学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2545 gap year

今天我们要学的词是 gap year. Gap year 空档年。A gap year refers to a year off between high school and college. 空档年是指高中毕业，上大学前休学一年。The concept of a gap year has long been popular in Britain and other countries, and has been gaining traction¹ in the U.S. 空档年在英国等国家一直很流行，美国近年也慢慢开始。Malia Obama, President Obama’s elder daughter, will take a gap year before attending Harvard in 2017. 美国总统奥巴马的大女儿玛丽亚准备高中毕业后空档一年，2017年再去哈佛上大学。好的，我们今天学习的词是 gap year, gap year, gap year...

1 traction   

n.牵引；附着摩擦力

参考例句：

• I'll show you how the traction is applied.我会让你看如何做这种牵引。
• She's injured her back and is in traction for a month.她背部受伤，正在作一个月的牵引治疗。