Josh Rothenberger admits he didn't spend too much time thinking about Veterans Day when he was a child. However, when he was 18 and had no money for college, his desire to do something more meant joining the Air Force. After training, his job became maintaining aircraft. Rothenberger was very focused when (he was) working. "You're hanging off  an airplane for four hours straight---(ellipsis) and it's hot and you're not thinking about anything else but getting this wing fixed.

There are four gerunds in this paragraph.

think about--回想

mean,  meant,  meant--v. 計畫,打算,意欲

join--v.參加,結合

hanging off--dangling off(懸擺,晃來晃去,吊著)

for four hours straight--continuous(繼續的,不斷的)

fixed--adj.裝置的修理的)

however--adv.然而

after training--在訓練之後

**charade--比手畫腳後猜字遊戲

**casualtyy--n.(軍人)傷亡人數

**trench--n.壕溝

**Marine--adj..Amphibious海軍陸戰隊的,海陸空協同作戰的

National Guard--Army,Navy,Air Force.三軍

Coast Guard--Marine/ Amphibious

mandatory--adj.命令的

lottery--n. 運氣樂透n

enrollment--n.入伍

the draft--招募士兵

tomb--墓,墓碑

Armistice Day--World War I 停戰紀念日

Brutal--adj.violent殘酷的

Tuesday, November 11, 2014. homework.

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