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The text is adapted from Growing Up Chicano(New York: Avon, 1993) 2 Marta Salinas has published stories in the Los Angeles Herald and in Califor
mia Living. She is also an environmental activist
4.PE:ab(缩写) or physical education体育(课ao。es
a straight A student: a student consistently achieving the highest grae
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to stand
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against the wall
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Martha instead of her Spanish name
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remember how I managed to pass the rest of the afternoon.
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b to help on the farm
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