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双语阅读：英国中产阶级为儿女延迟退休 2011年11月04日08:53 Money worries: A new report said middle class workers aged 50 and above could be forced to delay their retirement until 70, to help out their grown up children (dailymail.co.uk) Middle class workers aged 50 and above are being forced to delay their retirement until they are at least 70, with many blaming their children, a report revealed yesterday. It said their retirement dreams are being crushed with most postponing their retirement date by around five years. The report, from the investment firm Heartwood, said the delay is not driven by a love of their job, but by concerns of their ability to fund their retirement. It is not just the soaring cost of living which is triggering the delay. Many blame the fact that they are constantly having to?bail outtheir grown-up children at an age when they presumed they would be financially independent. Asked about the reason for the delay, one in five middle class workers said they needed to keep working in order to support their children. Many grown-up children need help to get on to the?property ladder, while others ask their parents to clear their university debts. More than 40 per cent said they plan to remain in work for an average of five years longer that they had originally planned. Around one in four said they will delay their retirement until they are aged 70 or above. Many are planning to semi-retire, which means they will stop working full-time to switch to part-time work. Simon Lough, chief executive of Heartwood, said longer periods of semi-retirement are increasingly becoming the norm among wealthier people in their 50s and 60s. He added: In many cases, they are being faced with greater demands being placed on their?pension pots, rises in the cost of living and unexpected financial commitments, such as supporting their children for longer than they had originally anticipated. It comes as a separate report, from the pensions giant Scottish Widows, found one in four women is sav