main idea

Dear teachers,

Are the main ideas of the following paragraphs correct?



§1: There is widespread fear among policymakers and the public today that the family is disintegrating. Much of that anxiety stems from a basic misunderstanding of the nature of the family in the past and a lack of appreciation for its resiliency in response to broad social and economic changes. The general view of the family is that it has been a stable and relatively unchanging institution through history and is only now undergoing changes. In fact, change has always been characteristic of it.



= The family has always been undergoing changes throughout the centuries due to social and economic revolutions.



§2: Enough i snow known about the ancient Maya, those sophisticated artists and architect, astronomers and calendar keepers of , to realize that much remains to be learned before all the mysteries can be unraveled. Once considered peaceful stargazers, they are now suspected of being bloodthirsty and warlike. Dogged and brilliant scholars have wrestled with the problems for a century and a half. There has been a steady revision of ideas, regular expansion of the boundaries of knowledge, and there is certain to be more.

= Scientists do not know everything about the Mayans. Much is to be discovered yet.





§3: Poem: Fueled



Fueled

By a million

Man-made

Wings of fire—

The rocket tore a tunnel

Through the sky—

And everybody cheered.

Fueled

Only by a thought from God—

The seedling urged its way through the thickness of black—

And as it pierced

The heavy ceiling of the soil—

And launched itself

Up into outer space—

No

One

Even

Clapped

(from Serve Me a Slice of Moon, by Marcie Hans)



Since I’m not good at poetry at all, I doubt that my interpretation is correct:

= When a man makes an achievement his fellowmen marvel and cheer, but nobody cheers or wonders in front of God’s achievements (??).



Is “by a million” an interjection?

What’s the meaning of “fueled” here?

Thank you for your help.

Hela