寒门子弟再难出头？你怎么看？

导语：北京高考文科状元熊轩昂的一席话引发社会热议。他称，寒门子弟难出头，高考高分主要得益于优质教育资源和成功父母指导。

A teenager named Xiong Xuan’ang recently gained public attention after he became the top gaokao (national college entrance examinations) scorer in Beijing. In an interview, he declared that his achievement was largely the result of his parents’ instruction and Beijing’s educational resources.

近日，一个名为熊轩昂的小伙子在成为北京市高考状元后引起了公众的关注。在一次采访中，他称自己的成绩主要得益于父母的指导和北京市的教育资源。

 

In his opinion, top scorers are more likely to be born into middle-or-upper-class families because their parents are usually intellectuals and tend to be successful.

在他看来，高分考生更有可能出身于中产或上流阶级家庭，因为他们的父母往往是知识分子和成功人士。

 

Xiong said his parents are diplomats and that their influence unconsciously formed his character. By his estimation, it is becoming increasingly harder for students who come from lower or working class families to succeed.

熊说道，他的父母都是外交官，他们的影响无形地塑造了他的性格。据他推测，寒门子弟出人头地正在变得越来越难。

 

Xiong’s point of view aggravated the anxiety of many young middle-class parents who worry that it’s getting hard to achieve social mobility, which they believe might cause their children to lose out on opportunities.

熊的观点加剧了很多年轻中产阶级父母的焦虑，他们担心社会流动性愈难实现，这可能会使得他们的孩子错失机遇。

 

There is no doubt that Xiong’s parents are successful. They have also educated a successful child. But in my opinion, it’s one’s capacity for learning that creates a high achiever.

熊的父母无疑是成功的。他们也教育了一个成功的孩子。但是在我看来，是个人的学习能力塑造了高成就者。

 

Although the study environment is important, a more decisive factor should be the individual’s ability to learn, comprehend, concentrate and persevere.

虽然学习环境很重要，但是更具决定性的因素应该是个人的学习、理解、专注、和坚持能力。

 

From Xiong’s point of view, successful children tend to have successful parents. I don’t agree. I’m afraid he ignored the fact that some successful parents are more likely to dedicate themselves to their career rather than their family, leaving less time to instruct their children.

在熊看来，成功的孩子往往有着成功的父母。我不以为然。我怕他是忽略了这样一个事实，一些成功的父母更有可能将自己投入到事业中，而非家庭，这样留给指导孩子的时间就更少了。

 

Only if a student tries his or her best and makes very few mistakes can they possibly become a top scorer, regardless of their parents’ success.

一个学生唯有尽最大努力，犯极少错误，才能取得高分，这无关他们父母的成功。