巧用雅思阅读文章

　　有很多雅思考生苦于不知道怎样积累和寻找雅思写作素材，其实素材就在身边，剑桥阅读真题就是很好的资源，读写不分家，很多剑桥阅读都是议论文，涵盖教育，环境，全球化，犯罪，心理学等和写作话题完全一样的文章，这些文章是适合做精读分析的，比如下面这篇剑五讲孩子的早教的这篇文章。

　　Early Childhood Education

　　A

　　'Education To Be More' was published last August. It was the report of theNew Zealand Government's Early Childhood Care and Education Working Group. Thereport argued for enhanced equity of access and better funding for childcare andearly childhood education institutions. Unquestionably, that's a real need; butsince parents don't normally send children to pre-schools until the age ofthree, are we missing out on the most important years of all?

　　B

　　A 13-year study of early childhood development at Harvard University hasshown that, by the age of three, most children have the potential to understandabout 1000 words - most of the language they will use in ordinary conversationfor the rest of their lives.

　　Furthermore, research has shown that while every child is born with anatural curiosity, it can be suppressed dramatically during the second and thirdyears of life. Researchers claim that the human personality is formed during thefirst two years of life, and during the first three years children learn thebasic skills they will use in all their later learning both at home and atschool. Once over the age of three, children continue to expand on existingknowledge of the world.