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学府985.211计划之阅读理解 学府教研团队 说明：本教材出处为考研题源原文，要求学员每日一篇进行精读，要做到：做题要求时间严格控制在20分钟之类，对完答案分析文章的行文思路，分析长难句，攻克词汇。 Directions:Read?the?following?passage?carefully?and?thentranslate?the?underlined?segments?into?Chinese.?Yourtranslation?must?be?written?clearly?on?ANSWER?SHEET?2. (10?points) Passage 1 Talk?to?any?parent?of?a?student?who?took?an?adventurous?gap?year?(a?year?between?school?anduniversity?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,?organised?gap?student?does?require?family?back-up,?financial,?emotional?andphysical.?The?parental?mistiness?is?not?just?about?the?brilliant?experience?that?has?maturedtheir?offspring;?it?is?vicarious?living.?We?all?wish?pre?university?gap?years?had?been?the?fashionin?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?andprivate?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?withbackpacking,?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?undergraduatesprogress?to?a?better?university,?a?good?degree,?an?impressive?CV?and?well?paid?employment,?asthe?gap?companies?blurbs?suggest?it?might?be,?then?parents?will?start?organising—and?payingfor—the?gaps. Where?there?are?disasters,?according?to?Richard?Oliver,?director?of?the?gap?companies?umbrellaorganisation,?the?Year?Out?Group,?it?is?usually?because?of?poor?planning.?That?can?be?the?faultof?the?company?or?o