago, Illinois.XX. Grammar.Read an article giving some tips for redundancy situations. Completethe text by putting the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.Redundancy Advice: Staying PositiveIn the past few months, hundreds of people in the north-east andHighlands and islands 1) … (issue) with redundancy notices.Losing your job can be a massive psychological blow. It can 2) … (hit)your self-esteem, 3) … (rob) you of a regular income, and take away your dailystructure and routine. If you find yourself unemployed for a long period of time,