The meals are hot, the fridge is always fulland the rent is free. So is it any surprise that more twenty- andthirtysomethings in Britainare living at home with their parents than at any time in the past 20 years?

有热饭热菜，冰箱总有吃不完的食物，房租也是免费的。看到以上这些好处，那么我们对于如今英国有超过20%-30%的年轻人选择当“啃老族”也就不足为奇了，这个数据比过去20年来任何时期都要高。

The Office for National Statistics saysmany young adults in their mid-20s and early 30s, and especially men, areincreasingly postponing the transition to adulthood.

英国国家统计局表示，在英国国内有越来越多年龄介于25—30岁的年轻人（尤其是男性）在推迟自己长大成人的步伐。

One in three "adult-kids" whohave not left the parental nest say they are still living at home because theycannot afford to get a toehold on the property ladder by buying or renting. Butothers, who have been dubbed kippers – kids in parents' pockets – are, say thedemographers, staying through choice.

在这些没有离开父母的“啃老族”中，有三分之一的人表示之所以这样做，是因为无力维持生计和支付房租，实乃无奈之举。不过按照统计学家的说法，另一些“啃老族”是自己心甘情愿选择黏在老妈的围裙旁。