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Uo;b""¡",,Mliko. PRUEBAS DE ACCESO A LA UNIVERSIDAD EXAMEN DE INGLÉS CURSO 2007/

INSTRUCCIONES:

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YOUNGSTERS STAY IN THE FAMILY NEST

Young people in the Valencian Community don't leave borne until their early thirties, in most cases because they simply cannot afford to. According to a recent survey, only 41.8% of young people under 34 in the Community have flown the nest and most of these are ayer 30, writes Samantha Kert.

5 Reasons cited by these young people are varied - they include laziness, inability to live without

muro' s Sunday lunches, and an extremely good relationship with their parents that they are unwilling to exchange for living alone. However, the main problem is money, or rather lack ofit. One 24-year-old girl interviewed during the survey claimed that she would like to leave borne within a couple of years out on her salary of 560 euros a month, thinks this unlikely within the 10 next decade. Some despairing youngsters find that banks 'rip them off' when they apply for

mortgages, whereas others stillliving at borne feared the bilIs that come with awning or renting a house more than the cosí of renting or mortgage *payment itself.

This said, fue importance of the family in Spain, particularly in rural areas, is certainly a contributing factor. It is not uncommon to find entire clans of aunts, uncles, cousins, meces artéf 15 nephews a11living on the same street, and regularly gathering together for Sunday dinner, so íhs' perhaps not surprising that there are still plenty of people in their twenties and thirties who, even if they could afford to, would not leave borne because they are perfectIy contented where they are. Rosa*, 29, from Oliva says: "Why would I want to leave borne? I bate cooking, so 1'11never be able to get married, I bate ironing and 1get on rea11ywe11with my muro."

20 Some of those ayer twenty who have already left borne share this view that failure to do so is

largely due to a reluctance to give up the many comforts they have become accustomed to - and

company, toa. Exchanging a fu11household with central heating and good food for isolation in a clamp bedsit and living on Illicrowaved tortillas has limited appeal for both. "They do have money, out they're comfortable at borne and don't want to live on their own. Single people, 25 anyway," considers Encarni*, 29. "If I was single I would live with my parents, because 1don't like being alone. But things are clianging," she confirms. (Adapted from The CB)

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QUESTIONS

1. What role does money play in many youngsters' decision not to leave borne? Use your own words as far as possible. (2 marks)