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Instead of just spending time on entertainment,why not sign up for a life-changing gap?
Football Coaching,Ghana
Gap Sports has a wide programme of coaching place-ments,but one of its best is in Accra,where
volunteers work in schools and youth clubs coaching under 12s,with the choice of also helping out in
hospitals,orphanages,schools and care homes.No coaching experience required-enthusiasm is everything.
Details:?995 for four weeks(minimum), ?1,895 for three months, ?100 per week thereafter,departing on
July 14,September 1 or October 13.Flights not included.
Teaching,Tanzania
Primary-school teaching is a tiring,testing,absolutely redeeming(补偿的) crash course(速成班) in
local culture,and this really is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.Based in the village of Mshiri in northern
Tanzania,you will be staying in a house with two other volunteers but teaching alone in village schools.This
eight-month placement was set up by Katy Allen,who taught here in the early 1990s.School outings to the coast and to national parks are part of the placement.
Details: ?2,750 for eight months,excluding food,departing in January 2008,including 12-month,flexible
scheduled air tickets and two weeks' language/ teacher training in Kent in November.
Marine Conservation,Thailand
Here's a bite-size adventure to fit between Thai temples and Brazilian beaches:a 10-day project in
southern Thailand,surveying fish numbers and coral cover on reefs in the Gulf of Thailand of the Andaman
Sea,bumping into whale sharks and turtles on your daily dives.
Details:?1,495 for 10 days,excluding flights,from November to June; some departures require an
open-water diving certificate.
Journalism,Honduras
Based with a local family in the capital,Tegucigalpa,you'll be working on an English
-language newspaper,reporting on politics,sport and current affairs.Basic Spanish is a must,while
school-newspaper experience,though not essential,will help your application.
Details:?1,195 for six weeks(minimum),?130 per week thereafter,excluding flights.
1.To be a football coach in Ghana,you should .
A.have a strong desire to become involved in it
B.volunteer to work for care homes
C.have a choice to look after the orphans
D.have an experience of helping out in hospitals
2.What do we learn about"Teaching,Tanzania"?
A.You will be tested for the primary school teaching.
B.The good thing about it is to learn local culture in a short time.
C.Three volunteers will be responsible for teaching in village schools.
D.Katy Allen taught here for eight months in the early 1990s.
3.To work in Honduras,you .
A.have to be skilled in Spanish
B.must have working experience for a school newspaper
C.have to report on finance and education
D.work in a local family in the capital of Honduras
4.Who are the ads mainly intended for?
A.Students who have just left school,looking for a job.
B.Travelers who want to enjoy the sight all over the world.
C.Athletes who are fond of adventure.
D.Teachers who want to spend their holidays differently.
