Ⅲ.经典句式

1.Moving in a wheelchair and speaking through a special computer，he has become the voice of science.

尽管他行动靠轮椅，讲话靠特殊的电脑，却成了科学巨匠。

2.The tubes were attached to a long stick which helped keep__the__rocket__moving in a straight direction.

箭管被绑在一根长棍上，这根长棍能使火箭沿直线移动。

3.But not__everybody wanted to use rockets in battles.

但是并不是所有的人都想在战争中使用火箭。

4.Or was he carried miles into space，becoming__the__world's__first__astronaut?

他是否会运载数英里进入太空，成为世界上第一位宇航员呢？

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Rockets①

Today rockets are very advanced② machines which we can use to send astronauts into space.They are also used in firework③ displays to celebrate④ great events，such as the end of the Olympic Games or the beginning of the new millennium⑤ in the year 2000.

Rockets were probably invented by accident about 2，000 years ago.The Chinese had a form of gunpowder⑥ which was put in bamboo tubes and thrown into fires to make explosions⑦ during festivals.Perhaps some of the tubes jumped out of the fire instead of exploding⑧ in it.The Chinese discovered that the gas escaping⑨ from the tube could lift it into the air.The idea of the rocket was born.

The first military use of rockets was in 1232.The Song Dynasty was at war⑩ with the Mongols.During the battle⑪ of Kaifeng，the Song army shot"arrows⑫ of flying fire".The tubes were attached to⑬ a long stick which helped keep the rocket moving⑭ in a straight⑮ direction⑯.Soon the Mongols learned how to make rockets themselves and it is possible that they introduced them to Europe.Between the 13th and 15th centuries there were many rocket experiments in England，France and Italy.They were used for⑰ military purposes.One Italian scientist even invented a