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托福词汇之"generation pause"

2015-12-15来源:互联网

  这两天微博和朋友圈都在疯传几张图表,上面列出了1980年以后出生的人在不同的年龄阶段应有的存款数量,以及应该经历的人生阶段,比如,恋爱,结婚,怀孕等。但事实上,随着社会的发展,传统意义上某个年龄段应该做的事情,可能现代社会的年轻人都没有在做。有些是因为经济原因,有些则是个人选择了不同的生活方式。

  Generation pause refers to young adults who are not able to do thingspreviously typical for their age group such as buy a home, start a family andhave kids because they are short of money.

  “暂停的一代”指到了一定年纪,却因为没有钱而无法像前辈人那样买房、结婚生子的年轻人群体。

  The research, conducted by Research Plus, found that:

  由Research Plus组织的这项研究发现:

  Of those aged 25 to 34 years old…

  -One in five are postponing their marriage plans for more than twoyears

  -One in 10 say they could never afford to marry

  25到34岁的年轻人当中:

  -五分之一将结婚计划推迟两年以上

  十分之一表示他们可能永远都结不起婚

  Of those aged 35 to 44 years old..

  -One in seven had or would put off starting a family for at least fouryears

  -One in four delayed starting a family for two years because of lack ofsavings

  -One in 12 think they’ll never be able to afford children

  35到44岁的年轻人当中:

  -七分之一已经或者打算将成家的时间推迟至少4年

  -四分之一曾经因为存的钱不够而推迟两年结婚

  -十二分之一认为他们可能永远都养不起孩子

  For example:

  A new study released last week revealed a quarter of Brits believe they’llnever own a property, leading them to be dubbed ‘generation pause’ – an entiregeneration trapped in a kidult lifestyle not being able to afford to do the‘grown-up’ stuff, like buying property, getting married and having kids.

  上周发布的一项新研究显示,有四分之一的英国人认为自己永远也不会拥有自己的房子了。这一代被称为“暂停的一代”,整个群体停滞在“长不大的成年人”阶段,也没有能力做一些“大人们”的事情,像是买房,结婚和生子。