GRE阅读练习：德国军火公司不和武器说再见.docxVIP

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：德国军火公司不和武器说再见 GRE阅读训练：GRE阅读练习：德国军火公司不和武器说再见 GRE考试精品课程指导  SINCE the second world war, Germany has rarely sent soldiers to combat zones.  自二战以来，德国几乎不曾向战争地区派兵。  But it exports a lot of weapons: more than Britain, France or any other country besides America and Russia.  然而它却出口了大量武器：超过英国、法国以及除美国、俄罗斯之外的所有其他国家。  Some German makers of military gear are part of civilian industrial giants, such as Airbus Group, and ThyssenKrupp, a steelmaker.  德国的武器制造商中有些隶属于私有的工业巨头，比如空客集团，还有钢铁制造商蒂森克虏伯集团。  But the biggest German company known mainly for weapons, Rheinmetall, is just 26th in the world league of arms-exporting firms.  然而，即使是德国著名的以武器业务为主的公司中最 大的莱茵金属公司，在世界武器出口公司中也仅仅排在26位。  And Krauss Maffei Wegmann, which makes the Leopard 2 tank, is 54th.  而制造出豹2坦克的Krauss Maffei Wegmann则位居54位。  Germans are, in general, proud of their export prowess.  总的来说，德国对自己的出口实力感到骄傲。  But although foreign sales of weaponry bring in almost 1 billion a year, they are a delicate subject, and lately beset by bad press.  但是尽管武器外贸带来了将近10亿欧元一年的利润，这是一项非常微妙的行业，并且近日承受的巨大压力。  Several German firms are accused of bribery in Greece.  数家德国公司被指控在希腊行贿。  A former defence official there has said that of 8m in bribes he took, 3.2m came from German firms, including Wegmann and Rheinmetall.  希腊一位前国防部官员曾说，在他被行贿的800万欧元中有320万来自于德国公司，其中包括Wegman和莱茵金属公司。  On January 3rd KMWs alleged middleman was detained after a court hearing.  在1月3日，一位宣称的KMW中间人在庭审后被拘留。  The firm itself denies any bribery.  该公司自己否认有行贿行为。  Atlas, a maker of naval weapons owned jointly by Airbus and ThyssenKrupp, is under fire too.  空客集团和蒂森克虏伯共有的海军武器制造商Atlas也正受到打击。  A former representative in Athens has reportedly admitted to bribery; the company says it is investigating the matter.  一位前雅典代表在报道中承认行贿;该公司则表示其正在进行调查。  On another front, the industry faces criticism over the countries it sells to—most r