It was a gruelling childhood and , later in life , astaire would just say that he didn 't want to talk about it .
对阿斯泰尔来说,童年时代是艰辛的,这也影响了他后来的一生,他只是说自己不愿提起这些。
In almost all of his most memorable works astaire was partnered by ginger rogers , a lesser artist who by temperament and adaptive talent somehow managed to be both match and foil .