文档介绍：BBC英语听力2012年09月合辑
The first man to set foot on the moon Neil Armstrong has died at the age of 82. He'd undergone heart bypass surgery earlier this month. mander of the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969, Armstrong made the first footprint on the dusty surface. Pallab Ghosh reports.
第一位登上月球宇航员阿姆斯特朗辞世,享年82岁。他于8月初做了心脏搭桥手术。1969年作为阿波罗11任务团的指挥官,阿姆斯特朗在月球上留下了人类的第一次足迹。Pallab Ghosh报道。
It is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
这是一个人迈出的一小步,却是整个人类跨出的一大步。
Thousands of people were involved in the Apollo missions that led to this moment, but it was Neil Armstrong’s ice cool nerves that ensure that lunar module Eagle landed safely. He had to take manual control of the spacecraft as it descended toward the surface, taking it toward region’s drone with boulders and craters. He and his fellow crew members returned to earth to a hero’s e. But Neil Armstrong soon retreated from the lime light, preferring the quieter life as a professor of engineering.
上千人参与了阿波罗号任务,才使其成功实现,但是,是阿姆斯特朗的异常冷静确保了鹰号登月舱的安全着陆。他手动控制了航空飞机,使其成功降落于布满陨石和巨石坑的月球表面。人们致以返回地球的阿姆斯特朗和其他宇航员英雄般的欢迎。但阿姆斯特朗很快从这种聚光灯下的生活全身撤退,从事了更为喜爱的一种安静的生活:工程学的一名教授。
Buzz Aldrin, a fellow member of the Apollo 11 mission and the second man on the moon, gives the BBC’s reaction to Mr. Armstrong’s death.
Buzz Aldrin,是阿波罗11号任务的一名成员,也是第二名登上月球的人,向BBC表示他对阿姆斯特朗去世的心情。
I was fortunate enough to be one of those crew members and to fly with outstanding test pilot Neil Armstrong. So it is very sad indeed that we are not able to be together as a crew on the 50th anniversary in 2019.
“我很有幸成于登上月球宇航员中的一员,能够与出色的试飞宇航员阿姆斯特朗一起。不能在2019年相聚于首次登上月球宇航员全体成员50周年,确实非常难过。”
President Obama has accused his Republican election rival Mitt Romney of holding his extreme positions on economic and social issues. In an interview with Associated Press news agency, the president said Mr. Romney had locked himself into such policies and would carry them forward if elected.
奥巴马总统指控他的共和党竞争对手罗姆尼在经济和社会事务处于极端优势地位。在接受美联社会专访时,总统说罗姆尼将把自己锁定于这些政策中,如果当选,他将能够继保持这种优势。
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