協助人類上月球
Katherine Johnson was one of the earliest African-American women to work as a scientist at NASA. As a mathematician, her job required her to calculate flight trajectories by hand for the U.S. space program.
凱薩琳強森是最早在美國太空總署工作的非裔女性科學家之一。身為一位數學家，她的工作是為美國太空計畫徒手計算飛行軌道。
require sb. to do sth. 要求某人去做某件事calculate (v.)計算calculator (n.)計算機calculation (n.)計算trajectory (n.)軌道
Her precise calculations and genius helped send the first human onto the surface of the moon.
她精準的計算和天賦協助將第一位人類送上月球表面。
precise (adj.)精準的genius (n.)天才,天賦,天資have a genius for sth.有……的天賦astronaut (n.)太空人
However, her achievements did not come easy.
然而，她的成就得來不易。
come easy 容易地達成或做到
Johnson was born at a time when racial segregation laws were still enforced and discrimination was common, which means Johnson and her female African-American colleagues were forbidden to work, eat, and use the same restrooms with their white peers.
強森出生在種族隔離法律仍然存在且歧視還很普遍的時期，這意味著強森和她的非裔女性同事們被禁止和白人同事一起工作、吃東西和使用同樣的盥洗室。
segregation (n.)(因宗教,種族,性別等而實施的)隔離quarantine (n.)隔離enforce (v.)實行,執行female (adj.)女性 male(adj.)男性forbid (v.)禁止 forbid-forbad-forbiddenpeer (n.)同輩,同儕,同等地位的人
However, none of these stopped Johnson from doing what she was good at. Kathy Moore, Johnson’s youngest daughter, describes her mother as fearless.
然而，這一切都沒阻止凱薩琳強森做她所擅長的事。凱希摩爾，強森最小的女兒，用無所畏懼來描述她母親。
stop sb. from doing sth. 阻止某人去做某件事情fearless (adj.)無畏的,大膽的
Indeed, looking back at Johnson’s life, she had made some bold decisions, including entering a field dominated by white men.
的確，回顧強森的一生，她做了一些很大膽的決定，包含踏入一個由白種男人所主宰的領域。
bold (adj.)大膽的a field which was dominated by white men變成a field dominated by white men
Thankfully, people gradually began to take notice of her brilliant mind instead of her skin color.
幸好，人們開始注意到她的天分而不是她的膚色。
take notice 注意到brilliant (adj.)才華洋溢的,出色的
Johnson’s legacy has inspired more women, particularly women of color, to pursue an education in science, technology, engineering, and math (also known as STEM).
強森的傑出貢獻激勵更多女性，特別是有色人種女性，接受科學、科技、工程和數學教育（也稱為STEM）。
legacy (n.)遺產,歷史遺產,留給世人的貢獻women of color (colored women) 有色人種女性people of color (colored people) 有色人種
In 2015, President Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her contribution in space exploration as well as in racial and gender equality.
在2015年，巴拉克歐巴馬總統授予她總統自由勳章，感謝她對太空探索和種族及性別平等的貢獻。
equality (n.)平等racial equality種族平等gender equality性別平等