【卫报111203】英国家长担忧自己的孩子会比自己过得糟糕

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【中文标题】 【卫报111203】英国家长担忧自己的孩子会比自己过得糟糕
【原文标题】Most Britons believe children will have worse lives than their parents – poll
【登载媒体】英国卫报
【来源地址】http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/dec/03/britons-children-lives-parents-poll
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Survey suggests traditional assumption that living standards always tend to rise in medium to long term is being eroded。
调查显示，长远看来生活水平总会提高的传统观点正在逐渐淡化。

Almost two-thirds of people believe the current generation of children will have a lower standard of living than their parents, as concern about the economic crisis hardens into long-term pessimism, a new poll shows.

一项新的民意调查显示，由于经济危机所造成的长期悲观情绪，大约三分之二的民众认为这一代儿童的生活水平将低于他们的父母。

The Ipsos Mori survey for the Observer suggests that the traditional postwar assumption that living standards always tend to rise in the medium to long term is being eroded as austerity bites and real incomes stagnate or even fall. The study, conducted before chancellor George Osborne's grim autumn statement on Tuesday, represents a marked turnaround since 2003, when those who were optimistic about the next generation's prospects outnumbered the pessimists by almost four to one.

益普索森朗喜公司受《观察家》委托所做的一项调查显示，由于经济紧缩，人们实际收益的停滞和下滑，自二战之后形成的认为长远来看生活水准总会提高的传统观念已经淡化。

这项调查在英国财政大臣乔治·奥斯本周二发表秋季财政声明之前所进行，象征自2003年之后的显著转变。在那时，对下一代的前景持乐观态度的人数与悲观者的比例大致为4比1.

Some 64% of those questioned believed it was unlikely that today's youth would have a better life than their parents, while just 32% thought it was likely. When asked whether their children would have a higher or lower quality of life when they reached their age, just 23% said they believed it would be higher, while 35% said it would be lower, with 32% saying it would be about the same.

约64%的受访者认为当下的年轻人不可能比他们的父母过得更好，只有32%的人持相反意见。当问及当受访者的子女到了他们现在的年龄，生活水平会提高还是降低之时，只有23%的人认为他们孩子的生活水平会提高，35%认为可能会下降，还有32%的则认为会持平。

This represents a big change since April 2003, when 43% believed their children would be better off at the same stage of life and just 12% thought they would be worse off.

这是自2003年4月之后的一个巨大变化。在那时，43%的民众认为子女到了他们的年纪时，生活境况会更良好，只有12%会认为不如从前。
The findings suggest the British public was drastically readjusting its expectations even before Osborne slashed growth forecasts and made a string of gloomier estimates on unemployment and borrowing in his autumn statement last Tuesday.

这项发现暗示，英国公众在奥斯本在上周二大幅度降低经济增长预测，并作出一系列关于失业和借贷的令人沮丧的预测之前，就已经调整了他们对未来生活水准的期望值。
The poll comes as leaders prepare for another critical summit this week on the future of the euro, with fears rising that the 17-nation currency zone could break up, with devastating effects for the global economy. It also shows that pessimism about the next generation is now even greater in the UK than in the US. Earlier this year 44% of Americans thought it was likely that young people would enjoy a better life than their parents. This was down from 71% at the end of 2001.

这项民意测试进行之际，英国领导人正为另一场有关欧元未来的关键性峰会做准备。对欧元区17国崩溃瓦解的担心在加剧，而这将对全球经济造成毁灭性的影响。

测试也显现，英国人比美国人更倾向于对下代人的境况持悲观态度。2001年底，有71%的美国人认为年轻人将过上比他们父母更好的生活，而到今年的早些时候，这一比例跌至44%。

The polls shows pessimism has fed through to views about Britain as a whole. About 61% now say that Britain is getting worse as a place to live, up from 49% in June 2010, while only 6% say it is getting better.

这项民意测验显示，总的来说，人们对英国持悲观态度。 61%的人称英国正变成一个越来越糟的居住地，比2010年6月的49%有所增长，只有6%的人认为英国越变越好。

沐霜

担心是肯定的 想想中国吧 中国的生活比以前好了 可却出了那么多蛋疼得没边的吃货 中国的将来啊、、、

美宝公

这种担心并不是多余的

上街打望

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