新托福寫作素材：藝術(shù)教育的益處

　　Art in the classroom has great beneficial effects on student learning by stimulating multiple intelligences. Art education helps students form creative thinking as well as enhance their cognitive ability. Creating a school environment rich in arts can cultivate students’ morality and result in their heightened desires for knowledge and studying. Obviously, the power of art keeps students more focused. Also, for younger people who have difficulties in verbalizing their thoughts, art serves an effective way of expressing their ideas. Art, in this case, could create an easier way of learning new things. Art could serve as a bridge for students to learn new things. With the help of vivid paintings and catchy songs, study can be much more fun and knowledge can be more easily attainable for the young generation.

　　- 托福寫作素材Words and Phrases -

　�、� stimulate multiple intelligences 激發(fā)多種智力

　　✎ Person­-to-­person interactions are important to stimulate children’s multiple intelligences and to spark inspiration in, and from, their parents.

　　② form creative thinking 形成創(chuàng)造性的思維

　　✎ In such a process, players are likely to form creative thinking that can be adopted to solve practical problems in their work and everyday life.

　�、� enhance one’s cognitive ability 提高認(rèn)知能力

　　✎ Body movements that are connected to emotions tend to enhance one’s cognitive ability.

　　④ verbalize 以言語表達(dá)

　　✎ difficult to verbalize one’s pain experiences

　　- 托福寫作素材話題詞匯 -

　　受過教育的 literate

　　文盲 illiterate

　　基礎(chǔ)教育 basic education

　　素質(zhì)教育 well-rounded education

　　終身教育 lifelong education

　　對(duì)知識(shí)的渴望 hunger for knowledge

　　熟練掌握不同的語言 proficient in/master different languages

　　借鑒別人的經(jīng)驗(yàn) draw on other’s experience