英小学禁足球因学生仿球星犯规

    因世界杯期间各路球星的假摔和犯规动作被很多学生模仿，英国一家小学的校长决定禁止学生在校园里踢足球。这位校长表示，学生们看到自己的偶像在球场上犯规、假摔甚至推人，就会在自己踢球的时候进行模仿，并且认为这些行为没什么大不了，这种状况与学校一直以来的坚持的教育理念相悖，所以决定采取禁令。该校学生今后只能在学校附近的一个球场踢球，并且需要在老师的监督下进行。这一禁令让很多热爱足球的学生很失落，不过校长表示，做这样的决定并不是学校抵制足球运动，而是考虑到校园可以提供的球场面积实在是难以让学生们充分享受足球的乐趣。
    A primary school has banned football after its pupils began copying the cheating and fouling¹ displayed by their World Cup heroes.
    Headmistress Pat Fay has faced criticism after introducing the playground ban two days before Spain triumphed over Holland in the final of the tournament.
    She claims pupils began 'fouling, cheating and shirt pulling' after watching their role models misbehave on television.
    All 83 children are not allowed to play the game in the school yard during breaktime and before and after school.
    Miss Fay, of Plymtree CofE Primary School, near Cullompton, Devon, believes that a culture of cheating at the World Cup caused a 'decline in standards' amongst her pupils.
    She said: 'We are a Church of England school and we very much value developing a caring attitude among our pupils.
    'We felt that playground football was causing a decline in those standards and we noticed that things got worse during the World Cup.
    'Children watched their heroes and role models on the television and then copied the fouling and the shirt pulling and the cheating that went on.
    'They saw famous players behaving badly and when they got into the playground thought it was OK to kick another player or grab their jumper and pull them over.
    'We also had an incident when a teacher was hit in the face with a ball so hard it almost knocked her out.'
    On July 9 Miss Fay posted a message on the school noticeboard informing pupils and parents of a blanket ban on football.
    It read: 'Recreational football is now banned at Plymtree (even in the mornings and after school) -it is not safe and it causes too much bad feeling.'
    To replace the lunchtime football sessions pupils will now be supervised several times each week at a nearby playing field - but only during the summer months.
    But the move has angered parents and upset pupils, who were crowned local champions in a tournament last season.
    Carpenter Dave Bunker, 44, whose son Tom, 11, attends the school, runs a local under-11s football team.
    He said: 'I can see why football has been banned because we have got such a small playground that it can get a bit feisty.
    'But when you have got all the boys wanting to play football it becomes a difficult situation. I feel for those boys because they just love the game.
    'The final of the World Cup was just bully² tactics and when children see that they naturally want to copy it. The diving and fouling was abysmal³.'
    Parent governor Siddy Langley believes that the World Cup inspired children who would not normally play football to get involved.
    She said: 'It brings out the sportsman in all of us, so it possibly got a bit rowdier.'
    Miss Fay added: 'We are not against football, in fact we have lots of good footballers and four or five boys who have real potential.
    'A few parents have said to us that they understand the decision. They realise it is difficult with a playground the size of a tennis court for 83 pupils.'

1 fouling   

n.（水管、枪筒等中的）污垢v.使污秽( foul的现在分词 )；弄脏；击球出界；（通常用废物）弄脏

参考例句：

• He was sent off for fouling the other team's goalkeeper. 他因对对方守门员犯规而被罚出场。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A basketball player is allowed five personal fouls before fouling out. 篮球运动员侵人犯规五次即被罚下场。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 bully   

n.恃强欺弱者，小流氓；vt.威胁，欺侮

参考例句：

• A bully is always a coward.暴汉常是懦夫。
• The boy gave the bully a pelt on the back with a pebble.那男孩用石子掷击小流氓的背脊。

3 abysmal   

adj.无底的，深不可测的，极深的；糟透的，极坏的；完全的

参考例句：

• The film was so abysmal that I fell asleep.电影太糟糕，看得我睡着了。
• There is a historic explanation for the abysmal state of Chinese cuisine in the United States.中餐在美国的糟糕状态可以从历史上找原因。