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1、Unit1TextACollege—ATransitionPointinMyLife1WhenIfirstenteredcollegeasafreshman,IwasafraidthatIwasnotabletodowellinmystudies.Iwasafraidofbeingoffbymyself,awayfrommyfamilyforthefirsttime.HereIwassurroundedbypeopleIdidnotknowandwhodidnotknowme.Iwouldhavetomak

2、efriendswiththemandperhapsalsocompetewiththemforgradesincoursesIwouldtake.WeretheysmarterthanIwas?CouldIkeepupwiththem?Wouldtheyacceptme?2Isoonlearnedthatmylifewasnowuptome.IhadtosetastudyprogramifIwantedtosucceedinmycourses.IhadtoregulatethetimeIspentstud

3、yingandthetimeIspentsocializing.Ihadtodecidewhentogotobed,whenandwhattoeat,whenandwhattodrink,andwithwhomtobefriendly.ThesequestionsIhadtoanswerformyself.3Atfirst,lifewasabitdifficult.ImademistakesinhowIusedmytime.Ispenttoomuchtimemakingfriends.Ialsomadeso

4、memistakesinhowIchosemyfirstfriendsincollege.4Shortly,however,Ihadmylifeundercontrol.Imanagedtogotoclassontime,domyfirstassignmentsandhandthemin,andpassmyfirstexamswithfairlygoodgrades.Inaddition,ImadeafewfriendswithwhomIfeltcomfortableandwithwhomIcouldsha

5、remyfears.Isetuparoutinethatwasreallymyown—aroutinethatmetmyneeds.5Asaresult,Ibegantolookuponmyselffromadifferentperspective.Ibegantoseemyselfasapersonresponsibleformyselfandresponsibleformyfriendsandfamily.Itfeltgoodtomakemyowndecisionsandseethosedecision

6、sturnouttobewiseones.Iguessthatthisisallpartofwhatpeoplecall“growingup.”6Whatdidlifehaveinstoreforme?Atthatstageinmylife,IreallywasnotcertainwhereIwouldultimatelygoinlifeandwhatIwoulddowiththeyearsaheadofme.ButIknewthatIwouldbeabletohandlewhatwasaheadbecau

7、seIhadsuccessfullyjumpedthisimportanthurdleinmylife:Ihadmadethetransitionfromapersondependentonmyfamilyforemotionalsupporttoapersonwhowasresponsibleformyself.大学——我一生中的转折点作为一名一年级新生初进大学时，我害怕自己在学业上搞不好。我害怕独自一人在外，因为我是第一次远离家人。在这里，周围都是我不认识的人，而他们也不认识我。我得和他们交朋友，或许还

8、得在我要学的课程上跟他们在分数上进行竞争。他们比我更聪明吗？我跟得上他们吗？他们会接受我吗？我很快就认识到，我的生活现在就取决于我自己了。如果我要在学业上取得成功，我就必须制定一份学习计划。我必须调整花在学习上的时间和花在社交上的时间。我必须决定什么时候上床睡觉，什么时候吃什么，什么时候喝什么，对什么人表示友好。这些问题我都得自己回答。开始时，生活有点艰难。我在怎样利用时间上犯了错误。我在交朋友上花的时间太多了。