介绍:
China investigates search engine Baidu after student's death
colossal / kə'lɑsl / adj. 巨大的；异常的，非常的 TEM8
slot /slɑt/ n. 位置；狭槽；水沟；硬币投币口CET6
distort /dɪ'stɔrt / v. 扭曲；使失真；曲解 CET6
annoy /ə'nɔɪ / v. 骚扰；惹恼；打搅 CET4
enrage / in'reidʒ / vt. 激怒；使暴怒 TEM8
China's massive search engine Baidu is facing a colossal credibility problem.
It's one thing for the company to sell top search slots to the highest bidders, but another to manage the fallout when a boy dies of cancer after trusting that a highly placed search result was what appeared to be the most trusted hospital treatment available to him.
All over the world, private companies are administering what on one level are public services, and it is becoming distorted by commercial deals - and this country is no exception.
The Chinese government says it will carry out an official inquiry into the role Baidu's "search results for sale" business model had on the death of Wei Zexi.
Chinese people were already annoyed that Baidu sold off search positions, but when it became a life and death matter it has enraged them .
