Why take a gap year? 6 Minute English https://video.pavel-english.ru/videos/watch/be91b79b-b637-4898-b138-d32c7d0c02bd Some students delay university to take a year off travelling. The emphasis now is on doing a productive, purposeful gap year that will look good on your CV and help you get a job. Is it a good idea? Neil and Georgina hear two students with different views and teach you related vocabulary. This week's question According to the Institute of Fiscal Studies, which subject studied at university will lead to the highest average earnings five years after graduating? Is itโ€ฆ a) Law b) Veterinary science c) Medicine and dentistry Listen to the programme to find out the answer. ๐•๐จ๐œ๐š๐›๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ ๐š๐ฉ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ year between leaving school and starting university that is usually spent travelling or working ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ an idea we donโ€™t think about frequently but keep stored deep in our memory ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž something that leads to a good or useful outcome ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ what is likely to happen in the future based on current information ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ an idea that is strange and not familiar ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ relating to the learning of real skills which can be usefully applied To download the transcript and the audio, go to our webpage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-191205 ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ” ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฌ: Why pay for bottled water? https://youtu.be/R_0E8HBxYN8 How your eyes predict your personality https://youtu.be/mLYwM-kdbwM Walkman: The music player revolution https://youtu.be/NUHIoZFuDAw What is surf and turf? https://youtu.be/hCMKloIx8vk Hacking help for US elections https://youtu.be/Pzq2slM4Wu4 [Cover: Getty Images] #6MinuteEnglish #LearnEnglish #BBCLearningEnglish Thu, 09 Jul 2026 04:41:39 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.pavel-english.ru Why take a gap year? 6 Minute English https://video.pavel-english.ru/client/assets/images/icons/icon-96x96.png https://video.pavel-english.ru/videos/watch/be91b79b-b637-4898-b138-d32c7d0c02bd All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.pavel-english.ru/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.