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A college freshman chats and chuckles on his cell phone. Behind him are his proud parents, loaded down with his luggage. “Helicopter parents” are seen every year in newspapers and on television on college enrollment day. 一名大学新生边讲电话边咯咯笑着。在他后面，喜气洋洋的父母帮他拿着沉重的行李。每年到了大学新生报到的时节，“直升机父母”的身影就就会出现在电视和报纸上。 This year, however, more freshmen are choosing to prove their *self-reliance as grown-ups from their very first day as college students. They travel far away to their new schools, and are determined to settle in on their own. 但今年，越来越多的大一新生选择从步入大学的第一天起，努力证明自己作为成年人的独立能力。他们千里迢迢来到新学校，决心靠自己独立安顿下来。 21st Century reporter Xu Jingxi and campus correspondents Chen Yang and Yang Jiayi interviewed three college freshmen about their experiences. 这里，《21世纪英文报》的记者许靖烯协同校园通讯员陈阳、杨嘉沂采访了三名大学新生，让我们来听听他们的入学经历。 Tian Chuan, 19, electronic information engineering student, Harbin Engineering University 田川（音译），19岁，就读于哈尔滨工程大学电子信息工程专业 This freshman had always done what his parents wanted him to do before he went to college. He took the extracurricular lessons his parents chose. He applied to the secondary school they recommended. | 
