Prompt: Topic: In some countries young people are encouraged to work and travel for a year between finishing high school and starting university studies. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages for young people who decide to do this.

Today, a word "gap year" is very popular among young generation, it means we take time out to travel between different life stages, thousand of people are taking gap years all over the world. There are some young people who decide to do this gap between entering high school and starting their university life. I would like to discuss the advantages and disadvantages for their reference. Ċ Travelling is one of the best ways to see the world and gain your life experience, it's about living life to the full and realising that there is a world of opportunities waiting to be explored. Being a backpacker who is traveling to other countries, you may have chance to touch with people from different background and make friends with them.What's more, some students may feel they are not well-prepared for their unviersity life, travelling encourage student to consider a year before they step in a new life, practise their indenpent living skills and even knowing what is exactly their interest and life goals. Ċ On the other side, there will be some disadvantages if choose travelling for your gap year. When back to university life, some people may feel it's harder to focus on study again in terms of education having had one year out. Some may feel they are behind all their classmates who do go on to university. Extremely, some people may decide not to goto university, it tis not necessarily a bad thing but certainly a consierable change of perspective and future. Ċ In a conclusion, I would like to support young people to have their gap year between high school and university based on above discussion. They can gain experience and enrich their life before entering a new life stage.