众所周知，SAT写作论据有很多种类，比如人物、企业、个人经历、科技发展、文学作文、历史、时事。今天我们要给大家带来的是有关人物的写作论据——尼尔·阿姆斯特朗。
Neil Armstrong尼尔·阿姆斯特朗是美国著名宇航员与试飞员。作为阿波罗计划的成员，阿姆斯特朗成为了第一个踏上月球的人类宇航员，也是第一个在地球外星体上留下脚印的人类成员。他在踏上月球那一刻所说的“一小步”与“一大步”，已经成为名言被广泛流传。
“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”—Neil Armstrong
“One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” Neil Armstrong spoke one of the most well-known sentences in human’s history at the time he became the first menfrom Earth set foot on the Moon. Armstrong’s achievement was the result of years’ research and development, failure and success, and the U.S-Soviet competition on space science. However, it was the words of Neil Armstrong that echo in the annals of history.
Born on August 1930, Neil Armstrong mightbe one of few people who were awarded a pilot’s license before he or she had earned a driver’s license. Naturally interested in aviation, Armstrong got his first pilot license at the age of 15. Armstrong then pursued a degree inAeronautical Engineering from Purdue University. He became a testing pilotafter graduated from Purdue. During his tenure at Edwards Air Force BaseArmstrong conducted test flights of over 50 types of experimental aircraft,logging 2,450 hours of airtime.
【失败与成功】During his time as atesting pilot, Armstrong was involved in a few accidents. One fatal case occurred after an unsuccessful landing damaged the radio and hydraulic system. Armstrong headed toward Nellis Air Force Base. When attempting to land at Nellis, the tail hookof the plane lowered due to the damaged hydraulic system and caught the arresting wire on the airfield. The plane slid out of control down the runway,dragging the anchor chain along with it. The runway was then closed for the second time that day to clear the landing path of debris.
In 1957 Armstrong was selected for the manin Space Soonest (MISS) program. Then in September of 1963 he was selected as the first American civilian to fly in space. In 1966 Armstrong flew on the Gemini 8 mission, which launched March 16. Serving as Command Pilot, the crew was to complete the first ever docking with another spacecraft, an unmanned Agena target vehicle. After 6.5 hours in orbit they were able to dock with the craft, but due to complications they were unable to complete what would have been the third ever “extra-vehicular activity”, now referred to as aspace-walk.
【合作与竞争】Along with Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins, Armstrong controlled the Apollo 11 vehicle toward the Moon. Four days later, the Eaglelunar landing module,guided manually by Armstrong, touched down on a plain near the southwestern edge of the Sea of Tranquility, at which point Armstrong declared, “Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.” A sigh of relief was said to have been breathed throughout mission control, as it was thought that Armstrong had merely seconds of fuel remaining before the thrusters cut and the Lander plummeted to the surface. Armstrong and Aldrin exchanged congratulations before quickly preparing the Lander to launch off the surface incase of an emergency.
【合作与竞争】“I’m going to step off the LEM now.” Armstrong declared on his way down the ladder from Lander. As his left boot made contact with the surface he then spoke the words that defined a generation, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Over 450 million listeners andaudience worldwide witnessed or listened to his proclamation.
About 15 minutes after exiting the module,Aldrin joined him on the surface and they set to investigating the environmenton the lunar surface. They alsoplanted the American flag on the surface.Armstrong and Aldrin left the module for more than two hours and deployed scientific instruments, collected surface samples, and took numerous photographs.
Armstrong was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom right after their touchdown back on Earth. He receivedvarioushonorsbestowed upon civilians, including medals from NASA and other countries.
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第一步：浏览所有素材名单和简单的中文介绍，按照自己的偏向喜好挑选4-6个人物。特别要注明的是，希望本书能帮助考生们开启灵感的阀门，如果在浏览的过程中想到更多的例子，建议自行进行整理。
第二步：对于所挑选人物，仔细阅读英文介绍部分，按照主题把其中相关内容单独整理出来。思考例子和某一类SAT题目的联系。(要注意的是：例子的整理不是以人或者事件为单位，而是以主题作为划定标准。)当然前提是大家要对SAT题目有基本的了解。
第三步：每个主题的论据都整理全面后，就可以开始按照典型题目去写段落，刚开始可以找一些相对来说简单的题目进行练习。注意：SAT写作如果出现语言雷同，会被判为剽窃，被取消考试成绩。所以请一定不要直接整句或者大段地照抄本书内容。当然，这一点也同样适用于任何公开出版物以及网络资料。
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