He used to be a pilot but now he has a desk job.

他曾是飞行员，但现在做办公室工作。

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I want to be a pilot to fly a plane.

我想成为一名驾驶飞机的飞行员。

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He taught himself to be a pilot.

他自学而成为一名飞行员。

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He taught himself to be a pilot. During World War II, he designed a machine used to train military aircraft crews to fire guns at enemy aircraft.

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because I really want to be a pilot.

因为我很想当飞行员。

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A pilot needs to be able to judge distance.

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But in the early days, she only wanted to be a pilot, and then a good engineer.

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His career dream was to be a pilot, but that was thwarted when he failed the final year of school.

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One is the successful entrepreneur who also happens to be a pilot.

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