Well, Dorothy, school is practically over.0:06
Any idea about what you are going to do next?0:09
I hope to do modern languages at Manchester University.0:12
I'm taking my A level in French, but in the future I'd like to study an oriental language as well.0:15
Maybe Chinese or Japanese.0:22
Oh, I'm going to university after my gap year.0:27
Have you taken a gap year?0:31
I've always been keen on the idea of traveling.0:34
Last summer when I left school, I realized that a gap year was a good chance to do it.0:38
How long did you stay there?0:45
I spent eight months away altogether.0:47
Four months in Southeast Asia, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.0:49
Three months in Australia.0:54
Then a final month back in Thailand.0:56
What made you choose that part of the world, so far away from home?0:59
Southeast Asia has always interested me.1:03
No one from my family had ever been there, so it seemed new and different.1:06
I was searching for something that wouldn't be easy.1:11
What about your mum and dad?1:14
Did they support you?1:16
Actually, it was hard saying goodbye, both for me and for my family.1:18
But they understood because going traveling was something I'd always talked about.1:22
I knew it would give me a lot of new experiences and probably change me.1:27
Did it really happen the way you expected?1:32
Traveling made me see the world entirely differently.1:35
It was like spending a year at the University of Life.1:39
I'd like to spend a year abroad too, after I've done one year at university.1:42
And I want to make myself useful during this year.1:47
In what way do you want to be useful?1:50
I thought I might teach English in a Chinese school.1:52
It's a very good idea.1:56
I'm sure it will help you to widen your scope and learn to be more independent.1:57
Though I'm certain I'll miss my family and friends.2:02
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