假期，让梦想更加充实（双语）

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?

你的大学生活固然充斥着各种压力山大的课程、论文、实验报告，当然还有考试，但是也不乏乐趣，你有朋友，参加派对，出去玩，每天都排满了大大小小的活动，一个接一个好像没有尽头。然而到了夏天，这热闹忙碌的景象可能一下子就不见了，尤其是如果你不在学校，白天去实习工作。怎么办呢?

The idea of spending a year away from home is something thatappeals to nearly everyone.几乎每个人都有想要出门放空一年的想法。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.

对于一个中学生来说，为自己计划一个离家数英里远的旅程，这想法的确让人望而生畏。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。

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.

乘汽车或火车去不认识的地方。现在机票这么便宜，有时候都会忘记还有汽车和火车。但是有时候旅途本身就是乐趣，你能看见新的风景，飞机上可看不见。

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.

你还可以找一些提供各种服务的间隔年公司，比如海外实习、打工机会和志愿工作等等。这些公司可以为你提供各种点子，激励你开始追逐自己的梦想。

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. 然而间隔年并不仅仅意味着花一年时间全部用来旅行。你可以就呆在本地学习一年，让自己从中获益。

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.

读一本经典。总是听说一本朋友家人喜欢的经典?高中里很好奇却一直没有读的小说?既然放暑假了就不要再错过了，坐下来读吧。

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.

预习秋季课程。好吧，这条听起来挺假的，但是看看教学大纲，愿意的话看看课本，这对你的心理健康可好了，如果这门课对你来说特别难，就更得预习了。

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.

选择花一年时间出去尝试新鲜事物不仅可以帮助你获得有价值的经验，还可以有机会赚点上大学的住宿费、餐食费或者至少是未来几周的零花钱。

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，然后在九月时继续回到学校或者工作中，那么你很幸运，因为暑假马上就要来临了，学生们可以利用这段足够长的时间出去走走，而且你还有足够的时间来订票哦。