❶Weird school rule—no shoes for class

◆语篇导读

伦敦一所小学有一个规定：师生上课不穿鞋。这一目的是让孩子们在课堂上感觉更自在，而且这一做法非常受孩子们的欢迎。对此做法，有人持支持态度，也有人持反对态度，那么你怎么看呢？

Teachers and students at the Torriano School in Kentish Town in London don’t wear shoes to make children feel more comfortable in class.The headmaster hopes it will take away the grading（等级）between children and teachers.

A research showed that children without shoes scored higher,performed better and were more possibly to arrive on time.And the school’s teachers made the decision after visiting Finland,Iceland and Sweden where the rule without shoes in class was more popular.“The schools there resonate （引起共鸣）with the relationship between homes and schools and the need to make children feel comfortable and relaxed in the classroom,”the headmaster Helen Bruckdorfer told The Camden New Journal. “You’ll take off your shoes when you get home because you need to relax yourself.You can think m ore clearly after taking off your shoes.”

Now several classes in the school are trying shoe-stripping（脱鞋）classes.It would be carried out to the whole school if successful.“It takes away the sense of hierarchy（等级）in the classroom because teachers and children have to take off their shoes.” Ms Bruckdorfer added, “It’s a very popular practice.Since the kids take off their shoes,they’re much more quiet.”

But some people have questions over how effective the rule really is.“Not all children wish to learn in a smelly feet environment.Let parents and pupils decide.”Chris McGovern,from the Campaign for Real Education,told Mail Online,“Almost 40 percent of prim ary school pupils are not reaching the lowest standard in subjects.It’s im possible for them to wear shoes in classes to solve the problem.”

◆语块收藏

take away 解除；消除

on time 按时；准时

take off脱下

the sense of...……的感觉

not all并非全都

solve the problem 解决问题

◆典句赏析

1.And the school’s teachers made the decision after visiting Finland,Iceland and Sweden where the rule without shoes in class was more popular.学校的老师们在访问了芬兰、冰岛和瑞典之后，得知在这些国家课堂内不穿鞋的规则较受欢迎，于是他们做出了这一决定。

where引导的是定语从句，修饰先行词Finland,Iceland and Sweden；make the decision是固定短语，意为“做决定”。

2.The schools there resonate with the relationship between homes and schools and the need to make children feel comfortable and relaxed in the classroom.那里的学校让人引起共鸣的是家和学校间的关系以及让孩子们在教室里感到舒适和放松的需要。

there在句中作后置定语，修饰the schools；between...and...是固定短语，意为“在……和……（两者）之间”；m ake...feel...是固定搭配，意为“使……感到……”，feel comfortable and relaxed是系表结构，作宾语children的补足语。

◆理解自测

阅读短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案。

1.The students at the Torriano School in Kentish Town in London feel more _________when they have classes without shoes.

A.comfortable B.popular

C.successful D.quiet

2.The shoe-stripping rule is popular in the following countries except _________.

A.Finland B.Iceland

C.Sweden D.Canada

3.The underlined word“smelly” may mean“_________”in Chinese.A.有味道的 B.闻起来的C.有臭味的 D.发臭的

◆词句微练

根据所给汉语句子，完成下列英语句子。每空一词。

1.不是所有的答案都正确。

_________ ____________the answers are correct.

2.她总是按时完成作业。

She always finishes her homework_________.

3.当你进日本人的家里时，你应该脱掉鞋子。

You should ____________________your shoes when you enter the Japanese’s home.

4.当我收到礼物时，我有一种强烈的幸福感。

When I received a gift,I had________ __________________ ______happiness.

5.他的爸爸生气地拿走了他的手机。

His father ________________his cell phone angrily.