图片新闻【392】Google"千G"邮箱引争论

The entrance to Google headquarters is seen in Moutain View, Calif., Tuesday, April 6, 2004. Google Inc. hails its free e-mail service as a welcome breakthrough in online communication, but consumer watchdogs are attacking it as a creepy invasion of privacy that threatens to set a troubling precedent. Although Google's 'Gmail' service isn't even available yet, critics already are pressuring the popular search engine maker to drop its plans to scan e-mail content electronically so it can distribute relevant ads alongside incoming messages. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

词汇：

headquarters n.总部
hail vt.使象下雹样落下, 猛发
breakthrough n.突破
watchdog n.看门狗, 监察人(员), 监督人(员)
creepy adj.爬行的, 匍匐的, 鬼鬼祟祟的
invasion n.入侵
precedent n.先例
distribute vt.分发,分类
relevant adj.有关的, 相应的
alongside adv.在旁