听力笔记People in America－002(Alan Shepard)艾伦·谢泼德美国的尤里 加加林

Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998)

 (Rear Admiral, United States Navy, Ret.)
was the second person and the first American in space.
He later commanded the Apollo 14 mission, and was the fifth person to walk on the moon.

Words

• Chimpanzee
   【动物；动物学】黑猩猩。
• Destroyer
   1.破坏者；扑灭者，驱除者。
   2.驱逐舰。
   destroyer escort 护航驱逐舰。
• Leukemia
   【医学】白血病。 
• Capsule
   胶囊
   The doctor advised me to take a capsule this morning.
   医生建议我今天早晨服一粒胶囊。
   
   航天舱, 密封舱
   The astronauts work and live in the space capsule.
   宇航员在航天舱里工作生活。

"They ran out of monkeys," he joked.

当被问及是什么使得他成为美国第一位太空人的时候，他说：“因为那些家伙把猩猩用完了！”