She was born in Barbados but spent her formative years growing up in Miami.

她出生于巴巴多斯，但他的成长期是在迈阿密度过的。

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In Earth's formative years, it was hit by thousands of comets like this.

在地球的最初岁月中，它曾被成千上万个这样的彗星撞击。

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She spent her formative years at a famous English girls' boarding school.

她是在英国一间著名的女子寄宿学校长大的。

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Margaret Brown was a social and political activist in the formative years of the modern American West.

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The generations of students that are coming to University today have essentially grown up with the Internet. And some of them are the first generation Where the internet have been part of their life in their Formative years. For most of us, the people of my age, The internet came later.

现在进大学的这一代学生,成长在因特网的环境下,一些人是伴随着因特网成长的第一代,网络是他们性格形成期的一部分,然而对我们这个年纪的人来说，因特网是后来才有的。

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Another message that my children learned during their formative years concerned drinking and driving.

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Several other countries have in the past fielded outstanding players whose formative years were spent elsewhere.

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This means millions of kids don't have a mom during those important, formative years.

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