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Unit Eleven College Life I、Teaching Focus 1.Background information introduction 2.Preparation 3.Listening to tapes II、Teaching steps 1. Background Information: When student leave for at age 17 or 18, many of them have never been away from home and their family. The transition to greater freedom and responsibility may be difficult for them, with no one to wake them up for breakfast or do their laundry, and fewer classes to attend but larger amounts of homework. Some students do not adjust successfully. In the US, where almost 70% of high school graduates enter college, only a minority(40%) of these actually graduate. Elsewhere, with fewer attending college, higher percentages may graduate. College has many social attractions, some of which can be distractions. Sports, concerts, parties, and dormitory bull sessions can be very time consuming. The temptation to stay up too late at night or sleep too late in the morning is always present, so self-discipline is an important lesson to learn. In addition many students have part-time jobs, especially in the US where most students have cars and are expected to help their parents pay for tuition or college housing. Parents, teacher, advisors, and counselors can help students move successfully from high school to college and from college to careers. But in the last analysis students must do most of this for themselves, with more help than we may realize from their friends and classmates. College students learn as much outside as inside the classroom, and most of this is not learned from adult authority figures. The peer group and the youthful culture are increasingly strong influences on today’s students. So parents and other potential role models should try to be aware of this, even if they don’t always appreciate the latest trends in casual clothing or pop music. College is a time of change, and the parents can learn almost as much from this as the students can. They too were once students, just as today’s students wi