My parents thought all of this was a grand idea and called Betsy's dad with their permission.

我的父母认为这是一个好主意，并打电话给贝琪的爸爸，征得了他们的同意。

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"My parents had no idea," said one of them, a 17-year-old girl who, like other formerly addicted youths interviewed, spoke on the condition of anonymity because of her past drug use.

“爸妈不知道我的事！ ”接受采访的17岁吸毒女孩说道。像其他曾经吸毒成瘾的年轻人一样，父母对此并不知情。

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Since I go to middle school, I don't like to talk to parents, because when I tell them my idea, they will deny it and then ask me do as what they say.

自从我上初中，我就不喜欢和父母聊天，因为当我告诉他们我的想法，他们会给予否认，然后叫我按他们的话去做。

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They tend to finish each other's sentences. "My parents always pushed the idea of 'go to college,go to college,'" "And so this is a start of how we're going to..."

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Yeah, it was my parents' idea.

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My parents raised me with the idea that I could be whatever I wanted to be.

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And I have no idea how my parents would do it.

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