First, I wanted to be a fireman, because the uniform looked so cool.

首先，我想成为一名消防员，因为制服看起来很酷。

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His father was a fireman; he was the first in his family to graduate from high school.

他的父亲是消防员，而他自己是全家第一个从高中毕业的。

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And to be an assistant fireman was the first step towards this position.

当上助理司炉是通向这一职位的第一步。

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He was the first fireman on the scene and saw two people trying to rescue the man from the car.

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He was born in a slum district of New Jersey to Italian immigrants (father a fireman, mother a nurse) and had a first-generation American's determination to succeed.

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