長大成人的50個標志

Key signs of adulthood are no longer relying on mum and dad for financial decisions, being able to cook an evening meal from scratch and owning a lawn mower according to the Skipton Building Society. Here are the 50 things that prove you are grown-up:

多大年齡算是成年，各國法律有不同規(guī)定。英國一項最新調(diào)查總結出50個成年標志，其中既包括每月規(guī)劃收支、關注利率、有自己的政治觀點等智商情商方面的成熟表現(xiàn)，也不乏自己洗衣服、換燈泡、熨燙衣服等生活技能。

在理財上自己做主、可以完整地做一頓飯、有儲蓄賬戶、吃完就洗碗……這些都是標志著你長大成人的表現(xiàn)，自己對照看看，你長大了嗎?

1.Having a mortgage

按揭買房

2.Mum and dad no longer make your financial decisions

父母不再是唯一的經(jīng)濟來源

3.Paying into a pension

參加養(yǎng)老保險

4.Conducting a weekly food shop

每周逛一次超市

5.Written a Will

立一份遺囑

6.Having children

有孩子

7.Budgeting every month

每月做預算

8.Being able to cook an evening meal from scratch

自己動手做一頓可口的飯菜

9.Getting married

擁有自己的幸福婚姻

10.Having life insurance

購買一份人壽保險

11.Recycling

開始鍛煉身體

12.Having a savings account

有存款

13.Knowing what terms like 'ISA' and 'tracker' mean

知道“ISA”和“tracker”等術語的意思

14.Watching the news

每天看新聞

15.Owning a lawn mower

擁有一架割草機

16.Doing your own washing

自己洗衣服

17.Taking trips to the local tip

經(jīng)常去近郊游玩

18.Planting flowers

種花

19.Being able to bleed a radiator

自己會安裝散熱器

20.Having a joint bank account

擁有聯(lián)名賬戶

21.Having a view on politics

有自己的政治觀

22.Keeping track of interest rates

關注銀行利率

23.Finding a messy house annoying

收拾房間

24.Being able to change a light bulb

會自己更換燈泡

25.Owning a vacuum cleaner

有吸塵器

26.Holding dinner parties

舉辦聚會

27.Listening to Radio 2

收聽收音機

28.Enjoying gardening

享受園藝

29.Spending weekend just 'pottering'

周末閑逛

30.Mum starts asking you for advice

媽媽開始征求你的意見

31.Carrying spare shopping bags just in case

攜帶多余的購物袋

32.Like going round garden centres

喜歡去公園走走

33.Wearing coats on a night out

晚上外出穿外套

34.Going to bed before 11pm

晚上11點前上床睡覺

35.Making sure mum and dad are phoned at least once a week

每周給父母打電話

36.Classing work as a career rather than a job

把工作當成事業(yè)

37.Repairing torn clothing rather than throwing it away

開始縫補衣服而非丟棄

38.You iron

熨燙衣服

39.You wash up immediately after eating

飯后刷牙

40.Enjoy cooking

享受烹飪

41.Buying a Sunday paper

購買周報

42.Always going out with a sensible pair of shoes

出門穿著舒適方便的鞋子

43.You like receiving gift vouchers

開始收集優(yōu)惠券

44.Work keeps you awake at night

深夜仍忙于工作

45.Filing post

將文件書籍分門歸類

46.Having a 'best' crockery set

擁有精致的餅干盒

47.Being able to change a car tyre

會自己更換輪胎

48.Being sensible enough to remove make up off before bedtime

睡前卸妝

49.Being able to follow a receipt

消費后索要票據(jù)

50.Owning 'best towels' as well as 'everyday towels'

知道何時堅持，何時放棄