A report this week by Reform, a think-tank, suggests that this reticence is costing them dearly. Changes in government policy, it argues, have turned being young into a terrible bore.

• 本周改革报提供的一份报告提出，年轻人保持沉默已使他们付出沉重代价。它辩论说，政府改变政策会使年轻一代陷入更可怕的境地。