2017年12月英语四级美文：The Importance of Developing Attitudes

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　　2017年12月英语四级美文100篇汇总

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　　The Importance of Developing Attitudes

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　　Of all the areas of learning the most important

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　　is the development of attitudes.

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　　Emotional reactions as well as logical thought processes

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　　affect the behavior of most people.

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　　“The burnt child fears the fire” is one instance;

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　　another is the rise of figures like Hitler.

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　　Both these examples also point up the fact

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　　that attitudes come from experience.

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　　In the one case the experience is direct and impressive,

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　　in the other it is indirect and gradual.

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　　The class room teacher in the elementary school

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　　is in strategic position to influence attitudes.

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　　This is true partly because children acquire attitudes

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　　from those adults whose words they respect.

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　　Another reason why it is true

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　　is that pupils often search somewhat deeply into a subject in school

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　　that has only been touched upon at home

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　　or has possibly never occurred to them before.

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　　To a child who had previously acquired little knowledge of Mexico,

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　　his teacher’s method of handling

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　　such a unit would greatly affect his attitude toward Mexicans.

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　　The teacher can develop proper attitudes

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　　through social studies, science matters,

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　　the very atmosphere of the classroom, etc.

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　　However, when children come to school with undesirable attitudes,

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　　it is unwise to attempt to change their feelings

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　　by criticizing them.

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　　The teacher can achieve the proper effect

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　　by helping them obtain constructive experience.

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　　To illustrate, first-grade pupils,

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　　afraid of policemen will probably change their attitudes

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　　after a classroom talk with the neighborhood officer

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　　in which he explains how he protects them.

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　　In the same way, a class of older children

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　　can develop attitudes through discussion,

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　　research and all-day trips.

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　　Finally, a teacher must constantly evaluate his own attitudes,

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　　because his influence can be harmful

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　　if he has personal prejudices.

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　　This is especially true

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　　in respect to controversial issues and questions

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　　of which children should be encouraged to reach their own conclusion

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　　as result of objective analysis of all the facts.

　　2017年12月英语四级美文100篇汇总

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