(单词翻译:单击)
中英文本
“Following American acceptance of the agenda of ending invasion of Afghanistan
“继美国接受结束对阿富汗的入侵，
and preventing Afghanistan from being used against other countries in the future,
并防止阿富汗未来被利用，来对付其他国家的议程之后，
talks with American representatives took place today in Doha,” the Taliban spokesman said in a statement.
今天，我方在多哈与美国代表举行了会谈。”塔利班发言人在一份声明中说到。
Omar Sadr, a researcher at the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies,
奥马尔·萨德尔是阿富汗战略研究所的一名研究员，
said experience from other peace efforts showed that violence often goes up before talks reach an important stage,
他说，从过去和平努力的经验来看，谈判进入重要阶段的前夕经常都会出现暴力升级这一问题，
as all sides try to gain more leverage at the negotiating table.
因为各方都想在谈判桌上赢得更多话语权。
Mr. Sadr said that while large Taliban attacks in the past would draw emotional responses from Afghan leaders who would pull out of talks,
萨德尔说，虽然过去塔利班发动的大规模袭击都会引起退出谈判的阿富汗领导人的情绪反应，
the year ahead is likely to be shaped by violence and talks going hand in hand.
但未来一年很可能会同时受到暴力和谈判的影响。
The talks have been focused between the Taliban and the Americans,
这次会谈主要在塔利班和美国两方之间开展，
and the Afghan government has expressed frustration at feeling marginalized.
感到被边缘化的阿富汗政府表示对这次谈判有些失望。
The Taliban have said they want agreements with the Americans over the future of American troops in the country
塔利班表示，他们希望在和阿富汗讨论两国最终关系之前，
and the release of Taliban prisoners before they discuss an end state with the Afghans.
就驻阿富汗美军的未来，以及释放塔利班囚犯与美方达成一致。
In December, the Trump administration ordered the military to begin plans to withdraw about 7,000 American troops from Afghanistan in coming months,
去年12月，特朗普政府就下令军方开始落实在未来几个月从阿富汗撤出约7000名美军的计划，
a move that seemed uncoordinated with the American negotiators and whose timing surprised Western diplomats in Afghanistan.
这一举措似乎与美方的谈判代表的姿态不太协调，其时机也令驻阿富汗的西方外交官们感到颇为意外。
But the drawdown has not yet begun,
但具体的撤军行动目前还没有开始，
and Defense Department officials have been unable to clarify how many troops will leave the country or by when.
国防部官员暂且无法明确回答有多少部队将撤离以及什么时候阿富汗的问题。
The top American commander in Afghanistan, as well visiting senior American generals, have played down the notion that the withdrawal was imminent.
美国驻阿富汗最高指挥官，以及到访的美国高级将领们都不看好撤军即将发生的说法。
“Both sides are serious, and there is progress,” Mr. Sadr said about the talks between the Taliban and the Americans.
“谈判双方都是认真的，谈判也已经取得了进展，”萨德尔在谈到塔利班和美国之间的谈判时说到，
“The talks have turned into a process, and there is a chain of events.”
“谈判已经转为程序了，所以有一系列的流程要走。”
“But what could lead to a cease-fire is a certain stability to the progress,” he continued.
“但流程要走得稳，才能真正促成停火，”他接着说到。
“Both sides have demands before that cease-fire, and it looks until then they will try to use military pressure to gain more.”
“停火之前双方都有要求，而且，从形势来看，在达成停火之前，他们都会利用军事压力来加大自己的筹码。”
The Taliban launched a similar deadly attack in neighboring Logar Province on Sunday,
周日，塔利班在邻近的洛加尔省再次发动了类似的致命袭击，
targeting a convoy of senior officials that included the provincial governor and intelligence chief.
这次针对的是包括省长和情报负责人在内的高级官员车队。
Shams Larawai, the spokesman for the governor of Logar, said that both officials had “escaped the attack unharmed,”
洛加尔省省长发言人沙姆斯·拉瓦伊说，两名官员都“安然无恙地躲过了袭击，”
but that seven police officers and an intelligence officer had been killed and 10 members of the security forces, most of them police officers, had been wounded.
但有7名警察和1名情报官员丧命，10名安全部队成员受伤，受伤者大多都是警察。
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重点讲解
1. go up 上涨；增强
Prices went up with a jump.
物价猛涨。
2. gain more leverage 获得更多筹码
Some analysts say North Korea may be trying to gain leverage for negotiations with the international community.
一些分析人士说，北韩此举可能是想争取在跟国际社会谈判时有更多的筹码。
3. draw responses from 激起某人的反应
Devastating Kerala floods draw creative responses from young Anglicans and others.
喀拉拉邦浩大的洪灾激发了年轻的圣公会信徒等人创造性的反应。
4. pull out of 退出
Billy Hardy has pulled out of his second fight against Noel Carroll after a training accident.
一次训练事故之后，比利·哈迪退出了和诺埃尔·卡罗尔的第二次比赛。
