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问题: 为何用"that is"?

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Xinhuanet.com is a famous news website .Collecting news resources from over 150 offices scattered all over the world, Xinhuanet.com releases news around the clock in four languages, ______ Chinese , English, French and Spanish.

A:like B:that is
答案:B
若选B,两句句子中没有连词怎么可以用逗号相连呢?请帮忙解答!

解答:

that is (to say):就是,即 (是解释前面的内容,在句中相当一个插入语,前面可以用逗号)
新华网24小时用四种语言发布新闻.这四种语言就是:汉语,英语,法语和西班牙语.
eg: He is a local government administrator,that is (to say) a Civil Servant.他是个地方行政官员,也就是说是文官.

like,such as 可以用来举例. 但我认为这句话并不是要举例,而是对前面的四种语言进行解释.
eg: We could look at some modern poets,like Eliot and Hughs.
我们可以考虑一下现代诗人,例如艾略特和休斯.
Practical lessons such as /like woodwork and cookery,are not considered as important as maths.一般认为象木工和烹饪之类的实用课程不如数学重要.