I.Vocabulary

1.perceive (fml)

(1) to know, realize, notice

I perceived that I could not make him change his mind.

(2) perceive…as

He needs to perceive change as opportunity, uncertainty as challenge and corruption as disease.

n. perception

adj. perceptive/perceptual

2.pursue

(1) to chase or follow, in order to catch or attack

Holmes ran across the field with one officer pursuing him.

(2) to continue doing or trying to achieve sth: to pursue interests/ profits/business/happiness/a goal/further education/a major

She plans to pursue a career in politics.

3.excessive

much more than is reasonable or necessary

e.g. His excessive drinking bothers me.

Synonym: excess (only as attributive)

4.apply

sth applies to (适合，适用);

sth is applied to (运用，应用)

5.develop

develop an idea(详细阐述); develop a new medicine (研制)

develop the natural resources; develop the west region (开发)

develop an interest; develop a habit; develop understanding of each other (产生，形成)

develop one’s business (发展)

develop lung cancer (患……病)

develop into crisis (产生，出现)

develop a film (冲洗)

II.Phrases

1.go through

(1) to experience

To get this job done, he went through all sorts of hardships.

(2) to finish

You have to go through necessary customs formalities before you can enter another country.

(3) to pass

They just went through the forest in total silence.

2.see…in a…light

What he did made us see him in a new light.

III.Sentences

1.In fact, it may be heightened by their choice to pursue a college education. (para.3)

Actually, if the students choose to go to college to continue their education, they will face an even more serious struggle between the desire to be independent and the need to depend on the financial support of their parents.

2.College students need to stand back and see where they are in the independence/dependence struggle. (para. 4)

(In the face of the arrays of challenges,) it is necessary for college students to avoid getting too emotionally involved in the struggle and try to get a clear idea of their situation.

3.Probably nothing can make students feel lower or higher emotionally than the way they are relating to whomever they are having a romantic relationship with. (para.5)

Perhaps nothing can make a student experience such a big emotional change except his/her relationships with his/her lover.