向往大學生活嗎？一起來了解高中生需要為大學生活做的準備吧！

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1 Every August or September， for many students， the countdown to going to college has begun. During that time， we will be in charge of our health， safety and academics—not to mention being a good roommate. Now is the time to ask the hard questions： Do we know how to do our laundry？ Can we schedule our own dentist appointments？

2 To be honest， in her decade as a freshman dean at a university， Julie Lythcott?Haims saw many first?year students come to college with a lot of academic knowledge but big gaps in their life skills.

3 “Many students think they'll pick them up at home the way they pick up language， but they actually don't necessarily. They've sort of forgotten to learn it，” said Catherine Newman， academic department coordinator （協(xié)調人） of the creative writing center at Amherst College.

4 “Preparations for college have changed culturally in recent years，” said Lythcott?Haims， author of the books How to Raise an Adult and Your Turn： How to Be an Adult. She said more and more pressure has been placed on us to get into highly ranked colleges and the message we and our families are getting is that college acceptances come from the perfect application. And society says that comes from the “perfect childhood”.

5 That perfect childhood， focused on the highest levels of involvement in extra?curricular activities， leaves little room for us to learn how to care for ourselves and others. Lythcott?Haims said we were micromanaged by our parents to get to this place our parents call success， and yet in handling too much for us， our parents undermine our ability to thrive.

6 For some of the basic skills， it's not too late. Before we head out into the world， we

should spend time in taking a life skills course.

Reading Check

Detail

1. What can we know about many first?year college students from

Julie Lythcott?Haims？

A. They have different levels of life skills.

B. They know little about caring for themselves.

C. They find it difficult to pick up a new language.

D. They have trouble getting along with roommates.

Inference

2. What can be inferred about the perfect childhood？

A. It helps reduce the pressure of schoolwork.

B. It increases chances of college acceptances.

C. It does not encourage devotion to hobbies.

D. It may not be as perfect as it seems.

Vocabulary

3. What does the underlined word “undermine” in paragraph 5 mean？

A. Expand.

B. Weaken.

C. Ignore.

D. Underestimate.

Inference

4. Which one is Lythcott?Haims' attitude towards parenting in many families？

A. Disapproving.

B. Positive.

C. Uncaring.

D. Hopeful.

Language Study

Ⅰ. Difficult sentence in the text

Lythcott?Haims said we were micromanaged by our parents to get to this place our

parents call success， and yet in handling too much for us， our parents undermine our ability to thrive. 利思科特?海姆斯說，我們被父母事無巨細地管理著，以到達被我們的父母稱為成功的地方，但是在為我們處理太多事情的同時，我們的父母也削弱了我們茁壯成長的能力。

【點石成金】本句中，said后接的賓語從句包含and連接的兩個并列句。第一個句子中，主句為we were micromanaged by our parents to get to this place，our parents call success是一個省略了關系代詞的定語從句，修飾先行詞this place;第二個句子中，主句為our parents undermine our ability to thrive。

Ⅱ. Text?centered chunks

in charge of 負責……;掌管……

do one's laundry 洗衣服

pick up 學會

college acceptance 大學錄取

care for 關心;照顧

head out into the world 闖蕩世界