Which social class do you belong to?
你属于哪个阶层？
In an English lesson I observed this week, the year 8 class had a discussion around social class and which class did they see themselves belonging to. This disucssion was preparing the class to read Blood Brothers, a play with a tragic tale around two families- one poor, one rich.
在本周我观摩到的一节英语课中，八年级的班级讨论了“社会阶层” 这一话题。老师提问说：你认为自己属于哪个阶层？这个讨论话题是为同学阅读《血兄弟》做准备的热身讨论。该剧是一部关于两个家庭悲惨故事的戏剧，一家是穷人，一家是富人。
The image was shown to the class and the discussion is roughly transcripted below:
该图像是当时英语老师上课使用的图片，讨论内容大致如下：
老师：“看看这些图像，谁认为自己来自工人阶级家庭？请举手。” 大家都举起了手。
Teacher: "Who thinks they’re from the upper class?"
One boy raised his hands and some others giggle.
老师：“谁认为自己来自上流社会？” 一个男孩举起了手，其他同学都在咯咯地笑。
Teacher to boy: "Why do you think you’re from an upper class background?"
Boy: "Because my parents bought me designer clothes."
老师对男孩说：“你为什么认为你来自上流社会？”
男孩：“因为我父母给我买了名牌服装。”
Teacher: "Ah! So expensive clothes tell you someone’s class, does it? What does your mum do?"
老师：“啊，衣着昂贵就说明你属于上流社会吗？你妈妈做什么？”
Boy: "She works in a school."
男孩：“她在学校工作。”
Teacher: "As what? A teacher, janitor, dinner lady? There are different levels of jobs in a school. Just because she works in a school doesn’t make her upper class. I’m a teacher, I work in a school but I’m no upper class. What does your dad do?"
老师：“做什么？是老师，是看门人，是学校餐厅工作人员？学校里有不同级别的工作。仅仅因为她在学校工作并不说明她属于上流社会。我本人就是老师，我也在学校里工作。但我不是上流社会的成员。你父亲做什么？”
Boy: "He works in a bank."
男孩：“他在银行工作。”
Teacher: "Unless he owns the bank, he’s not upper class. The staff that you see when you go into a bank are not upper class."
老师：“除非他拥有这家银行，否则他不属于上流社会。在银行工作的职员并不是上流社会的。”
Teacher to the class: "There are different levels of jobs. Just because you have a big salary doesn’t mean you’re upper class. You’re not likely to ever meet an upper class person in your life time. Why do you think you’re from the working class?"
老师对全班说：“工作有高低级别。仅仅因为你的薪水高并不意味着你是上流社会。你一生中有可能永远也没有机会遇一个来自上流社会的人。” 她又接着问：“你为什么以为自己来自劳动阶级？”
另一个男孩回答：“因为我们家每月支付生活费都很困难。”
另一个男孩说：“我的父母每天努力工作为我们支付吃饭的费用。”
Although these children were only in year 8 (12-13 years old), there responses were raw and confronts you with the realities they live in. They have a recognition of life that many other children wouldn't have the maturity to relate to nor understand.
尽管这些孩子只有8年级（12-13岁），但他们的回答很真实，充满着现实生活色彩。他们对生活的认识比起其他很多孩子更成熟。
Teaching is a very skilled job. To motivate children to learn English, every strategy and perspective needs to be explored. We need to make learning relevant to children's experiences and below is one such example.
教书是一项非常需要技巧的工作。为了激发孩子学习英语的积极性，老师需要想尽各种各样的办法。下面就是一个这样的例子：
Teacher to a boy who wants to be a sportsman:
"I know you want to go into sports but just in case, you need to do well in your GCSE English so when you sign that contract with an Italian manager, you can understand that contact and not get robbed!"
老师对一个一心想成为足球运动员的男孩说：“我知道你想当运动员，但以防万一，您必须学好GCSE英语。因此当你与意大利足球俱乐部经理签定合同的时候，你不会因为文字游戏而被迷惑吃亏。”
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