It was three months from retiring from being in the service for over 22 years. Due to circumstances I was unable to fly back in time.
我父亲去世时，我正在德国服役，当时离我服满22年兵役退伍还有三个月，由于当时的一些情况，我没能及时飞回来，没能向他告别，也没能出现在他的葬礼上。
"Every time we'd been to Montana... he said, 'I'm going to come back here and learn how to fly fish,'" said Robert Gibbs, Mr Obama's spokesman.
奥巴马的发言人罗伯特·吉布斯说：“每一次我们赴蒙大拿州，他都会说，‘我还要再回来，学习飞钓’。”
After landing, the vehicle must take off again within a predetermined time, fly for a certain amount of time and then land back on its original launch pad.
降落后，运输工具必须在指定时间内重新起飞，飞行一段时间并回到出发地。
It was just a case of being in the right place at the right time, because just before I was supposed to fly back to America, a company offered me work and got me a visa, so I decided to go for it.
恰逢这时，就在我准备坐飞机回美国之前，一间公司向我发出工作邀请，还给我办了签证，所以我决定接下这份工作。
"I'm eager to fly back and help rebuild Haiti," he told TIME shortly after the quake.
“我急切地希望飞回去帮助重建海地。”地震发生后不久，他对《时代》杂志的记者这样说。
"I'm eager to fly back and help rebuild Haiti," he told TIME shortly after the quake.
“我急切地希望飞回去帮助重建海地。”地震发生后不久，他对《时代》杂志的记者这样说。
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