百度副总裁“翻车”，风波持续发酵：外媒评论太犀利！（朗读版）| E0513

▍原文

Baidu's public relations head Qu Jing has left the company after posting videos, in which she demeaned staff, sparking a backlash over workplace practices in China's tech sector. The videos engulfed the Chinese search engine giant in controversy.

Ivy Yang, a corporate communications expert, said Qu's comments were viewed as a window into how the top echelons of China's corporate world thought about their employees.

▍语言点

1. public relations 公关

2. demean /dɪˈmiːn/ v. 羞辱，贬低

3. spark a backlash 引发强烈反对

4. sector /ˈsektə/ n. 部门；行业

· financial sector 金融领域

5. engulf /ɪnˈɡʌlf/ v. 包围；吞没，淹没

6. echelon /ˈeʃəlɒn/ n. 等级；阶层

· the upper echelons of society 社会上层

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