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Taking a Gap Year

James and Mark are talking about taking a gap year before starting university…

 

James: Mark! Why don’t we go to Argentina for our gap year? It looks amazing! We could do voluntary work there and go travelling too. A charity is looking for people to teach English to young children.


Mark: That sounds great! We could do that for six months… Then we could go travelling.  Where could we go?


James: Well, there’s a town called Rosario. It’s about 200 kilometres from Buenos Aires. I’d love to visit the Andes and go hiking!


Mark: That sounds amazing! What about doing a Spanish course before we go?


James: Well, on the website, it says they offer a 30-hour Spanish course free of charge when we arrive, so that should be enough to start with.


Mark: Perfect! How hot do you think it’ll be?


James: I’m not sure… Maybe about thirty degrees during the day and cooler at night.


Mark: Well, why don’t we travel in September? We could start work at the start of October.


James: Yes, we could work for five months and then, we could go travelling.


Mark: Sounds great! Let’s get it arranged!

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Taking a Gap Year

PHRASAL VERBS

Phrasal verb
Meaning
Example sentence
Categories
To come across something

To find something

unexpectedly.



He came across a

nice, little

restaurant while he

was walking

through the town.



Entertainment and Food
To check out
  1. To prove information or facts are true.

  2. To check out of a hotel



  1. You should check out the latest Harry Potter book – it’s amazing!

  2. He checked out at 11am this morning.

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To eat out

To eat in a

restaurant.



When I lived in

France, I used to

eat out every

weekend.



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To polish something off

To finish eating

food or doing work

quickly





  1. She polished off the whole pizza.

  2. He polished off two essays in one week.



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To snack on something

To eat small amounts of food between meals



If you eat breakfast

in the morning,

you’re less likely

to snack on

biscuits.



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