A Gap Year: only for fun?

A. Introduction : tick the correct answers

For the journalist, a gap year is to spend time □ drinking     □ learning

For the journalist, you should □ drink, then get an education    □ get an education, then drink

B. Tom :

• Complete the journalist's question and Tom's answer.
  Journalist: So a gap year is all about _________ and bumming __________ (= to take it easy), _______ _____?
  Tom: _____
  
  
• For Tom, when you travel, you should ask yourself two questions. Complete:
  “_______ do you ______ to ______?”
  “_______ do you ______ to ______ in your _______?”
  
  
• For him, a gap year is really about:
  “_____ _____ things you ______ to _____ before you _____.”
  
  
• Give examples of what you can do during your gap year:
  “______ in a nice _______”
  “______ to ____________”
  “bungee-_______ (= saut à l'élastique) in New-__________”
  “sky-________ (= saut en parachute)”
  
  
• A gap year is your “___________ to ____ and _____ the _________.”

C. Rachel : complete what she says.

“Above all, a gap year ______ you ______ to ___________ on (= think about) what's _______ to you, to ________ new _______, to __________ new _______. It's about __________. People _______ to have ______ and that's absolutely _______ (= acceptable), but because the _______ is such a ____________ place, a gap year can also be used to expose you to new ________, to ______ placements (= stages en entreprise), to ____________, to _____________ : lots of different _____________.”

D. Nick :

• Nick's first job after finishing school: _______. It lasted (= a duré) a few _________.
• Then, he want to ___________ for _____ months.
• Then, he came back to __________ where he worked for ______ months in a _______.
• Finally, he ______ for _________ for _____ months for the ______ of his gap year.