For years, absent fathers have taken the blame for this, because growing up quickly has negative consequences for girls.

多少年来，这些“不在家”的父亲都因此而备受指责，因为早熟对少女来说有着十分消极的影响。

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China is hoovering up ever more commodities not just because its economy is growing so quickly, but also because that growth is concentrated in industries that use lots of resources.

中国吃进更多大宗商品并不是由于其经济增长如此迅猛，而是由于这种经济增长是集中在使用大量资源的那些工业中。

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I mention the beach in a lot of my posts, and I like to use beach pictures for the illustrations because it has played such a massive role in my growing up.

我在许多帖子里都提到了岸边，而且，我喜欢用一些岸边的图片做插图。因为它在我的成长中扮演了极为重要的角色。

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He also had three sisters. While growing up, he became known as Red Adair because his hair was bright red.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

I'm so jealous because when I was growing up,

我很羡慕，因为在我成长的时候，

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Lennon and McCartney, because I listened to so much of it growing up.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

Because growing up on the South Side of Chicago, I saw my own father make that same uncomplaining journey to his job at the city water plant every day.

WHITEHOUSE: Remarks by the First Lady at a Campaign Event -- Seattle, WA

See, because growing up on the South Side of Chicago -- and I know we have some South Siders here -- (applause) -- I watched my father make that same uncomplaining journey every day to his job at the city water plant.

WHITEHOUSE: Remarks by the First Lady at a Campaign Event -- Hampton, VA

It was perhaps fitting that he opened up to an Australian organization because, after growing up and starting his career in Johannesburg, he gained Australian citizenship during a two-year coal-trading assignment for Glencore in Sydney in the late 1980s.

FORBES: BY TIM TREADGOLD