BBC News, Oct25 2021

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The United States and the Taliban are to hold their first face-to-face talks since the militants seize control of Afghanistan in August. The meeting will take place in the Qatari capital Doha. The US State Department denied the talks conferred legitimacy on the Taliban.

From Washington, here's Nomia Iqbal.

US officials have stressed this is not about recognizing the Taliban. Instead, they say this is about continuing conversations with them on issues that matter to the US, such as the safe passage of American citizens and allies in Afghanistan as well as making sure the country doesn't turn into a hotbed for terrorists.

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are to hold their first face-to-face talks 首次举行面对面会谈

militants英 [ˈmɪlɪtənts]  n.激进分子，好斗分子;富有战斗精神的人，斗士

militant的复数

seize control of 英 [siːz kənˈtrəʊl ɒv]  夺取（对…的）控制权

take place 英 [teɪk pleɪs] 发生;举行

Qatari 卡塔尔;卡塔尔人;卡达;卡塔尔的

Doha 英 [ˈdəʊhɑː] n.多哈

US State Department英[əs steɪt dɪˈpɑːtmənt] 美国国务院

conferred英 [kənˈfɜːd]  v.商讨;协商;交换意见;授予(奖项、学位、荣誉或权利)

confer的过去分词和过去式

legitimacy英 [lɪ'dʒɪtɪməsi]n.合法性;正统;正统性;嫡系

Washington英 [ˈwɒʃɪŋtən]n.华盛顿

safe passage英 [ˌseɪf ˈpæsɪdʒ] n.安全通行许可;安全通行证;安全通行权

allies英 [əˈlaɪz] n.(尤指战时的)同盟国;(尤指从政者的)盟友，支持者;(第一次世界大战中的)协约国;(第二次世界大战中的)同盟国

v.与…结盟

ally的第三人称单数和复数

hotbed英 [ˈhɒtbed] n.(坏事、暴力等的)温床; 

复数： hotbeds

The State Department says it will press the Taliban to form an inclusive government that has women in it with broad support.

While the Taliban has promised to be more inclusive than when it led the country in the past, the US has repeatedly said it will judge them on its deeds not words.

Brazil has become only the second country after the United States to register more than 600,000 coronavirus-related deaths.

only the second  这里only是副词，副词位置比较灵活，放在second前后均可，都表示“仅次于”