来自高考真题的智慧：Teenagers should be pulled off the sofa
Art Gallery Visits（读者朋友，您知道看画展居然可以吗？）
这篇文章源自上海2025年高考试题，是概要写作的原文！
Summary Writing
Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.
Art Gallery Visits
The lasting rainy winter is a season that feels heavy with depression. Luckily, I have a way to escape from the winter blues — visiting art galleries. Engaging with art closely, particularly in winter, is a life enhancer and a relief from loneliness, sadness, and frustration.
When viewing things we find beautiful, activity in the pleasure and reward centres of the brain goes up. So when I don’t have the time, or energy to take on challenging new themes in the gallery, I return to the comfort of my favourites: the blue in David Hockney’s swimming pool, Agnes Martin’s faint, delicate lines, or John Constable’s cloudy Brighton summers. The comforting properties of these artworks are best experienced during winter.
And did you know that even on the busiest of days, in the busiest galleries, there is potential for mindfulness? Mindfulness is hard to catch for me — my head feels like a mix of shopping lists, decade-old angers, and random song bits I can’t name, but time spent in a gallery is the closest I get to being truly present. Part of this is down to “slow looking”, the practice of taking time to really absorb an artwork rather than giving it a glance, reading the accompanying description, having another quick look and moving on. The experience can be powerful and informative.
Often, I visit galleries alone to gather my thoughts. I just want the company of form, colour, material. But sometimes I’ll take my daughter. To me, joy was walking her and watching as her eyes widened in curiosity, tiny fingers pointing: “Do you see what I see?” Telling her: “Yes … but also no,” That we all see these things in a different way is such an important lesson that reaches into every part of our lives. Remembering that perception is personal is precious for me. This knowledge keeps me in a good state.
读完之后意识到看画展居然有这么多好处啊！不要小看艺术的作用！！！
没有读懂的朋友参考一下中文翻译吧！
美术馆参观
漫长的雨季冬天是一个让人倍感压抑的季节。幸运的是，我找到了摆脱冬日忧郁的方法 —— 参观美术馆。近距离接触艺术，尤其是在冬天，能为生活增添色彩，也能缓解孤独、悲伤和挫败感。
当我们欣赏美好的事物时，大脑中负责愉悦和奖赏的区域会变得活跃。所以，当我没有时间或精力去探索美术馆里富有挑战性的新主题时，我会回到那些我最爱的作品中寻求慰藉：大卫・霍克尼泳池里的蓝色、艾格尼丝・马丁纤细柔和的线条，或是约翰・康斯太勃笔下布莱顿夏日的多云天空。这些艺术品的治愈力量，在冬天体会得最为深刻。
你知道吗？即使在最忙碌的日子、最拥挤的美术馆里，也有培养正念的可能。正念对我来说很难捕捉 —— 我的脑子里总是混杂着购物清单、多年前的怒火和叫不出名字的歌曲片段，但待在美术馆里，是我最接近 “活在当下” 的时刻。这部分要归功于 “慢看”：花时间真正沉浸在一件作品里，而不是匆匆一瞥、读一下说明、再快速扫一眼就挪步离开。这种体验既深刻又富有启发性。
我常常独自逛美术馆，整理思绪。我只想与形态、色彩和材质相伴。但有时我也会带上女儿。对我而言，快乐就是牵着她的手，看着她好奇地睁大眼睛，用小手指着画作问：“你看到我看到的东西了吗？” 我会告诉她：“看到了…… 但也不完全一样。” 我们每个人看待事物的方式都各不相同，这是一个渗透到生活方方面面的重要道理。对我来说，铭记 “感知是私人的” 这件事无比珍贵，这份认知让我始终保持良好的状态。
