The first man to walk on the Moon

Neil Armstrong（1930 - 2012）was the first man to walk on the Moon. Simon is now reading an article about the astronaut and his space travel. Here is the article.

尼尔o阿姆斯特朗（1930-2012）是首位漫步月球的人。西蒙现在正在阅读一篇关于这位宇航员和他的太空旅行的文章。这是那篇文章。

NEIL ARMSTRONG

尼尔o阿姆斯特朗

Neil Armstrong was born on 5 August 1930 in Ohio，the USA. He became interestedin flying when he took his first flight at the age of six, He received his student pilot's licence when he was 16.

尼尔o阿姆斯特朗于1930年8月5日出生于美国俄亥俄州。在他6岁参加第一次飞行时，他就开始对飞行感兴趣。他16岁获得了学生飞行员许可证。

Armstrong joined the navy in 1949 and served as a pilot for three years.In1955，he became a rest test pilot. He flew over 1，100 hours and tested all types of aircraft.

阿姆斯特朗在1949年加入海军并作为一名飞行员限役三年。在1955年，他成为一名试飞员。他飞行了1 100多个小时，而且测试了各种类型的航空器。

In 1962，he was chosen to become an astronaut. In 1966，he went into space as command pilot of Genini8. He and David Scott managed to join two spacecraft together for the first time in space.However,on their way back to the Earth，the spacecraft began spinning out of control. Armstrong received the order to cut the flight short. He successfully brought the spacecraft down into the western Pacific Ocean.

在1962年，他被选拔成为一名宇航员。在1966年，他作为“双子座8号”宇宙飞船的飞行指挥进入太空。他和戴维o斯科特成功地将两个航天器在太空首次交会对接。但是，在他们返回地球的途中，宇宙飞船开始旋转，失去控制。阿姆斯特朗接到缩短航程的指令。他成功地使宇宙飞船落入西太平洋。

On 20 July 1969,Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon.Together with Buzz Aldrin , he landed the spacecraft Apollo 11 on the Moon.He said the famous words “one small step for (a) man,one giant leap,for mankind” as he stepped out onto the Moon's surface .

1969年7月20日，阿姆斯特朗成为第一个在月球上行走的人。他与巴兹。奥尔德林一起把“阿波罗11号”宇宙飞船降落到了月球上。当他踏上月球表面时，他说了句名言：“对于个人是一小步，对于人类是一个巨大的飞跃”。

Armstrong and Aldrin walked on the Moon for about two and a half hours. They collected Moon rocks to take back to the Earth for further, research．When Apollo¨returned, the whole world was waiting to greet them They were heroes. Because of his excellent service, Neil Armstrong was presented the Medal of Freedom，the highest award that a US citizen can receive. He was the pride of the whole world．

阿姆斯特朗和奥尔德林在月球上行走了大约两个半小时。他们采集了月球岩石带回地球作进一步研究。当“阿波罗1l号”返回时，全世界（人民）都在等着欢迎他们。他们是英雄。园为他的出色表现，尼尔o阿姆斯特朗被授予自由勋章——一个美国公民可获得的最高奖励。他是全世界的骄傲。