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1Every 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?

2To 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(diào)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 booksHow to Raise an AdultandYour 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”.

5That 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 tothrive.

6For 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.

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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(xì)地管理著，以到達(dá)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(shí)，我們的父母也削弱了我們茁壯成長(zhǎng)的能力。

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

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in charge of負(fù)責(zé)……；掌管……

do one's laundry洗衣服

pick up學(xué)會(huì)

college acceptance大學(xué)錄取

care for關(guān)心；照顧

head out into the world闖蕩世界