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九年级初中英语阅读范文第一课LearnFromTaylorSwift’sSpeechTaylorSwift,afamousUSpopsinger,receivedanhonorarydoctoratefromNewYorkUniversityinMay.Sheal
somadea20-minutespeechatthecommencement.Taylortalkedaboutherlifeinthespeech.Shedidn’thaveanormalschool
life.Atanearlyage,sheshowedaninterestinmusic.WhenTaylorwasintenthgrade,sheleftherhighschoolandstartedtogofor
herdreamofbeingasuccessfulmusician.Whileherclassmateswentontospendtheirtimeincollege,Taylorwasbusywritingsongsandperfo
rmingonthestage.Throughtheyears,shehaswonmanytopprizesinthefieldofmusic.AlthoughTaylordidn’thaveafour-yearcollegeexperience,shesharedher
“lifehacks”withthegraduatesontheirfuturelife.Shehopedthe“lifehacks”couldbehelpfultothegraduates.“Weshouldlearntocatchandrelease.Lifeca
nbeheavy.Butthegoodthingsinlifearealwayslighter.Soweshouldmakemoreroomforthem,”Taylorsaid.“Anddon’tbeafraidofmakingmistakesandlosingth
ings.Theycanalsoleadtothebestthingsinlife.Alotofthetime,whenwelosethings,wegainthings,too.”Finally,Taylortoldthegraduates,“Hardthingswillhappento
everyoneofus.Wewillrecover.Wewilllearnfromthem.Andwewillgrowstrongerbecauseofthem.”Taylorhasbeenthroughmanyhardtimes.Butwecanseeth
atshehasrecoveredwiththehelpofher“lifehacks”.Andnowshehopesshecansharethemandhelpmorestudentsachievetheirdreams.BeaPolitePersonEveryoneli
kespolitepeopleandbeingpoliteisveryimportant.Astheoldsayinggoes,“Politenesscostsnothingandgainseverything.”Toknowhowtobeapoliteperson,onemustknow
theanswerstothefollowingtwoquestions.Whatispoliteness?Politenessisabehaviorthatshowsunderstandingofandcareforotherpeople’sfeelings.Itissim
plytreatingpeoplethewayyouwouldwanttobetreated.Wheneveryoutalkwithothers,pleaseremembertobepolite.Howtobepolite?It’s
easy,really.Ifyouwanttoknowtheanswer,thinkaboutthepeopleyoulovedearly.Howdotheytalk?Whatdotheysaythatmakesyoufeelgood?Hereareafewtipsyouc
anusetobemorepolite.•Alwayssaywordslike“thankyou”and“please”.Itisagoodexampleofpolitenessandawaytospeakpolitelytoothers.Itdoesn’tmatterwhetherthepe
rsonhelpsyouornot.Justsaythosewordstomakeyourlifeeasier.•Appreciationisanimportantpartofpoliteness.Wheneversomeonedoessomethingniceforyou,nomat
terhowsmall,alwaysbereadywithasmile.Itwillmakethepersonfeelgoodaboutthemselvesandyouaswell.•Donotdoorsaya
nythingthatmightoffendsomeone.Makesurethatpeoplefeelcomfortablearoundyou.Andchooseyourwordscarefully.W
hatseemsfunnytoyoumighthurtalotofpeople.•Don’timposeyouropiniononothers.Weallhavedifferentopinions,andbein
gpolitemeansrespectingeveryone’sthoughts.Don’tpressureothersintodoingorsayingsomethingtheywouldrathernot.Lifeis
short,butthereisalwaysenoughtimeforbeingpolite.Let’sbebetterhumanbeingsandalwaysaskourselvesifwearebein
gpolitetoothers.