Martin Johnson is from the UK and helped build a school in a poor part of India.
马丁·约翰逊来自英国，在印度的一个贫穷地方助建了一所学校。
He said he wanted to learn how to deal with difficult situations.
他说他想学习如何应对困境。
Explaining how they made most of the school's furniture, he said, "We had some wood, nails, hammers and a lot of hard-working people."
解释说明了他们如何充分利用学校设备，他说：“我们有一些木材，钉子，锤子和很多勤劳的人。”
Martin said he had learnt a lot by working with the local people,
马丁说通过和本地人一起工作，他已学到了很多。
"I helped people harvest their crops, which was something I had never done before.
“我帮助人们收割玉米，这是我以前从没有做过的事。
It was very special, being part of another culture."
这很特殊，是另一种文化的一部分。”
For many students, a gap year teaches them how to work with a group of strangers
对于很多学生而言，休学实践年使他们如何和一群陌生人工作，
and how to look after themselves without the help of family or friends.
在没有家人和朋友的帮助下如何照顾他们自己。
These are exactly the sort of skills companiess are looking for.
这些正是公司要寻找的那种技能。
Nowadays, they expect young people to have more than just academic qualifications.
现在，他们希望年轻人处理学术能力，还要有更多的能力。