His parents were very much absent from his growing-up life.

在他的成长过程中，他的父母并没有参与太多。

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and so a lot of my friends growing up actually were Korean and had the same...

跟我一起长大的朋友们很多都是韩裔，我们似乎有着同样的……

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If you were a child in the New York City, growing up in New York City,

如果你是个在纽约出生并长大的孩子，

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