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--China promises to push for more gas production to relieve shortage

--Mainland condemns¹ Taiwan's persecution² of pro-reunification New Party officials

--Leading Chinese quantum scientist is among the Nature magazine's top 10 list

For more on this , we are joining on the line by Liu Kuangyu with the Institute of Taiwan Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Science；Sara Hsu, associate professor of State University of New York at New Paltz and Victor Gao, Current affairs commentator³ earlier spoke⁴ with Zhao Yang;Zhang Fan, associate professor of Astronomy department of Beijing Normal University, earlier

spoke with Zhao Ying;Wang Jin, PhD Candidate of Haifa University, Israel;research fellow, Syria Research Centre, Northwest University.

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1 condemns   

v.（通常因道义上的原因而）谴责( condemn的第三人称单数 )；宣判；宣布…不能使用；迫使…陷于不幸的境地

参考例句：

• Her widowhood condemns her to a lonely old age. 守寡使她不得不过着孤独的晚年生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The public opinion condemns prostitution. 公众舆论遣责卖淫。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 persecution   

n. 迫害,烦扰

参考例句：

• He had fled from France at the time of the persecution. 他在大迫害时期逃离了法国。
• Their persecution only serves to arouse the opposition of the people. 他们的迫害只激起人民对他们的反抗。

3 commentator   

n.注释者，解说者；实况广播评论员

参考例句：

• He is a good commentator because he can get across the game.他能简单地解说这场比赛，是个好的解说者。
• The commentator made a big mistake during the live broadcast.在直播节目中评论员犯了个大错误。

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。