雅思源文阅读--与谁同住？ 2

【小作文数据表达】

About xx percent of …—compared with xx percent in xxxx. 大约xx%的…相比之下，年时这个比例为…%。

With the growing rates of single parenthood, about 14 percent of young adults— nearly triple the share in 1960 — head their own households, some living with roommates or boarders, others alone or with their young children.

随着单亲父母的比例增加，大约14%的年轻人——这个比例几乎是1960年的三倍——自己是户主，一些人和室友或寄宿者同住，其他人独居或与自己年幼的孩子同住。

【经典句式】

single parenthood单亲父母

young adult年轻人

head one’s own household是户主

roommate室友

boarder寄宿者

【小作文数据表达】

triple the share三倍

Young men have consistently been more likely to live with their parents than young women have, and that remains true, generally because women marry younger and move out. But now living with parents is on the cusp of becoming the dominant arrangement for young women as well.

年轻男性始终比年轻女性更有可能与父母同住。这一点没变，总的来说是因为女性结婚更早，会搬出去。但现在，与父母同住也即将成为年轻女性的主要居住安排形式。

【经典句式】

consistently一贯地

likely可能的

on the cusp of在风口浪尖

dominant主要的

“What you tend to see is that racial and ethnic minorities, African-Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans,especially from disadvantaged backgrounds, are the most likely to be living in their parent’s home and the least likely to have a partner,” Mr. Fry said, adding that financial difficulties helped explain that finding.

“往往会发现少数族群，非裔、西语裔和原住民，特别是来自下层社会的，和父母同住的可能性最高，有伴侣的可能性最低，”弗莱说。他还表示经济困难有助于解释这个发现。

【经典句式】

tend to往往

racial种族的

ethnic minority 少数族群

African-American非裔

Hispanic拉丁裔

Native American 原住民

from disadvantaged backgrounds 来自下层社会

likely可能的

financial difficulties经济困难

“So you might think that the growing diversification of the population is what accounts for the shift to living with parents,” he continued. “But that doesn’t explain it, since even among white young adults, about 20 percent lived with their parents in 1960, and about 30 percent in 2014. So even if the population had not diversified,we would still see this large increase in living with parents.”

“于是，人们可能会以为人口构成日渐多元是出现与父母同住这种转变的原因，”他接着说。“但它解释不了这个现象，因为即便是在白人年轻人中，与父母同住者的比例也从1960年的大约20%上升到了2014年的大约30%。因此，即便人口没这么多元，我们还是会看到与父母同住的人大幅增加。”

【经典句式】

diversification多元化

account for是……的原因

shift转变

young adult 年轻人

diversify多元化

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