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Summer-born children are considerably less likely to attend top universities than pupils with autumn birthdays, according to research published today. 今天公布的一项研究显示，比起秋天出生的孩子，夏天出生的孩子考上顶尖大学的概率要小得多。 The youngest children lag behind older classmates and struggle to properly catch up throughout compulsory education, it was revealed. 研究表明，夏天出生的孩子通常是班里年龄最小的，他们往往落后于那些大一点的孩子，要想通过义务教育赶上其他同学，他们就得学得更辛苦。 Despite being given additional help by parents, those born in August are 20 per cent more likely to take vocational qualifications at college and a fifth less likely to attend an elite Russell Group university than those with September birthdays. 就算有父母提供的额外帮助，与九月出生的孩子相比，八月出生的孩子进入职业学校学习的概率要高出五分之一，而进入英国名校联盟的罗素集团大学学习的机会却要少掉五分之一。 The study – published by the Institute for Fiscal Studies – also lays bare the extent to which a child’s date of birth influences their self-perception, social and emotional development and chances of being bullied at school. 这项研究是由财政研究协会公布的，同时，该研究还指出，孩子的出生日期会对他们的自我认知、社交能力、情感发展，以及是否会在学校受欺负等都有关系。 | 
