Unit 1 Practice During Gap Year
Lecture 2 My Gap Year
Hello!I’m Selena. Nice to see you again! Last class, we just talked
about the colorful activities of young people. However, besides joy
and excitements, the lives of young people are also full of puzzles
and confusions, and restless hearts. Young people need some time to
figure out their goals for the future and be prepared. Taking a Gap
Year is a typical way of seeking self-realization.
In the UK, after graduating from high school, young people often
ask each other: ‘ Which country would you like to travel to?’
Of course, this is not a holiday trip in our usual sense.
In the UK, students are allowed to travel around the world for a year
to experience life before they enter college.
This year is called Gap Year. It is not a new concept.
In the 17th century, young British nobles traveled to Europe to
experience the knowledge that was previously learned in the
classroom.
This “Grand Tour” is the ancestor of the gap year.
How did Gap Year become a trend in modern times?
Let’s learn its development through a short film.
Recent years, there are more and more people choose to take a gap
year, like the five members of the Beatles, Steve Jobs( the founder of