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閱讀段落
It was not until the eighteenth century that Europe became seriously
interested in the possibilities of using the rocket itself as a weapon of war
and not just to propel other weapons. Prior to this, rockets were used only in
pyrotechnic displays. The incentive for the more aggressive use of rockets came
not from within the European continent but from far-away India, whose leaders
had built up a corps of racketeers and used rockets successfully against the
British in the late eighteenth century. The Indian rockets used against the
British were described by a British Captain serving in India as ‘a(chǎn)n iron
envelope about 200 millimeters long and 40 millimeters in diameter with sharp
points at the top and a 3m-long bamboo guiding stick’. In the early nineteenth
century the British began to experiment with incendiary barrage rockets. The
British rocket differed from the Indian version in that it was completely
encased in a stout, iron cylinder, terminating in a conical head, measuring one
meter in diameter and having a stick almost five meters long and constructed in
such a way that it could be firmly attached to the body of the rocket. The
Americans developed a rocket, complete with its own launcher, to use against the
Mexicans in the mid-nineteenth century. A long cylindrical tube was propped up
by two sticks and fastened to the top of the launcher, thereby allowing the
rockets to be inserted and lit from the other end. However, the results were
sometimes not that impressive as the behavior of the rockets in flight was less
than predictable.
段落大意
本段介紹了歐洲火箭彈的發(fā)明受印度影響,并介紹了印、英、美三國最早的火箭彈。
閱讀筆記
Europe :
1 Until the 18th century, interested in using the rocket itself as a weapon
of war.( incentive came from India)
2 Prior to this were used only in pyrotechnic displays.
Indian rockets:
1. Used against the British in the late 18th century.
2. An iron envelope; length: 200 mm, diameter: 400 mm; sharp points at the
top, a 3m-long bamboo guiding stick.
British incendiary barrage rockets:
1 In the early 19th century.
2 Encased in a stout, iron cylinder, terminating in a conical head;
Diameter: 1m, a stick almost 5m-long.
Americans rocket:
1. Against the Mexicans in the mid-19th century.
2. Own launcher.
3. A long cylindrical tube was propped up by two sticks and fastened to the
top of the launcher.