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九年级初中英语阅读范文第一课LearnFromTaylorSwift’sSpeechTaylorSwiftafamousUSpopsingerreceivedanhonorarydoctoratefromNewYorkUniversityinMay.Shealsomadea20-minutespeechatthecommencement.Taylortalkedaboutherlifeinthespeech.Shedidn’thaveanormalschoollife.Atanearlyagesheshowedaninterestinmusic.WhenTaylorwasintenthgradesheleftherhighschoolandstartedtogoforherdreamofbeingasuccessfulmusician.WhileherclassmateswentontospendtheirtimeincollegeTaylorwasbusywritingsongsandperformingonthestage.Throughtheyearsshehaswonmanytopprizesinthefieldofmusic.AlthoughTaylordidn’thaveafour-yearcollegeexperienceshesharedher“lifehacks”withthegraduatesontheirfuturelife.Shehopedthe“lifehacks”couldbehelpfultothegraduates.“Weshouldlearntocatchandrelease.Lifecanbeheavy.Butthegoodthingsinlifearealwayslighter.Soweshouldmakemoreroomforthem”Taylorsaid.“Anddon’tbeafraidofmakingmistakesandlosingthings.Theycanalsoleadtothebestthingsinlife.Alotofthetimewhenwelosethingswegainthingstoo.”FinallyTaylortoldthegraduates“Hardthingswillhappentoeveryoneofus.Wewillrecover.Wewilllearnfromthem.Andwewillgrowstrongerbecauseofthem.”Taylorhasbeenthroughmanyhardtimes.Butwecanseethatshehasrecoveredwiththehelpofher“lifehacks”.Andnowshehopesshecansharethemandhelpmorestudentsachievetheirdreams.BeaPolitePersonEveryonelikespolitepeopleandbeingpoliteisveryimportant.Astheoldsayinggoes“Politenesscostsnothingandgainseverything.”Toknowhowtobeapolitepersononemustknowtheanswerstothefollowingtwoquestions.WhatispolitenessPolitenessisabehaviorthatshowsunderstandingofandcareforotherpeople’sfeelings.Itissimplytreatingpeoplethewayyouwouldwanttobetreated.Wheneveryoutalkwithotherspleaseremembertobepolite.HowtobepoliteIt’seasyreally.Ifyouwanttoknowtheanswerthinkaboutthepeopleyoulovedearly.HowdotheytalkWhatdotheysaythatmakesyoufeelgoodHereareafewtipsyoucanusetobemorepolite.•Alwayssaywordslike“thankyou”and“please”.Itisagoodexampleofpolitenessandawaytospeakpolitelytoothers.Itdoesn’tmatterwhetherthepersonhelpsyouornot.Justsaythosewordstomakeyourlifeeasier.•Appreciationisanimportantpartofpoliteness.Wheneversomeonedoessomethingniceforyounomatterhowsmallalwaysbereadywithasmile.Itwillmakethepersonfeelgoodaboutthemselvesandyouaswell.•Donotdoorsayanythingthatmightoffendsomeone.Makesurethatpeoplefeelcomfortablearoundyou.Andchooseyourwordscarefully.Whatseemsfunnytoyoumighthurtalotofpeople.•Don’timposeyouropiniononothers.Weallhavedifferentopinionsandbeingpolitemeansrespectingeveryone’sthoughts.Don’tpressureothersintodoingorsayingsomethingtheywouldrathernot.Lifeisshortbutthereisalwaysenoughtimeforbeingpolite.Let’sbebetterhumanbeingsandalwaysaskourselvesifwearebeingpolitetoothers.。