艺术思维是人类最原始的思维方式，也是儿童心理发展的第一个阶段。艺术教育实际上是遵循人的心理自然发展规律的一种健康的教育方式。家长们应该鼓励孩子去追求自己的艺术理想。 Why is Art Important in Education? Education is，another area where the presence of arts and crafts is more than welcome.If children realize the importance of art and creativity from a young age，they can grow up to be more confident，more creative，and definitely more mature. Schools are the breeding grounds for future painters and movie makers，and these arts should be encouraged wholesomely in such an environment. Sadly，many parents do not understand why art is important for children，and subconsciously force them to follow career paths that are orthodox and conformist in nature.This is fair enough in its own way，because the world does need some standard blue collar and white collar jobs to continue its existence; but this is a choice that children should be allowed to make for themselves.The doors to creativity and expression must not be shut in their faces，even if it comes at a cost of making more money. To put it more scientifically，here are some benefits of kids' art activities that give a suitable answer to the question “Why is art important in schools？” Exposure to art，music and drawings at an early age improves the amount of brain activity in children. It increases the span of knowledge in the minds of children，thus making them sharper and more educated. It builds up the levels of self-confidence，self-esteem，motivation，cooperation and communication in children. It helps children understand other people's opinions and point of view as well. It helps them sharpen their problem solving skills，decision-making and gives them the possibility of really exploring their imaginations. [阅读障碍词] 1．arts and crafts n． 工艺品 2．wholesomely adv. 有益健康地 3．subconsciously adv. 潜意识地 4．orthodox adj. 普遍赞同的 5．conformist adj. 墨守成规的 [诱思导读] 阅读文章，回答下面的问题 1．What does the underlined word “breeding” in the first paragraph mean? “Breeding” here means “reproduced” in the passage. 2．What benefits can children get from exposure to art，music and drawings at an early age? Improving the amount of brain activity；increasing the span of knowledge in children's minds，making them sharper and more educated; building up the levels of self-confidence，self-esteem，motivation，cooperation and communication in children; helping children understand other people's opinions and point of view; sharpening their problem solving skills，decision-making and giving them the possibility of really exploring their imaginations. Section Ⅰ Reading(Ⅰ)(Welcome to the unit & Reading) Ⅰ.匹配下列单词的词性及汉语意思 ( )1.abstract A．n.建筑；建筑学 ( )2.architecture B．n.回报，报酬，奖励 vt.奖励，给以报酬 ( )3.reward C．adj.锐角的；强烈的；灵敏的； (疾病)急性的；敏锐的 ( )4.medium D．adj.抽象的 n．摘要，概要 ( )5.acute E．n.(艺术创作的)材料，形式；媒介 ... ...
