央視播出「認罪」畫面
A Taiwanese national appeared on the Chinese state television, CCTV, confessing to spying activities. This is the second of such incidents within a week.
一位台灣公民出現在中國央電節目中，承認從事間諜活動，這已經是一個禮拜內第二次發生此類事件。
national(adj.)國家的;國民的(n.)(某國的)國民;公民=citizennational anthem國歌confess to N or Ving坦承某事=confess that S V…engage in~從事=be involved inspying activities=espionage間諜活動military espionage軍事間諜活動industrial espionage產業間諜行爲incident(n.)事件accident(n.)意外
Cheng Yu-chin, a Taiwanese scholar teaching in the Czech Republic, appeared on CCTV admitting to engaging in spying and activities that aimed to drive a wedge between China and European countries.
在捷克任教的台灣學者鄭宇欽在央視節目上現身，承認曾從事間諜活動，企圖離間中國與歐洲國家之間的關係。
scholar(n.)(尤指大學的)學者admitting to…=and admitted toengage in~從事;參與=be involved inaim to RV 以…為目標;目的是…=intend to RVdrive a wedge between A and B造成不和、分化、離間wedge(n.)(金屬、木頭或橡膠等製成的)楔子;三角木
Cheng was claimed to have worked for former DPP chairman Cho Jung-tai and was recruited through Taiwan’s former representative to the Czech Republic. Officials in Taiwan rejected the account as fabrication.
據稱鄭宇欽曾是民進黨前主席卓榮泰的助理，由前台灣駐捷克代表吸收為間諜，而台灣的官員則表示這段描述是捏造的。
claim(v.)聲稱;據稱=allegerecruit(v.)招聘、吸收、(尤指軍隊)招募新兵reject(v.)駁回;不接受;否認、排斥，排異(移植的器官)account(n.)報導;報告;記述;描述fabricate(v.)fabrication(n.) (故事、謊言)捏造、編造
The incident followed another confession that aired on CCTV made by another Taiwanese national, Lee Meng-chu.
鄭宇欽被迫認罪前不久，另一位台灣公民李孟居才剛在央視上「認罪」。
air(v.)廣播，播出，播送
Lee appeared in a video apologizing for involvement in activities that are harmful to China’s national security.
李孟居在影片中對參與危害中國國家安全的活動道歉。
involvement in~涉入;參與be involved in~涉入;參與national security國家安全
Lee was accused of illegally filming the people’s liberation army garrison gathering en masse across the border in Shenzhen City during the Hong Kong protests in 2019.
他被指控於2019年香港抗議期間，於深圳市非法拍攝人民解放軍集結在邊界的畫面。
人 be accused of 罪名 被指控…garrison(n.)守備部隊en masse一起;全體=all together=as a groupresign masse集體辭職;(內閣)集體總辭
Politically motivated arrests of Taiwanese nationals have become increasingly common in China.
中國已非第一次出於政治動機逮捕台灣公民，近期甚至有出手越來越頻繁的趨勢。
motivate(v.)激勵;啟發motivated(adj.)有動機的、有目的的politically motivated有政治動機的religiously motivated有宗教動機的increasingly(adv.)越來越…
In March 2017, Taiwanese human rights activist Lee Ming-che was arrested by Chinese authorities after disappearing when crossing over into China from Macau.
2017年3月，台灣人權運動家李明哲從澳門進入中國後失蹤，不久後發現他是被中國當局逮捕，
activist(n.)(提倡或宣揚某個理念)社會運動人士;行動家
He was later sentenced to five years in prison for subversion of state power and has been detained in China for over three years.
之後他被以顛覆國家政權罪名判入獄五年，已被關在中國監獄超過三年。
sentence(v.)(法官)宣佈判決;宣判(n.)判決;宣判;判刑He was sentenced to life imprisonment.他被判無期徒刑subversion of state power顛覆國家政權subversion(n.)(對制度或政府的)顛覆;傾覆detain(v.)拘留;扣押