gap year

But even the people who took the biggest risks during their gap year wouldn't hesitate to recommend the experience to their own children.(不过，甚至连那些在间隔年最冒险的人也会毫不犹豫地建议自己的孩子去经历这样的体验。)

The point of a gap year is that it should be the time when the school leaver gets to do the thing that he or she fancies.(学业间断年的意义在于它应该是离校生开始做自己喜欢做的事情的时候。)

No matter you spend your Gap Year on travelling or volunteering, you will have special experience.(不管你把间隔年花在旅行还是做志愿者上，你总能收货特别的经历。)

I would like to have a Gap Year before I go to work.(我很乐意在我参加工作以前来一个间隔年。)

The First Family was notably missing older daughter Malia, who is currently taking a gap year before starting Harvard next fall.(奥巴马一家十分想念正在“间隔年”大女儿的玛利亚，她将在明年秋天进入哈佛大学学习。)

On her gap year she literally ran away with a Gypsy - my father, who bred horses.(她在一次休学年(gapyear)毫不犹豫地跟人逃走了——一个养马的吉普赛人，我的父亲。)

In 2000, during her "gap year" between high school and college, young Middleton spent time in Florence, Italy.(在2000年，在她高中和大学的“间隔年”，年轻的米德尔顿在意大利的佛罗伦萨度过。)

If you want to spend a gap year setting yourself up for a specific career, then choose activities that a relevant to that job.(如果你想花一年的休整时间为某一具体职业做好准备，那么就要参与相关的职业活动。)

This trend has been motivated in part by Sun Dongchun's 2008 book The Belated Gap Year.(这个趋势某种程度上来说是被孙东纯于2008年出版的《迟到的间隔年》所激发出来的。)

Despite common misconceptions, a gap year does not hinder the success of academic pursuits—in fact, it probably enhances it.(尽管存在普遍的误解，但间隔年并不会阻碍学业的成功——事实上，它可能会促进学业的成功。)