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THE ROCKET - FROM EAST TO WEST A? The concept of the rocket, or rather the mechanism behind the idea of propelling?an object into the air, has been around for well over two thousand years. However, it wasnt until the discovery of the reaction principle, which was the key to space?travel and so represents one of the great milestones in the history of scientific?thought, that rocket techn0108y was able to develop. Not only did it solve a?problem that had intrigued man for ages, but, more importantly, it literally opened?the door to exploration of the universe. B An intellectual breakthrough, brilliant though it may be（让步状语,采用了倒装，正常语序为：though it maybe brilliant）, does not automatically?ensure that the transition is made from theory to practice.（An intellectual breakthrough does not ensure that the transition is made. from theory to practice介词短语后置，用来修饰transition ）智力上的一个突破尽管它非常的卓越但是也不能够促成从理论到实践的转变 Despite the fact that?rockets had been used sporadically（偶发地，零星地） for several hundred years（让步状语从句）, they remained a?relatively minor artifact 手工制品 of civilization until the twentieth century. Prodigious 惊人的，异常的，奇妙的；巨大的 efforts，?accelerated during two world wars, were required before the technology of?primitive rocketry could be translated into the reality of sophisticated astronauts.在最初的火箭技术转化成纯熟的宇航员之前需要付出巨大的努力，在二战期间尤为突出 这是一个包含时间状语从句的复合句。主句是 Prodigious efforts ，accelerated during two world wars, were required ，在主语和谓语之间（两个逗号之间）是过去分词短语作定语。从 before 开始是时间状语从句。 It?is strange that the rocket was generally ignored by writers of fiction to transport their?heroes to mysterious realms（领域） beyond the Earth, even though it had been commonly?used in fireworks displays in China since the thirteenth century. The reason is that?nobody associated the reaction principle with the idea of travelling through space?to a neighboring world.（没有人把反作用与（人们）在太空和邻近世界旅行的这一构思联系起来） ? C A simple analogy（类比，类推；类似） can help us to understand how a rocket operates. It is much like?a machine gun（机枪） mounted（安装，