Номер 1, страница 180 - гдз по английскому языку 11 класс учебник Афанасьева, Михеева

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Speaker 1: Well, Dorothy, school is practically over. Any idea about what you're going to do next?

Speaker 2: I hope to do modern languages at Manchester University. I'm taking my A-level in French, but in the future, I'd like to study an oriental language as well. Maybe Chinese or Japanese. And you? What are your plans?

Speaker 1: Oh, I'm going to university after my gap year.

Speaker 2: Your gap year? Have you taken a gap year?

Speaker 1: Yes, I've always been keen on the idea of traveling. Last summer, when I left school, I realized that a gap year was a good chance to do it.

Speaker 2: Where did you go? How long did you stay there?

Speaker 1: I spent eight months away all together. Four months in South-East Asia, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Three months in Australia, then a final month back in Thailand.

Speaker 2: What made you choose that part of the world, so far away from home?

Speaker 1: South-East Asia has always interested me. No one from my family had ever been there, so it seemed new and different. I was searching for something that wouldn't be easy.

Speaker 2: What about your mom and dad? Did they support you?

Speaker 1: Actually, it was hard saying goodbye, both for me and for my family. But they understood because going traveling was something I'd always talked about. I knew it would give me a lot of new experiences and probably change me.

Speaker 2: Did it really happen the way you expected?

Speaker 1: Traveling made me see the world entirely differently. It was like spending a year at the university of life.

Speaker 2: I'd like to spend a year abroad too, after I've done one year at university. And I want to make myself useful during this year.

Speaker 1: In what way do you want to be useful?

Speaker 2: I thought I might teach English in a Chinese school.

Speaker 1: It's a very good idea. I'm sure it will help you to widen your scope.

Speaker 2: And learn to be more independent. Though I'm certain, I'll miss my family and friends.