He resisted getting caught up in the hoopla, years later calling himself a 'nerdy engineer.' Bucking intense pressure to use his celebrity status for political purposes or personal gain, the self-effacing Midwesterner left it to others to ponder the significance and broader meaning of his accomplishment.
他拒绝投入到火爆的宣传旋涡中,多年后他自称是一个“书生工程师”。这个不喜欢出风头的中西部人顶住了将自己的名人身份用于政治目的或获取个人利益的巨大压力,而是把自己所取得成就的重要性和更广泛的意义留给他人去思考。
The statement from Mr. Armstrong's family referred to him as 'a reluctant American hero who always believed he was just doing his job.'
阿姆斯特朗的家人发表的声明称他是一个不情不愿的美国英雄,他一直认为自己只是做了分内之事。
Mr. Armstrong was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, on Aug. 5, 1930, and spent part of his teenage years on a farm about 60 miles from where Orville and Wilbur Wright more than 25 years earlier experimented. He took his first airplane ride at 6 years old.
1930年8月5日,阿姆斯特朗出生在俄亥俄州沃帕科内塔(Wapakoneta),他的童年有一部分时间是在一个农场上度过的。在距离农场约60英里的地方,逾25年前怀特兄弟曾经进行过飞机试验。阿姆斯特朗六岁时第一次坐上了飞机。
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