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UnitlText ACollege-A TransitionPoint inMy LifeAuthorUnknownWhen Ifirst enteredcollege as a freshman,I was afraid that I was not able to dowell in my studies.I wasafraid ofbeing offby myself,away from my family for thefirst time.Here I was surroundedbypeople Idid not know andwho didnotknowme.I wouldhave to make friendswith themand perhapsalsocompete with them forgrades incourses I would take.Were theysmarter thanIwasCould Ikeepup withthem Wouldthey acceptmeI soonlearned thatmy life was nowup tome.I had to seta studyprogram ifI wantedto succeedinmy courses.I hadto regulatethe timeI spentstudying andthe timeI spentsocializing.I hadto decidewhento goto bed,when andwhat toeat,when andwhat todrink,and with whom to be friendly.Thesequestions I hadto answer for myself.At first,lifewasa bitdifficult.I mademistakes inhow Iused mytime.I spenttoo muchtimemaking friends.I alsomade somemistakes inhow Ichose my first friendsin college.Shortly,however,I hadmy lifeunder control.I managedto goto classon time,do myfirstassignments andhand themin,and passmyfirstexams withfairly goodgrades.In addition,I madea fewfriendswith whomI feltcomfortable andwithwhomI couldshare myfears.I setup a routine thatwasreally myown-aroutinethat metmy needs.As aresult,I beganto lookupon myselffrom adifferent perspective.I beganto seemyself asaperson responsiblefor myselfand responsibleformyfriends andfamily.It feltgood tomake myowndecisions andsee thosedecisions turnout tobe wiseones.I guessthat thisis allpart ofwhat peoplecallgrowing up.”What didlife havein storefor meAt thatstage in my life,I reallywasnotcertain whereI wouldultimatelygo inlife andwhat Iwould dowiththeyears aheadof me.But Iknew that Iwouldbe abletohandle whatwas aheadbecause Ihad successfullyjumped thisimportant hurdlein mylife:Ihadmadethe transitionfrom aperson dependenton my familyforemotional supporttoaperson whowasresponsible formyself.Text BWhatI Hopeto Gainfrom aCollege EducationAlexisWaltonAfter graduation from high school,I planto doseveral things.The mostimportant thing I planto doisto goto college.Other thana degree,from a college educationI planto pursuehigher learning,tobegin a career,and tomake history in myfamily.The firstthingI hope to gain fromacollege education ishigher learning.Learning goesfar beyondahigh schooleducation andis verynecessary intodays society.It allows us tobe familiarwith ourenvironmentand everyonein itand itallowsusto maintainassurance ofourselves.A lotof uswould belostwithout anylearning atall,and ourworld wouldbe veryconfused.One mustlearn todo suchthingsas applyingmath skillsas wellas beingresponsible andindependent.I knowthat acollege educationwouldallow me to acquirethese abilities.Secondly,I hopeto begin acareer asaresult ofmy collegeeducation.As acollege student,I plantostudy chemicalengineering.After takingall theclasses necessaryfor thismajor andcompleting themsuccessfully,I hoperil be abletobeginacareerasa chemicalengineer.Making historyinmyfamily isyet anotherimportant thingI hopetogainfrommy collegeeducation.Neither ofmy parentsgraduated fromcollege,nor didany ofmy threebrothers,but theydid,however,graduate from highschool.Taking alook backhas motivatedmetoreach farther.I plantomake historyinmyfamily bybeing thefirst toget acollegeeducation.Pursuing higherlearning,beginning acareer,and makinghistoryinmyfamilyare thingsIhopetogain frommycollegeeducation.It isvery importantthatIaccomplish thesegoals sothatIwill havecontinuedsuccess.I knowall ofthese thingsand manymore arepossible.If Ibelieve it,then Icanachieve it.Text C(忠告)Devlins AdviceKeithDevlinDear NewStudent:(等待)What awaitsyou in the comingyears——your collegeyears Andwhat awaitsyou afteryourgraduationfromcollege(可能性)For anentering collegestudent,the likelihoodis that the jobyou willbe doingten years(存在).from nowdoes notyet existYou willbe doingsomething thatat presentno oneis doing,orhardly anyone.How canyou possiblyprepare forsuch afuture(珍视)(宽度,广度)My strongestadvice wouldbe tovalue thebreadth ofthe educationavailable(可得至的)to you.The keyto beingsuccessful in the worldof todayor tomorrowis anability to learn.(很可能)At highschool youhad ateacher.But whenyou areout atwork youwill probablyhave(自个儿干).(中途歇脚的客栈;过渡场所).to goit aloneCollege isa half-way houseThe professorsarethere tohelp andguide you.But asteachers,the mostimportant thingthey aretrying to“teach”youis how tolearn.For example,your mathematicsprofessor is not there to teachyou mathematics.He or(过程).she isthere toshow youhowtolearn mathematics,and tohelp youin theprocess Thatsa bigdifferencefromhighschool.(科目)My secondpiece ofadvice isto workhardest atthose subjectsyou donMike orthink youcannever do.For manystudents,the subjectthat theydon tlike ismathematics.But fbrmany career(道路),(建paths mathematicsis whatthey need to knowin ordertobesuccessful.For construction筑)(几何学)workers andengineers,geometry iswhat you needtoknow.For futureteachers,it is(统计学)statistics thatyouneedto seeif yourtests arefair toyour students.Even forsomeone whojust(计算)(家庭).wants tobeastay-at-home mom,calculations areneeded tokeep ahousehold Infact,what Iam sayingapplies toall ofyou whenyou findyourself facedwith anysubject.Colleges anduniversitiesdon,t haveall thosegraduation requirements(要求)in ordertomakeyou suffer.They are(开阔)theretohelp youbroaden yourmind,and to prepare youto live your lifeto thefullest.My finalpiece ofadvice isto enjoyyour lifeat college.1often hearpeople saythat collegeis not(目的)the realworld;thatthepurpose ofyour collegeyears istoprepareyou foryour life”intherealworld vinthefuture.That snot right.You won,t stopliving inthe nextfew years.Your timeat college(为以后作准备的生活).or universityisnotpre-life Its severalyears ofyour life.It isthe“realworld.So enjoyyour timeasastudent andliveyournew“real life“to thefull.。