She'd been seeing the boy for a while, but didn't want her parents to find out.

她和这个男孩约会已有一段时间了，但不想让父母知道。

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I'm feeling very guilty— I've been meaning to call my parents for days, but still haven't got around to it.

我感到非常内疚—几天来我一直打算给父母打电话，但还是没抽出时间打。

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She wants to be an actress, but her parents disapprove.

她想当演员，可是她父母不同意。

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She was born in London to Pakistani parents but grew up in New York City where she still lives.

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Unfortunately, you people are too young to have experienced this, but I've experienced this and you can talk to your parents.

不巧的是，你们还太年轻,可能不会有这些经历，但是我亲身经历过,你可以找父母聊聊。

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Students get upset. Parents get upset. But at some point, students have to learn,

学生们忐忑不安，家长们也是。但从某种程度上讲，学生必须得学习教训，

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Lorenzo was given less than two years to live but his parents refused to accept the doctors' prognosis.

BBC: Lorenzo's Oil boy is dead at 30

But to his parents back in Watkinsville, Georgia, Carter's feat was not surprising.

CNN: 'We've got to get her off that bridge'

Most of these were unfounded, but to already concerned parents, they started to look further afield.

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