【Everykidwishestobeanadult.Butnowasgrown-upssomeadultsfindtheycannotleavechildhoodbehind.Theybecome"kidults"(kid+adult).Beingakidulthasbecomealifestyle-choiceamongyoungpeopleacrossAsia.Someki】
Everykidwishestobeanadult.Butnowasgrown-upssomeadultsfindtheycannotleavechildhoodbehind.Theybecome"kidults"(kid+adult).Beingakidulthasbecomealifestyle-choiceamongyoungpeopleacrossAsia.
Somekidultscollecttoystheyonceplayedwith. HelloKittyGarfieldandSnoopyhavemanyadultfansaroundtheworld.Itisnotunusualtoseea20-somethingwomanwithabigGarfield-shapedcushiononhersofaoraHelloKittymobilephoneaccessory.
Otherkidultsstillenjoychildren'sstoriesandfairytales.ForexampleBloomsburyevenpublishedtheHarryPotternovelswithanadultcover.Thatwaynooneelseonthesubwaywillknowthatanadultisactuallyreadingachildren'sbook!
"Kidultscanbelikevitaminstosociety.Adultswhovaluetheirchildhoodandholdontopurechild-likeemotionmaybeneededinsucharoughanddrysociety"saidLeeSojungprofessorofForeignStudiesatHankukUniversity.Headdedthatkidultculturemayfillthegenerationgapbetweenadultsandkids.Itcouldgivechildrenandtheirparentsbooksmoviesandcartoonshowstoenjoytogether.Hemayberight.
TimGreenhalghaprofessorexplainedthatsomekidultsjustrefusetogrowup.Theyclingto(舍不得放弃)childhoodbecauselifeinabusyandstressfulcityfrightensthem.Kidultswouldliketoforgettheirageandopenlyshowtheirfearofsocietyandadulthood.
“Sotheycanescapefromincreasinglycomplexandstressfullivesthatarehardtodealwith.”Greenhalghsaid.
61.Wecanknowfromthepassagethatkidultsare__________.
A.childrenwhocan’twaittogrowup.
B.Grown-upswhoholdontochild----likeemotion
C.peoplewhoenjoyplayingsports.
D.youngpeoplewhopretendedtobegrown-upswhenyoung.
62.Accordingtothepassagekidultswouldliketodothefollowingexcept________.
A.buyHelloKittymobilephoneaccessories.
B.readachildren’sbookonthesubway.
C.workinabusyandstressfulcity.
D.Collecttoystheyonceplayedwith.
63.IntheopinionoftheprofessorinaKoreanUniversitykidultsare__________.
A.immatureandweak.
B.necessarytooursociety.
C.badtothedeve