首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Talk to any parent of a student who took an adventurous gap year(a year between school and university when some students earn mo
Talk to any parent of a student who took an adventurous gap year(a year between school and university when some students earn mo
admin
2013-09-16
24
问题
Talk to any parent of a student who took an adventurous gap year(a year between school and university when some students earn money, travel, etc. )and a misty look will come into their eyes. There are some disasters and even the most motivated, organized gap student does require family back-up, financial, emotional and physical. The parental mistiness is not just about the brilliant experience that has matured their offspring; it is vicarious(引发同感的)living. We all wish pre-university gap years had been the fashion in our day. We can see how much tougher our kids become; how much more prepared to benefit from university or to decide positively that they are going to do something other than a degree.
Gap years are fashionable, as is reflected in the huge growth in the number of charities and private companies offering them. Pictures of Prince William toiling in Chile have helped, but the trend has been gathering steam for a decade. The range of gap packages starts with backpacking, includes working with charities, building hospitals and schools and, very commonly, working as a language assistant, teaching English. With this trend, however, comes a danger. Once parents feel that a well-structured year is essential to their would-be undergraduate’s progress to a better university, a good degree, an impressive CV and well paid employment, as the gap companies’ blurbs(大肆宣传)suggest it might be, then parents will start organizing—and paying for—the gaps.
Where there are disasters, according to Richard Oliver, director of the gap companies’ umbrella organization, the Year Out Group, it is usually because of poor planning. That can be the fault of the company or of the student, he says, but the best insurance is thoughtful preparation. "When people get it wrong, it is usually medical or, especially among girls, it is that they have not been away from home before or because expectation does not match reality. "
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. Kids don’t mature if mum and dad decide how they are going to mature. If the 18-year-old’s way of maturing is to hang around on Hampstead Heath soaking up sunshine or spending a year working with fishermen in Cornwall, then that’s what will be productive for that person. The consensus, however, is that some structure is an advantage and that the prime mover(行动者)needs to be the student.
The 18-year-old who was dispatched by his parents at two weeks notice to Canada to learn to be a snowboarding instructor at a cost of £5, 800, probably came back with little more than a hangover. The 18-year-old on the same package who worked for his fare and spent the rest of his year instructing in resorts from New Zealand to Switzerland, and came back to apply for university, is the positive counterbalance.
The gap year will be meaningful for an 18-year-old if______.
选项
A、their parents help them make a thoughtful plan
B、they do what they like
C、they get enough financial support from their parents
D、they spend time doing nothing in Cornwall
答案
B
解析
根据题干关键词gap year,18-year-old定位到原文第四段第一句: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.即要让学业间断年具有意义,就应该让离校生开始独立地做自己喜欢的事情,故选B)项。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/1K97777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
Whatmadetheschoolproudwas______(90%多的学生考上了重点大学).
Thesegiantironandsteelworkswillgreatlyacceleratethedevelopmentof____________________(我国钢铁工业).
We______(不禁怀疑起他)whoboughtaluxurioussportscarjustafterthemoneywasstolenfromtheoffice.
Researchonfriendshiphasdemonstratedthat______.Whichofthefollowingbestillustratesthemajorviewofthepassage?
Mostpeoplewouldbe【C1】______bythehighqualityofmedicine【C2】______tomostAmericans.Thereisalotofspecialization,a
A、Whenenvironmentalconcernsrise.B、Whenadvertisersareself-regulatingthemselves.C、Whenadvertisementsbecomeveryregulat
Entertheinformationage.Informationistherawmaterialformanyofthebusinessactivities【C1】______thisnewera,justasir
Dr.GregoryConnollyisdirectoroftheofficefornonsmokingandhealthintheMassachusettspublichealthdepartment.Hesaid
Byeducation,Imeantheinfluenceoftheenvironmentupontheindividualtoproduceapermanentchangeinthehabitsofbehavio
A、Printmaterialsforvisitors.B、Studyreferentialreports.C、AskSallytomakearrangements.D、Applytothechiefexecutive.B
随机试题
欲使Excel2003表格的标题在表格中央,应使用格式工具栏中的______命令按钮。
47岁,接触性阴道出血约2个月,MR检查如图关于该病的病理分型,正确的是
下列哪些行为构成帮助信息网络犯罪活动罪?()
下列减免税或保税货物,免予征收监管手续费的是()。
(),“中国概念基金”相继推出。
商业银行的风险管理策略中,有成本的是()。
以下选项中,()不属于无效合同。
如何运用价值链分析方法帮助企业进行战略决策?
甲、乙、丙、丁四人在讨论有关环境保护的问题。,甲说:“有的鱼类资源枯竭的地方正是环境遭到破坏的地方。”乙说:“除非某地领导重视环境保护,否则该地环境就会遭到破坏。”丙说:“不存在鱼类资源枯竭的地方,也不存在环境遭到破坏的地方。”丁说:“凡鱼类资源枯竭的地方
StudentsinStateUniversities______iftheirparentsliveinthatstate.Theparentsofchildrenwhoattendprivateschools_
最新回复
(
0
)