2. Project Planning a gap year

3. Tom is 18.He is British. He has chosen to take a one-year break between finishing school and starting university.He just wants to broaden his horizons by visiting Australia.

4. Branny has just left senior school. But she doesn’t want to enter a university. She just wants to take a year off to do charity work around the world before going to university. She is taking a gap year.

5. Do you know what is a gap year? Listen to the BBC real English. “Gap year” is a British English term that refers to a period of time, usually a year, when a student takes time off from full-time education. This year generally taken before a student begins college or university.

7. skimming How many people have taken a gap year in the passage? Three people. Does the writer have a positive or negative attitude towards taking a gap year? The writer takes a positive attitude.

8. Scanning: Para 1 1.What is the traditional course of a student leaving school? leaving school? He or she would go straight to university and study for three or four years before joining the world of work and begin the slow climb up the career ladder. 2.How long is it since thousands of young people took the gap? people took the gap? Three years. 3.Which part of the world is not a destination of the students who take destination of the students who take one year gap? one year gap? The Antarctic

9. Para 2-4 1.Who are in favour of the gap year? The government, universities and employers. 2.Why do more and more employers prefer to hire graduates who have taken a gap to hire graduates who have taken a gap year? year? Because a gap year gives young people an opportunity to learn skills and gain life experience.

10. Para 5 1.What was Carol’s project last year? To help saving the Amazon rainforest. 2.What was the benefits of her gap year? She became more independent and Helped conserve the rainforest.

11. Para 6. 1.What did Daniel Jones do in his gap year? Teaching in Ghana. 2.How did he feel living among poor local 2.How did he feel living among poor local people? people? Challenging but rewarding. 3.How bad was the situation there? No basic things like fridge and kettles, no electricity. 4.What is he ready to do in the future? To face challenges.

12. Para 7. 1.What did Martin do in his gap year? He helped build a school in a poor part of India. 2.What did he want to learn? How to deal with difficult situations. 3.What had he never done before? Helping people harvest their crops before they rotted. 4.How did he feel like being a part of another culture? another culture? special

13. Para 8-9. 1.What are exactly the sort of skills employers are looking for? employers are looking for? The skills of how to work with a group of strangers and how to look after themselves without the help of family and friends. 2.How do you understand the sentence “doing a gap year may give students an “doing a gap year may give students an edge in the job market”? edge in the job market”? It is more likely to get a job.

14. According to the passage, what are the benefits of taking a gap year? 1.gives young people 2.helps young people 3.teaches students 4.makes students 5.Doing a gap year may give students an opportunity to learn skills and gain life experience develop and grow how to look after themselves and how to work with a group of strangers without the help of family or friends more capable of working independently and working well with colleagues from different backgrounds an edge in the job market

15. WhoWhere(1)__________Results Carol Smith Brazilworked 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)__________ Danie l Jones Ghanataught English and maths to students who live in (5)_______ from (6)____________ found living among local people full of (7)_________ and rewarding Marti n Johns on Indiahelped 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

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