多项调查显示，随着社会价值观的变迁，我国儿童不再梦想成为科学家。
Chinese children no longer dream of becoming a scientist amid changing social values, according to surveys.
中国青少年研究中心首席研究员孙云晓表示，科学失去吸引力的原因在于社会价值观的变迁，在如今的社会价值观中，科学是回报率较低的选择，也不如经济学有声望。
Sun Yunxiao, chief researcher at China Youth and Children Research Center, said science fell from favor due to changing social values, which regard science as a less rewarding choice and not as prestigious as economics.
该中心2013年的一项调查发现，32.3%的中国高中生想从事科学相关行业，分别比美国和韩国低17和12个百分点。
A study by the center in 2013 showed that 32.3% of Chinese high school students want to work in science-related fields, 17 and 12 percentage points lower than in the US and South Korea, respectively.
该调查还发现孩子越长大越不想追求科学事业，想从事科学行业的小学生有52.5%，这一比例在初中生中降至47.5%。
The study also showed that the older children became, the less they wanted to pursue a science career, dropping from 52.5% for elementary students to 47.5% for middle school students.
中科院一位研究员对1000名学生的调查发现，当科学家是倒数第3的选择，只比工人和农民排名靠前。
A researcher with the Chinese Academy of Sciences found that becoming a scientist was the third-to-last choice among 1,000 students surveyed, ahead of only workers and farmers.
经济合作与发展组织(OECD)国际学生评估项目的最新结果显示，16.8%的中国学生期望从事科学行业，远低于美国的38%和OECD国家24.5%的均值。
The latest results from the Program for International Student Assessment of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) showed that 16.8% of Chinese students expect to pursue careers in science, well below the 38% figure in the US and the average for OECD countries of 24.5%.