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PartIIkeytoexercisesSectionAPre-readingactivities11B2D3C4A5E31Infactallthepiecesofadvicementionedintheinterviewareveryuseful.ButifIhavetchooseoneasthemostuseful,I’dchoose“keepabalance”.Whenwewereinhighschool,wespentalmostallourtimestudying.Therelackedabalancebetweensociallifeandacademiclifeinhighschool.It’simportanttokeepabalancebetweenlifeandworkbecauseitwillgiveusasoundmindinasoundbody.Nowwehavemuchmorefreetime,sowecanjoinstudentorganizationsorgotodifferentactivities.2BeforeIleftforcollegemyparentsdidhaveatalkwithme.Theytoldmehowimportantcollegeexperiencewouldbeinmylife.Theytoldmeabouttheopportunitiesthatcollegeeducationwouldopenuptome.Theytoldmetotrytodevelopmoreinterestsandjoinsomestudentclubs.ThemostimpressiveadvicetheygavemewasthatIshouldnotonlyreadbooksaboutmymajor;instead,theyadvisedmetoreadaswidelyaspossible.Alltheseareveryvaluablepiecesofadvice.Scripts:Sarah:HiI’mSarah.I’mastudentadvisoratauniversity.Iknowthefirstyearofcollegeisalwaysdifficult.Youhavetoadapttoanewenvironment,andlearntodoeverythingonyourown.Tohelpmakeyourtransitionjustalittleeasier,I’mgoingtointerviewsomeseniorstudentsoncampuslet’sseewhatadvicetheycangiveyou.Sarah:HiJennifer.Whatdoyouthinkisimportanttoafreshman?Jennifer:Ithinkitisveryimportanttogotoclassregularly.Itsoundseasy,butoversleepingandmissingthat8o’clockmorningclassisverycommon.Trytogotoclassontimeandregularly.Youwilllearnthematerialinclass,gettoknowtheprofessors,andmakefriendswithyourclassmates.Youwillalsogetimportantinformationfromtheprofessorsabouttestsandexams.Sarah:Mark,doyouagreewithJennifer?Mark:Absolutely.Myadviceis:Findagoodplacetostudy.Itmaybeyourdormroomoracornerofthelibraryoraquietclassroom,butfindaplacethatworksbestforyoutogetyourworkdone.Ifyouhavetroubleconcentratinginyourdorm,youneedtofindanotherplace.Sarah:Nancy,whatisouradviceforfreshmen?Nancy:“AllworkandnoplaymakesJackadullboy.”Myadviceistogetinvolvedoncampus.Abigproblemforalotofnewstudentsisthattheymisshomeandtheydon'thaveasenseofbelonging.Thesolutionistojoinastudentorganization,oraclub,orasportsteam.Youwillmakenewfriends,learnnewskills,andfeelmoreconnectedtoyourschool.Sarah:Excellentadvice,Nancy.Simon,itseemsyouhavesomethingtosay.Simon:Yes,Ido.Well,Iwanttosayyoushouldkeepabalance.Collegelifeisamixtureofsociallifeandacademiclife.Don’tjointoomanystudentorganizationsorgototoomanyactivities.Otherwise,youwon’thaveenoughtimetostudy.Ofcourse,youshouldnotbecomeabookworm.Thekeyistokeepabalancebetweenfunandstudy.Sarah:Theyallgiveveryusefultips.Butletmeaddafewmore.Takeresponsibilityforyourselfandyouractions;takeadvantageofthelearningresourcesoncampus;stayhealthyandeatright.Ihopeyouwillgetthemostoutofyourcollegeexperience.ReadingcomprehensionUnderstandingthetext11.Theparentsremindedtheirchildrentoworkhardandachievethebesttheycould.2.Thepresidentcallsonthestudentstomakethemostofthegreatresourcesoncampus:toexplorenewsubjects,tomeetfascinatingpeople,andtopursuenewpassions.3.Bysaying“samplethemwidely”,thepresidentmeanstudentsshouldtrymaydifferentcoursesandtrysomethingnewtoseewhatitislike.4.Ifwedon’tchallengeourselves,wewillnotbecomebroadlyeducatedpeople,andwemaynotfindthepassionthatwillhelpusshapeourfuture.5.WecanlearnfromtheexampleofVeraWangthatweshouldchallengeourselvesandbychallengingourselves,wearemorelikelytofindaninterestwedon’tknowwehave,andthisinterestmayhelpusbuildaprosperousfuture.6.Wshouldnotworry,andweshouldlearntofacethisnewpartofourlifewithenthusiasm.Collegeexperiences,pleasantorunpleasant,willprovideuswithvaluablelessonswhichwillenrichourlife.7.TheexpressionNowitisyourturn”meansthatnowitistimeforyoutoacquireknowledgeandtopassiton.8.Thepresident’swelcomingspeechisreallyimpressive.Hementionsmanyimportantthingsaboutcollegelife,theresourcesavailableoncampus,aswellastheopportunitieswehaveandtheresponsibilitiesweshouldtake.Thespeechisveryinspiring.Criticalthinking1.Auniversityeducationwillplayaveryimportantroleinmylife,anditwillbenefitmeinanumberofways.IntheuniversityIcanacquirespecializedknowledgeaboutmymajor,anddevelopcriticalthinkingandresearchskills.Iwillhavetheopportunitiestomeetandshareideaswithpeopleofdifferentminds.Icangainabroaderviewoftheworldbymeetingpeoplefromdiversebackgroundsandcultures.AndIwillstartmylifejourneyofself-discovery,self-improvement,andself-fulfillment.2.Yes,absolutely.Withauniversityeducation,apersonwillhavemorefreedomandthereforemorechoices.Thiseducationexperienceprovidesunlimitedpotential.Moreover,auniversityeducationprovidesthemeansforonetosucceed.Notonlywillapersonobtainknowledgeandskillsessentialforhiscareerdevelopment,buthewillalsodevelopanindependentmindandbeabletomakerightdecisionsonhisown.3.Iadmirethosewhodroppedoutofuniversityandyethavemadefameforthemselvesbyachievingbiggoals.Somepeopleusethosesuccessfulcollegedropoutsascounterexamplestoshowtheirbeliefthatapersoncansucceedevenwithoutauniversityeducation.Chancesarethatmostpeopledonothavethesamemind,talent,determination,oropportunitiesasBillGates,SteveJobs,andMarkZuckerbergdid;therefore,theymightnotbeabletoachievesuccesswith