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据报道，当今的英国有100万个近40岁还在依赖父母的“老顽童”。在眼花缭乱的现代人，人们需要越来越多的时间才能长大（如果他们不拒绝长大的话），而现实与人们的希望距离遥远。

Most Americans believe someone isn’t grown up until age 26, probably with a completed education, a fulltime job, a family to support and 1) _____independence, a survey said. But they also believe that becomingan official grown-up is a 2)____ that takes five years from about the age of 20, concluded the report from the University of Chicago’s National Opinion Research Center. The findings were based on a 3) ____ sample of 1,398 people over age 18 surveyed in 4) _____ in 2002. The poll found the following ages at which people expect the 5) _____ to grown-up status to be completed: Age 20.9 self-supporting; 21.1 no longer living with parents; 21.2 full-time job; 22.3 education 6) ____; 24.5 being able to support a family financially; 25.7 married; and 26.2 having a child. 7) “______,” said Tom Smith, director of the survey. The only notable pattern of differences is on views about supporting a family, having a child and getting married. 8)“______,”he added.9) “____ away from traditional family values.” The most valued step toward reaching adulthood, the survey found, was 10)______,_______.