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[時事英文] The New U.S. Challenge in Afghanistan 美國在阿富汗面臨新挑戰 Even as the United States finalizes its departure from Afghanistan, it faces a dilemma there as wrenching as any during the 20-year war: how to deal with the new Taliban government. •face a dilemma面臨困境 • wrenching 極為痛苦的，極為難受的 •how to deal with如何處理 即使最終從阿富汗撤離，美國仍面臨著一個困境，它與20年的戰爭一樣令人痛苦：如何與新的塔利班政府打交道。 ★★★★★★★★★★★★ The question is already manifest in the debate over how deeply to cooperate against a mutual enemy, the Islamic State branch in the region, known as ISIS-K. •manifest (adj.) 明顯的，顯而易見的 ; (v.) 顯示；表現；表明 •a mutual enemy 共同的敵人 這一問題已經體現在關於如何深入合作打擊共同敵人——伊斯蘭國呼羅珊分支（ISIS-K，伊斯蘭國在該地區的分支）的討論中。 ★★★★★★★★★★★★ Another: Whether to release $9.4 billion in Afghan government currency reserves that are frozen in the United States. Handing the Taliban billions would mean funding the machinery of its ultraconservative rule. But withholding the money would all but ensure a sudden currency crisis and halt on imports, including food and fuel, starving Afghan civilians whom the United States had promised to protect. •currency reserves 貨幣儲備 •ultraconservative rule 極端保守的統治機制 •a currency crisis 貨幣危機 •a halt (n.) on 暫停… 另一個問題是：是否釋放阿富汗政府被凍結在美國的94億美元的貨幣儲備。將數十億美元交給塔利班意味著為其極端保守的統治機制提供資金。但扣留這筆錢幾乎肯定會導致貨幣危機的突發，以及食品和燃料等進口的暫停，使美國承諾保護的阿富汗平民挨餓。 ★★★★★★★★★★★★ These are only the beginning. Washington and the Taliban may spend years, even decades, pulled between cooperation and conflict, compromise and competition, as they manage a relationship in which neither can fully tolerate nor live without the other. •tolerate 忍耐；忍受 •manage a relationship 處理一種關係 •cannot live without the other 不能沒有對方 這些只是開始。華盛頓和塔利班可能會花費數年甚至數十年的時間在合作與衝突、妥協與競爭之間反覆，因為他們要處理的是一種既不能完全容忍也不能沒有對方的關係。 ★★★★★★★★★★★★ 完整英文報導: https://nyti.ms/3kC34l6 #EEL時事英文 #政治時事英文

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