2025届高三英语上学期一轮复习培优外刊阅读学案：青年话题

高三英语培优外刊阅读 班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________ 外刊精选｜过了30岁还要靠父母资助，是不够努力吗？ 近两年，中文互联网上出现了“全职儿女”“江浙沪独生女”这样的热词，用来描述很多中国父母对成年子女进行经济资助的现象。在美国，类似的现象也愈发普遍，而且接受资助的子女不仅包括刚毕业的年轻人，还包括工作多年的成年人。为什么没有父母的资助，他们的生活就难以为继？这种现象会对社会造成哪些影响？ Well Into Adulthood and Still Getting Money From Their Parents By Julia Carpenter Parents have always supported their children into adulthood, from funding weddings to buying a home. Now the financial umbilical cord extends much later into adulthood. About 59% of parents said they helped their young adult children financially in the past year, according to a report released Thursday by the Pew Research Center that focused on adults under age 35. Parental support is continuing later in life because younger people now take longer to reach many adult milestones—and getting there is more expensive than it has been for past generations, economists and researchers said. There is also a larger wealth gap between older Americans and younger ones, giving some parents more means and reason to help. In short, adulthood no longer means moving off the parental payroll. This longer-term help might be a drag on social mobility, as it becomes even harder for young people from lower-income families to catch up, researchers said. Down-payment help from parents—a given for many first-time home buyers—is growing thanks to higher home prices and elevated mortgage rates. Timothy Burke, chief executive at National Family Mortgage, which facilitates such loans, said parents are often frustrated on behalf of their house-hunting children. High interest rates and the cutthroat housing market are holding their children back from reaching a milestone the parents themselves were more easily able to access. 【词汇过关】 请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。 1.well英 [wel] 美 [wel]adv.（_____________________________ 2.extend英 [ɪkˈstend] 美 [ɪkˈstend] v. _____________________________ 3.given英 [ˈɡɪvn] 美 [ˈɡɪvn] n._____________________________ 4.elevate英 [ˈelɪveɪt] 美 [ˈeləveɪt] v. ______________________