Parents of a Tokyo elementary school are up in arms1 at being asked to pay $730 for their childrens school uniforms.

A public elementary school in Tokyos upmarket2 Ginza district has decided to adopt new school uniforms designed by the luxury Italian designer Armani. The bespoke3 uniforms， which include a hat and bag， are priced at over $730 each.

Parents are angry at the schools decision and are protesting4 at the exorbitant5 price for a uniform of an eight-year-old child. The school said it wanted a designer uniform that represented the rich area of Ginza. School officials visited top department stores and decided to ask the fashion brand Armani to design the uniform.

The expensive uniform has created such a fuss6 that it has been discussed in Japans parliament7. One lawmaker said that since the school is public and not private， “a certain price range needs to be considered”. Finance Minister Taro Aso said， “Clearly its expensive. It would be tough if a student could not afford to pay for it.” Japans education minister said steps would be taken to ensure the financial burden placed on parents for uniforms“would not be excessive8”. Twitter users said young children are not interested in designer clothes. The school principal said， “With humility， I take the criticism. I will go on explaining carefully to those concerned.”

東京一所小學(xué)的家長(zhǎng)正因被要求為孩子購(gòu)買730美元的阿瑪尼校服而大動(dòng)肝火。

東京高檔區(qū)域銀座的一所小學(xué)決定采用新校服，這種新校服是由奢華的意大利品牌“阿瑪尼”設(shè)計(jì)的。定制的校服還包括一頂帽子和一個(gè)書(shū)包，每套校服價(jià)格超過(guò)了730美元。

家長(zhǎng)們對(duì)學(xué)校的決定很憤怒，他們正在抗議8歲兒童的校服的過(guò)高價(jià)格。校方稱，學(xué)校想要一套由設(shè)計(jì)師專門設(shè)計(jì)的，代表銀座這個(gè)富裕地區(qū)的校服。學(xué)校官員參觀了高端百貨商店，決定讓時(shí)尚品牌阿瑪尼設(shè)計(jì)校服。

天價(jià)校服引發(fā)了不安，日本國(guó)會(huì)就此進(jìn)行了討論。一名立法者稱：“既然學(xué)校是公立而非私立的，應(yīng)該考慮價(jià)格區(qū)間?！比毡矩?cái)務(wù)大臣麻生太郎稱：“很明顯，校服價(jià)格過(guò)高。如果學(xué)生買不起就麻煩了?！比毡疚牟靠茖W(xué)省大臣稱，他們將采取措施，確保家長(zhǎng)買校服的經(jīng)濟(jì)負(fù)擔(dān)“不至于過(guò)大”。推特用戶稱青少年對(duì)專門設(shè)計(jì)的服裝不感興趣。校長(zhǎng)表示：“我將謙虛地接受批評(píng)，并繼續(xù)向關(guān)注此事者詳細(xì)解釋。”

Notes：

1. be up in arms 竭力反對(duì)

2. upmarket adj. 高檔的；高級(jí)的

3. bespoke adj. 定做的

4. protest vi. 抗議；斷言

5. exorbitant adj. （要價(jià)等）過(guò)高的

6. fuss n. 大驚小怪；小題大作；忙亂

7. parliament n. 議會(huì)，國(guó)會(huì)

8. excessive adj. 極度的；過(guò)分的