2024年6月英语四级听力真题 卷一 文章3

Passage Three

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In a new Merrill Lynch/Age Wave survey, a full 70% of the early adults said they received financial support from their parents in the past year and 58% said they couldn't afford their current lifestyles without it.

在美林/Age Wave的一项新调查中，整整70%的早期成年人表示，他们在过去一年中得到了父母的经济支持，58%的人表示，没有父母的支持，他们无法维持目前的生活方式。

The most common types of financial support include cell phone plans, food, school costs and car expenses.

最常见的经济支持类型包括手机计划、食物、学费和汽车费用。

Parental financial support of early adults, said Ken Dychtwald, CEO of Age Wave, is “the new normal”.

Age Wave的首席执行官Ken Dychtwald说，父母对早期成年人的经济支持是“新常态”。

But 64% of the young adults surveyed said parents' financial support to children age 25 to 34 is “a bad thing", because it makes those kids dependent.

但64%的受访年轻人表示，父母对25岁至34岁孩子的经济支持是“坏事”，因为这会让这些孩子变得依赖他人。

By contrast, only 29% thought supporting men and women age 18 to 24 is bad; the remaining 71% thought that assistance “helps the adult children get ahead”.

相比之下，只有29%的受访者认为对18岁至24岁的男性和女性提供赡养是不好的；其余的71%认为援助“有助于成年子女取得成功”。

Dychtwald believes the young women and men surveyed were saying that by 25, younger adults ought to be financially independent.

迪奇特瓦尔德认为，接受调查的年轻男女都认为，到25岁时，年轻的成年人应该在经济上独立。

In fact, the respondents said, financial independence defines adulthood.

事实上，受访者说，经济独立定义了成年。

“Financial independence is something they were struggling with and challenged by. And it scared them a bit,” Dychtwald said.

“经济独立是他们一直在努力争取和挑战的。这让他们有点害怕，”迪奇特瓦尔德说。

One big reason they're struggling is attributed to college loans, of which the average amounts to $37,000.

他们苦苦挣扎的一个重要原因是大学贷款，平均金额为3.7万美元。

Many of the parents have taken on college loans for the kids, too, sometimes at the expense of their own finances.

许多家长也为孩子申请了大学贷款，有时是以牺牲自己的经济为代价的。

In the survey, 60% of early adults define financial success as being debt-free.

在调查中，60%的早期成年人将财务成功定义为无债务。

Whether that's likely, or even possible, anytime soon, is anyone's guess.

这在短期内是否可能，甚至是否可能，谁也说不准。

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

问题22到25是基于你刚刚听到的这篇文章。

22.What do we learn from a new survey by Merrill Lynch/Age Wave?

我们从美林集团和年龄浪潮合作的一项新调查中了解到了什么?

23. Why did most young adults in the survey say financial support to children aged 25 to 34 is a bad thing?

为什么调查中的大多数年轻成年人表示给25至34岁的子女提供经济支持是一件坏事?

24.What did the respondents in the survey say regarding financial independence?

调查中的受访者对经济独立有何看法?

25.What is one big reason young adults are struggling?

年轻成年人正在挣扎的一个主要原因是什么?

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