I grew up in Beijing, but I was in Los Angeles for two years.
我在北京长大,不过在洛杉矶已呆了两年。
You'd better see a doctor about that stomachache.
你胃痛最好去看医生。
In the nineteenth century, a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by presenting his readers with a series of coincidences -- most of them wildly improbable.