英语新词：父母怀里的“袋鼠族”

 　　大学毕业以后，还要继续依赖父母生活。他们不仅在经济上接受父母的援助，同时还在心理等各方面仍然像个孩子一样，无法脱离父母的“袋囊”而独立。这就是当代的“袋鼠族”。

　　Kangaroo generation is known because its members still live with their parents. So, why young adults still living with their parents? Comfort? Convenience?

　　“袋鼠族”为人熟知是因为他们仍与父母同住。那么，为什么年轻人还喜欢和父母一起住呢?为了过得舒服?图方便?

　　Or just because they do not want to take responsibilities? Nowadays it is common to see young adults living with their parents, but it affects quite a lot their future lives. Most of them decide to stay under the influence of their parents because they want to; the other part have no other choice.

　　或者只是因为他们不想负起责任?如今，年轻人和父母同住很常见，但这对他们未来的生活有很大影响。他们中的大多数人决定生活在父母的庇护下，因为他们想这样做，而他们的伴侣没有其他选择。

　　A good number of young graduated are still living under their parents “protection”; the main two reasons for this phenomenon are the employment¹ issue and comfort.

　　很多年轻的毕业生还生活在父母的“保护”之下，两个主要原因是就业问题和为了生活舒适。

1 employment   

n.雇用；使用；工作，职业

参考例句：

• A large office requires the employment of many people.一个大办事处需要雇用好多人员。
• The state of employment in this city is improving.这个城市就业状况正在改善。