switch/case doesn't work in awk

I am writing a simple awk in redhat linux,but found switch/case doesn't work for me. I searched on web, but didn't find a solution. The following is my code:

 BEGIN {
   foo = 1;
     switch (foo) {
         case 3:
         print "x";
         break;
         case 2:
         print "y" ;
         break;
         case 1:
         print "z" ;
         break;
         default:
         print "default" ;
      }
 }

the awk I am running is GNU Awk 3.1.5. I got the following err:

awk -f test.awk

awk: test.awk:3:      switch (foo) {
awk: test.awk:3:                   ^ syntax error
awk: test.awk:5:          case 3:
awk: test.awk:5:                ^ syntax error
awk: test.awk:8:          case 2:
awk: test.awk:8:                ^ syntax error
awk: test.awk:11:          case 1:
awk: test.awk:11:                ^ syntax error
awk: test.awk:14:          default:
awk: test.awk:14:                 ^ syntax error

can anybody please help me out? thank you!