""Gap year" is Gap year" is a British English terma British English term that that refers torefers to a period of time , usually a year , a period of time , usually a year , when a student when a student takes time offtakes time off from full-time from full-time education. This year generally taken before education. This year generally taken before a student begins college or university. a student begins college or university. WhileWhile the conceptthe concept ofof taking a year off is taking a year off is relatively relatively newnew in the US and other countries, an in the US and other countries, an estimated 50,000 young people in the UK, estimated 50,000 young people in the UK, take a gap year .take a gap year .

Project

Mind the gap

1 直接上大学2 攀爬事业的

3. 致力于这些项目4. 达一年5 不只是一个长假6. 这个偏好的理由7 一个学习技能和

获得生活经验的机会

1. go straight to university

2. climb up the career ladder

3. work on the projects

4. up to a year

5. more than a long holiday

6. the reason for this preference

7. an opportunity to learn skills and gain experience

7. 有助于 sb 发展成长

8. 住在如此遥远的地方

9. 教我更加独立

10. 选择休学实践年

11. 有挑战但有回报

12. 准备好迎接挑战

7.help develop and grow

8. live in such a remote place

9.teach me to be more independent

10. take a gap year

11.be challenging but

rewarding

12.be ready to face / meet challenges

13. 应对困难的处境

14. 制造大部分家具

充分利用家具

15. 通过与当地人打交道

16. 帮助收庄稼

17. 更加能够独立工作

13. deal with difficult / tough situations

14. make most of furnish

make the most of…

15 by working with the local people

16. help harvest crops

17. be more capable of working independently

18. 往往更好地工作

20. 人们普遍承认…

21. 个人成长和发展中的时间

21. 用不同的方法看待生活

22. 给学生在职场一个优势

18. tend to work better

19. It’s widely accepted that…

20. a time for personal growth and development

21. see life in a different way

22.give students an edge in the job market

Who Where (1)__________ Results

Carol Smith Brazil worked on a project to help keep the Amazon rainforest from being (2)_______

became less (3)_________; felt like she really made a difference and helped the rainforest’s (4)__________

Daniel Jones

Ghana taught English and maths to students who live in (5)_______ from (6)____________

found living among local people full of (7)_________ and rewarding

Martin Johnson

India helped build a school in a poor part of India

Learnt how to (8)________ difficult situations; learnt a lot about (9)___________ with the local people and working with them; felt (10)_________ in another culture; felt that it was a special experience

damaged

Activities

conservation

dependent

poverty

countryside

challenges

handle

associating

involved

I. 根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，写出该单词的正确形式。

1. Being tired, the manager refreshed himself by having a s______ and a bath.

2. Her d______ health which resulted from that traffic accident needs great care.

3. S______ as he was, he still failed to answer the question.

4. The young player definitely had the e______ on his older opponent.

5. After two months of discussion, this company succeeded in l______ its first contract.

6. We have placed an order for some ______ ( 家具 ) as presents to our children.

7. His ______ ( 借口 ) for being late was that he had missed the train.

8. The moment I went by, he was _____ ( 喷洒 ) paint on the front door.

9. We can’t afford a car, not to mention the fact that we have no ______ ( 车库 ).

10. Britain last year spent nearly $5,000 million more on ______ ( 进口 ) food than selling abroad.

• I. 1. shave 2. delicate

• 3. Smart 4. edge

• 5. landing 6. furniture

• 7. excuse 8. spraying

• 9. garage 10. importing

II. 翻译下列句子。1. 他努力工作以便一切都能及时准备好。

(so that)2. 即使你没有成功我们也会支持你。

(even if)3. 没必要打开这封信，我知道信里会写些

什么。 (there’s no need to do sth.)4. 吸烟有害健康，这是大家公认的。 (it’s

accepted that ...)5. 那天晚上是安娜最先离开的。 (it is/was

... that/who ... 强调句型 )

1. He worked hard so that everything would be ready in time.

2. We’ll stand by you even if you don’t succeed.

3. There’s no need to open the letter — I know what it says.

4. It is generally accepted that smoking is harmful to our health.

5. That evening it was Anna who / that left first.

• III. 阅读下面短文，在空格处填上适当的单词。

• How to get a job becomes the main concern to the college (1) g______ with fewer posts available at (2) p______. To this problem, in my mind, there are three (3) a______.

• First of all, the main way is to take part in grand recruiting fairs in big cities. The student (4) s______ in his resume and waits for an interview, during which he should (5) d______ smartly, look the (6) i______ in the eye

• and(7) m______ his own behavior. Secondly, the student can go over the (8) a______ on newspapers or surf the Internet to (9) l______ a satisfactory job. Of course he should also wait for the reply after sending in an application. Finally, going directly to an (10) i______ company is a brave behavior, which sounds pretty rare among the job hunters.

• III. 1. graduates 2. present 3. approaches 4. sends 5. dress 6. interviewer 7. mind 8. advertisements 9. land 10. ideal