And then I grew up and had the esteemed honor of meeting her.

后来我长大了，有幸见到了她。

youdao

I grew up here. When in elementary and middle school, I often rode my bike and played with my friends in the alleys. However, I cannot find most of those friends, who were living there then, any more.

因为我从小生活在这个地方，包括上小学中学，骑着自行车和朋友们在胡同里面玩，现在再回去看原先那些住在胡同里的朋友基本上都走了，找不到了。

youdao

And then as I grew up, you know, I started to appreciate my culture and where they're from and so I decided, like you know, I don't like what's out there, so why don't I try doing something to change it too?

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Then I grew up and realised that they're really just 40-odd identical channel strips, which do nothing more magical than the volume and tone controls on a home stereo.

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Back then, in the early '90s, before I grew up and bought a sofa, I was fiercely idealistic.

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