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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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.

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because when I was growing up here, I lived down on the Upper West Side,

因为我在上西区以南长大，

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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