I 1) (bore) in London, in the capital of England and I 2) (live) there until I 3) (leave)home at the age of 18. My parents 4) (move) to England from China in the 1970s.As a child I 5) (go) to the local school and, of course, 6) (speak) English with a localaccent, just like all the other children. But at home it was very different. We 7) (live) ina Chinese environment, with a great extended family of uncles and aunts. I 8) (remember)feeling part of this big thing called “family”, and an even bigger thing called “China”. I think myfamily really 9) (influence) me a lot while I 10) (grow) up. They often talked aboutChina as “our home” – even though I had never 11) (be) there before.To me, it 12) (not, seem) at all strange to grow up as part of two cultures. I always13) (think) that growing up in two cultures is a kind of gift, not a disadvantage. Nowthat I 14) (have) a child of my own, I want her to get in touch with her Chinese rootstoo, so we (plan) a visit to China later this year. All her Chinese cousins and relatives15) (look) forward to meeting her.​