假期，讓夢想更加充實（雙語）

Your time in college -- during the academic year, that is -- is, of course, filled with stressors like classes, papers, lab reports, and exams. It is also happily filled with the fun stuff, like friends, parties, going out, and a seemingly endless schedule of upcoming events and activities. During the summer, however, the social scene in your life can drastically decrease, especially if you're no longer on campus and spend your days at a job or internship. What's a college student to do?

你的大學生活固然充斥著各種壓力山大的課程、論文、實驗報告，當然還有考試，但是也不乏樂趣，你有朋友，參加派對，出去玩，每天都排滿了大大小小的活動，一個接一個好像沒有盡頭。然而到了夏天，這熱鬧忙碌的景象可能一下子就不見了，尤其是如果你不在學校，白天去實習工作。怎么辦呢?

The idea of spending a year away from home is something thatappeals to nearly everyone.幾乎每個人都有想要出門放空一年的想法。For a teenage student, the prospect of providing for yourself,miles away from home, can be daunting. But with an increasingnumber of gap year companies providing travel and trips abroad to suit any need, it is becomingeasier to tailor a dream trip.

對于一個中學生來說，為自己計劃一個離家數(shù)英里遠的旅程，這想法的確讓人望而生畏。但隨著越來越多的“間隔年公司”的誕生，他們能滿足人們外出及出國旅行的各種需求，因此為自己量身定制一個夢想之旅也變得更加容易了。

1. Take a bus or a train somewhere new. Flying can be so cheap these days that folks sometimes forget about the bus or train. But sometimes the journey is half the fun, and you'll see new parts of the country you'd never see from the air.

乘汽車或火車去不認識的地方?，F(xiàn)在機票這么便宜，有時候都會忘記還有汽車和火車。但是有時候旅途本身就是樂趣，你能看見新的風景，飛機上可看不見。

2. You can also find gap year companies that cover everything frominternships abroad to paidwork and volunteering. Such companies offer ideas and inspiration to kickstart yourdream.

你還可以找一些提供各種服務的間隔年公司，比如海外實習、打工機會和志愿工作等等。這些公司可以為你提供各種點子，激勵你開始追逐自己的夢想。

But gap years don't have to be all about travel. You can have a beneficial year out of educationand stay right where you are. 然而間隔年并不僅僅意味著花一年時間全部用來旅行。你可以就呆在本地學習一年，讓自己從中獲益。

3. Read a classic. Always hearing about a classic book one of your friends or family members loves? Been curious about a novel you never read in high school? Summer is the perfect chance to finally sit down and read it.

讀一本經(jīng)典?？偸锹犝f一本朋友家人喜歡的經(jīng)典?高中里很好奇卻一直沒有讀的小說?既然放暑假了就不要再錯過了，坐下來讀吧。

4. Get a head start on your fall classes. Alright, this one may sound

lame, but it can do wonders for your mental health to look over your syllabi and perhaps get a head start on the reading -- especially for a class you might be geeked out about.

預習秋季課程。好吧，這條聽起來挺假的，但是看看教學大綱，愿意的話看看課本，這對你的心理健康可好了，如果這門課對你來說特別難，就更得預習了。

Choosing to take a year out can help you gain valuable experience as well as give you theopportunity to save up some funds to help you with accommodation when you get to university,living costs, food – or even just extra cash for freshers week.

選擇花一年時間出去嘗試新鮮事物不僅可以幫助你獲得有價值的經(jīng)驗，還可以有機會賺點上大學的住宿費、餐食費或者至少是未來幾周的零花錢。

If you do discover that you want to see the world but still go back into education or work inSeptember, you're in luck – this summer holiday is an extra long one for school leavers, so there'sstill plenty of time to book your ticket.

如果你想要出去看看，然后在九月時繼續(xù)回到學校或者工作中，那么你很幸運，因為暑假馬上就要來臨了，學生們可以利用這段足夠長的時間出去走走，而且你還有足夠的時間來訂票哦。