你是拒绝长大的“彼得·潘一代吗”？
<p><span word="If">If</span> <span word="you">you</span>'<span word="re">re</span> <span word="pushing">pushing</span> <span word="your">your</span> 30<span word="th">th</span> <span word="birthday">birthday</span>, <span word="then">then</span> <span word="relax">relax</span> - <span word="because">because</span> <span word="you">you</span>'<span word="re">re</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="adult">adult</span>.</p><p>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。</p><p><span word="Britain">Britain</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Peter">Peter</span> <span word="Pan">Pan</span> <span word="generation">generation</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="refusing">refusing</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="grow">grow</span> <span word="up">up</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="making">making</span> 29 <span word="the">the</span> '<span word="new">new</span> 21'.</p><p>英国的彼得•潘（<span word="Peter">Peter</span> <span word="Pan">Pan</span>）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）。</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="research">research</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nation">nation</span>'<span word="s">s</span> 20-<span word="somethings">somethings</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="leaving">leaving</span> <span word="adult">adult</span> <span word="responsibilities">responsibilities</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="moving">moving</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="getting">getting</span> <span word="married">married</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="early">early</span> 30<span word="s">s</span>, <span word="later">later</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="previous">previous</span> <span word="generation">generation</span>.</p><p>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。</p><p><span word="Just">Just</span> 40 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span> <span word="teenagers">teenagers</span> <span word="grew">grew</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="quicker">quicker</span> - <span word="and">and</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Seventies">Seventies</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="habitually">habitually</span> <span word="hitched">hitched</span> <span word="by">by</span> 23, <span word="had">had</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="child">child</span> <span word="at">at</span> 26 <span word="and">and</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="keys">keys</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="pad">pad</span> <span word="by">by</span> 27.</p><p>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。</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="today">today</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="college">college</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="university">university</span> <span word="leavers">leavers</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="unlikely">unlikely</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="property">property</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="reach">reach</span> 36.</p><p>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。</p><p><span word="And">And</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="average">average</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="having">having</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="child">child</span> <span word="is">is</span> 30, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sound">sound</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="wedding">wedding</span> <span word="bells">bells</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="heard">heard</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> 31.</p>
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