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Word文档下载后（可任意编辑） 第 第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 1 页 GRE阅读练习：雇佣兵集团黑水公司转型 GRE阅读训练：GRE阅读练习：雇佣兵集团黑水公司转型 GRE考试精品课程指导  Blackwater, the company in question, rose to worldwide prominence as an outsourced branch of the American army during the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan.  尚存争议的黑水公司因参与了伊拉克战争和阿富汗战争作了美国的分支而引起世界范围的关注。  It had plenty of admirers for the way it had pioneered a new branch of the defence industry, earning a total of around 2 billion from Uncle Sam for providing armed personnel to the Pentagon, the State Department and, secretly, the CIA.  它因秘密给美国五角大楼、国务院和中情局提供武装保镖年入20亿美元而成为国防行业的新分支，引来了无数的追随者。  But the firm was overwhelmed by its more numerous critics, who said it was an undisciplined, unaccountable bunch of mercenaries.  然而它却受不起更多数量抨击者的轰击，说他们是一群无组织无纪律无责任感的雇佣兵。  In 2010 Mr Prince gave up the fight.  2010年普林斯先生放弃了这场争斗。  He sold the firm, which he had founded in 1997 and which got its first big break by teaching police to handle school shootings after the 1999 Columbine massacre.  他卖掉了自己1997年创立的公司，该公司因1999年科仑拜校园事件后教授警察处理校园枪击事件而迎来首次重大突破。  It is smaller now and mostly does less controversial work such as guarding diplomats and providing training.  现在它的规模变小了，通常做诸如保护外交官和提供培训这些较少有争议的事宜。  Its new name, Academi, could scarcely sound less aggressive.  它的新名字Academi听起来也不那么富有攻击性。  Mr Prince has started talking, after a long silence, to promote his book, Civilian Warriors, in which he mounts a defence of his firm as unyielding as a Blackwater contractor under enemy fire.  一段时间的沉默之后，普林斯先生已经开始发话了，来促销他的书作《Civilian Warriors》。在书中他给自己的公司套上了不屈的盾牌，就像敌军战火下的黑水公司。  Mr Prince says he never intended to build a new sort of defence firm.  普林斯先生说他从没有想过要建立一个新型的防卫公司。  But he stumbled on a huge opportunity to fill gaps in military capacity cost-effectively.  但是他偶然发现了一个巨大的机遇，来填补军事规模成本问题上的空缺。  Blackwater provided security to government officials such as Paul Bremer, the head of the transitional authorit