Module 4 Great Scientists Section Ⅳ Other Parts of the Module [原文呈现]Rockets①Today rockets are very advanced② machines which we can use to send astronauts into space③. They are also used in firework displays④ to celebrate great events⑤， such as the end of the Olympic Games or the beginning of the new millennium⑥ in the year 2000.Rockets were probably invented⑦ by accident⑧ about 2,000 years ago. The Chinese had a form of gunpowder⑨which was put in bamboo tubes⑩ and thrown into⑪ fires to make explosions⑫ during festivals. Perhaps some of the tubes jumped out of⑬ the fire instead of⑭exploding⑮ in it. The Chinese discovered that the gas escaping⑯ from the tube⑰ could lift it into the air. The idea of the rocket was born.[读文清障]①rocket/'r kIt/ɒn.火箭 ② advanced adj.高级的；先进的③which 引导限制性定语从句，which 在从句中作 use 的宾语。④firework displays 焰火表演 ⑤ great events 重大事件⑥millennium/mI'leni m/ən.千年⑦invent vt.发明；创造⑧by accident 偶然 by chance 偶然 on purpose 故意地⑨gunpowder/'ɡ n pa d /ʌ ˌʊ ə n.火药⑩which 引导定语从句，并在从句中作主语。⑪throw ...into ...把……扔进……里⑫explosion/Ik'spln/əʊʒn.爆炸；爆炸声make explosions 制造爆炸⑬jump out of 从……中跳出来 ⑭ instead of 相反，而不是⑮explode/Ik'spld/əʊvi.爆炸 ⑯ escape/I'skeIp/vi.逃跑；逃避⑰ 现在分词短语作定语，修饰 the gas。火箭[第 1～2 段译文]今天，火箭是我们用来将宇航员送入太空的非常先进的机器。它们也被用在庆祝重大事件的焰火表演中，像奥运会的闭幕式或 2000 年新千年的开始。火箭可能是大约两千年前被偶然发明出来的。中国人有一种装在竹管里的火药，这种火药是节日中被用来扔进火里爆炸的。也许一些竹管从火堆里蹿了出来，而不是在里面炸开。中国人发现从竹管里释放出来的气体可以使其飞向空中。于是关于火箭的想法诞生了。The first military use of rockets was in 1232. The Song Dynasty wa...
