Taking a gap year to figure things out initially can help prevent stress and save money later on.
选择间隔年，一开始就把事情理顺清楚，可以帮助预防压力，并在以后节省开支。
Despite common misconceptions, a gap year does not hinder the success of academic pursuits—in fact, it probably enhances it.
尽管人们对间隔年存在普遍的误解，但它并不会阻碍学术事业的成功，事实上，它可能会促进学业发展。
But despite common misconceptions, a gap year does not hinder the success of academic pursuits—in fact, it probably enhances it.
但是，尽管人们对休学年存在普遍的误解，但它并不会阻碍学术追求的成果——事实上，它可能会促进学术发展。
The American Psychological Association reports a gender gap year after year showing that women consistently report higher stress levels.
美国心理学会年复一年地报告性别差距，表明女性持续报告更高的压力水平。
I'm planning to take a gap year and go backpacking in India.
我准备休假一年去印度背包旅行。
Studies from the United States and Australia show that students who take a gap year are generally better prepared for and perform better in college than those who do not.
美国和澳大利亚的研究表明，经历过间隔年的学生通常比未经历过间隔年的学生对大学生活有更充分的准备，在校的表现也更好。
Now the word 'gap year' seem to be on every young person's lips.
现在间隔年这个词好像每个年轻人都在谈论。
A gap year is now one of the most talked about phenomena of this millennium.
间隔年是这个世纪被谈论最多的现象之一。
She plans to take a gap year from October, as a way to turn over a new leaf.
她计划从10月开始进行间隔年，作为重新开始生活的一个办法。
If your child is thinking about a gap year, they can get good advice from this website.
如果你的孩子正在考虑空档年（高中毕业后与进大学前的一年），他（她）可以在这个网站获得建议。
This supplement lets you have a glimpse of some young people's gap year experience as reference.
以下我们将带你领略一些年轻人的空档年体验，以供参考。
After graduating from college, he went for a gap year traveling and teaching English in China.
大学毕业后，他在中国一边旅游一边教英语度过了一年。
But in recent years, gap year volunteering has come under fire for becoming just a fashion trend.
而近年来，“间隔年”义工因沦为一种时髦形式而饱受抨击。
A video that went viral on YouTube in 2010 best captures the mindset of some gap year volunteers.
2010年在美国视频网站YouTube上疯传的一段视频很好地捕捉到了一些“间隔年”义工的心态。
The popularity of gap years in China was triggered in 2009 by Sun Dongchun's book "The Late gap year".
自2009年孙东纯的《迟到的间隔年》出版后，“间隔年”开始在中国流行起来。
And for those who now had children, how would they react if their offspring wanted to take a gap year?
对那些现在有了孩子的人，如果他们的孩子想休学一年再上大学，他们会是什么反应？
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。
We don't have a gap year culture like they have in the UK and we don't tend to take vacations longer than a week.
我们并没有英国人“间隔年（译注：指高中毕业到大学入学之间一年的空隙）”这样的文化，也不会放超过一周的假期。
It's an experience that a lot of kids have in their gap year - I may be getting too old for that sort of thing.
很多年轻人在休整年都有过同样的经历，我这么做年纪是大了一点。
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。
In fact, logic would suggest that many people who take a gap year get better jobs after college than people who don't.
事实上，很多经历过间隔年的人在大学毕业后找到的工作，按道理应该比没经历过的人更好。
One in four over-55s has either been on a gap year in the last five years or is planning to take one, according to a report.
报告显示，年过55的人有四分之一在过去的五年内曾经休过“空档年”，或正计划要去。
Was their gap year ultimately incidental to their lives, or did it help them grow into the person they were meant to become?
他们的间隔年最终对人生没产生太大影响，还是的确帮助他们成长为自己想要成为的人？
Who knows? Perhaps you'll meet some British gap year travellers in your home town soon. Don't forget to practice your English with them!
谁知道呢？也许在你的家乡你很快就会遇到一个英国的间隙年旅行者，记得要跟他们练习英语哦！
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。
A gap year is a year before going to college or university and after finishing high school or taking a year off before going into graduate school.
间隔年指的是高中毕业后进入大学前，或大学本科毕业后进入研究生学校前的一年。(现在也可指毕业后工作前的一年，或者工作中休息的一年。)
But with an increasing number of gap year companies providing travel and trips abroad to suit any need, it is becoming easier to tailor a dream trip.
但随着越来越多的“间隔年公司”的诞生，他们能满足人们外出及出国旅行的各种需求，因此为自己量身定制一个梦想之旅也变得更加容易了。
If you can afford it, why not pack your bags and set off on another experience - a "gap year" - to discover the world and learn about yourself in the process?
既然如此，若经济情况允许，何不背上行囊来开始另一种人生体验——“空档年”呢？在此过程中，你既能探索世界，又能更好地了解自我。
Even if a gap year does not lead to a job offer and an obvious career track, it can light a spark that ends up burning in a different way many years later.
即使间隔年没有让你获得一份工作或找到明确的事业方向，它也可能点亮星星之火，在多年后以不同的方式燃烧成熊熊大火。
Parents worry that if their children take a gap year, they will appear wayward to employers, which may have more to do with the term than how that year was spent.
父母们担心，如果孩子经历间隔年，雇主们会觉得他们太任性——这可能更多地是因为这个说法，而非这一年是如何度过的。
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