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2020考研英语时事阅读:百度CEO被泼水

A man burst on to a stage and poured water over the head of Baidu CEO Robin Li as the founder of China's dominant search engine spoke at a company-sponsored event on Artificial Intelligence on Wednesday. Highly visible public acts of defiance are relatively rare in China's big cities where security measures can be tight and celebrities like Li generally travel with a pack of security.

Baidu has faced enormous criticism in China in recent years after a medical advertising scandal and discontent with changes to its search result listings that favour its own content. Li was telling the crowd about Baidu's autonomous car development as he opened the two-day tech conference, when the man sauntered up on stage and dumped a bottle of water on his head.

"Everyone can see that the path of advancing AI will still encounter all types of things we don't expect," said Li, with a wet face and drenched white shirt, while calmly resuming his presentation to applause. Security for the event started light with few personnel visible in the conference room prior to the incident, but security guards soon filled in to stand at the end of each row of the audience.

 

【单词】

sponsor

英 [ˈspɒnsə(r)] 美 [ˈspɑːnsər]

n. (广播电视节目、音乐会或运动会的)赞助者，赞助商;为慈善活动捐资的人;义赛(或义演等)捐款者;(培训或教育的)资助者

v. 赞助(活动、节目等);主办;举办;促成;为慈善活动捐资;为义赛捐款

discontent

英 [ˌdɪskənˈtent] 美 [ˌdɪskənˈtent]

n. 不满;不满足;不满的缘由

saunter

英 [ˈsɔːntə(r)] 美 [ˈsɔːntər]

v. 悠闲地走;漫步;闲逛

n. 漫步;闲逛;闲荡;混日子

applause

英 [əˈplɔːz] 美 [əˈplɔːz]

n. 鼓掌;喝彩

 

【译文】

百度作为中国大的搜索引擎,该创始人李彦宏周三在其主办的一场人工智能活动上发表讲话时，被一名冲上舞台的男子浇了一头的水。中国大城市的安全防范措施是很严密的，公然挑衅行为比较少见，像李彦宏这样的名人出门通常会有一群安保人员随行。

此前百度涉及的一起医疗广告丑闻，以及不断将旗下搜索引擎的流量(搜索结果)导向自家产品引起了民愤，近年来百度在国内遭到广泛谴责。就在李彦宏在为期两天的开发者大会上进行开场演讲时，一名男子不慌不忙的走到台上，把一瓶水浇到了李彦宏头上，当时，李彦宏正在介绍百度在无人驾驶汽车领域的最新进展。

一脸湿漉漉的李彦宏穿着透湿的白衬衫继续演讲，他表示：“大家都知道AI前进的道路上会有各种各样想象不到的事情发生，(但我们前进的决心不会改变) ”台下当即掌声雷动。在这一突发状况之前，会场只有几个工作人员，戒备松懈，但很快每一排观众席旁都安排上了安保人员。

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