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你是拒绝长大的“彼得·潘一代”吗?
如果你快过30岁生日了，那也别紧张——因为你才刚刚成为成年人。
If you're pushing your 30th birthday, then relax - because you're only just
an adult.
英国的彼得•潘一代拒绝长大，将29岁活成另一个21岁(在英国满21岁才正式成年)。
Britain's Peter Pan generation is refusing to grow up, which is making 29
the 'new 21'.
调查表明，英国二十几岁的年轻人将搬出父母家、结婚等成年人的责任拖到30岁出头再承担，比以前的任何一代人都要晚。
According to research, the nation's 20-somethings are leaving adult
responsibilities like moving out of the family home and getting married until
their early 30s, later than any previous generation.
40年前的青少年成长速度可快得多了——上世纪70年代的英国人通常在23岁时结婚，26岁时有了第一个孩子，27岁时就买下自己的房子了。
Just 40 years ago teenagers grew up much quicker - and in the Seventies
were habitually hitched by 23, had their first child at 26 and got the keys to
their own pad by 27.
不过一项研究表明，现在的大学毕业生们36岁以前基本不可能拥有自己的住处。
But a study has found today's college and university leavers will be
unlikely to have their own property until they reach 36.
平均生育年龄是30岁，结婚的年龄也在31岁以后。
And the average age of having a child is 30, while the sound of wedding
bells will not be heard until they are 31.
依照传统观点，21岁是成年的标志，但是英国保险公司比尔格街的调查发现，二十几岁的年轻人们直到29岁才会觉得自己是个成年人了。
While 21 is traditionally seen as a coming of age, the survey for insurance
firm Beagle Street found the average 20-something does not feel like a grown-up
until 29.
这项调查发现，成人期滞后的迹象包括：住在父母家中并让父母干家务、没有一份朝九晚五的工作、玩电脑游戏、看《头脑特工队》和《冰雪奇缘》等儿童电影。
Its study found signs of delayed adulthood include living at home and
relying on parents to do the household chores, not having a nine-to-five job,
playing computer games and watching kids movies like Inside Out and Frozen.
对责任的恐惧也是年轻人不想长大、不想学开车、不想拥有自己的银行账户的原因之一。
A fear of responsibility was also a reason for wanting to stay young, along
with not learning to drive or setting up a bank account.
而成为一个真正的成年人的标志包括：自己买房、自己动手、向养老金计划存钱以及期待晚上宅在家里度过。
But true signs of becoming a fully fledged adult were buying a property,
doing DIY, paying into a pension scheme and looking forward to a night in.
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发表于 2017-8-6 16:11:03