19-9-11【地道美语115】Be modest 谦受益，满招损，静心英语，修炼谦虚

劳谦虚己是中国人的智慧，为人处事不傲才以骄人，不以宠而作威是为高尚得体。西方文化也推崇适当的谦虚，Modesty is the highest elegance，谦虚是最高的优雅。真正的谦虚是对虚荣心进行深思后的产物，一个人最为谦卑时即是他离美德、高贵，和自我本质最近时。【地道美语115】谈谈修炼谦虚。

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dialogue 1

Jingjing: Mark, may I ask you a personal question?

Mark:  Youmay ask.

Jingjing: OK. ------------------

Mark:  Isn'tthat kind of a -------------?  Anyway, I'd want to know whyyou're asking before I answer.

Jingjing: Well, I've been ---------- these past few days.  I just want to -------------thepeople I know.

Mark:  Andyou get that by directly asking if someone thinks of themselves---------------

Jingjing: -------------------------------

Mark:  Right. Well,-----------------------------------------------------

Jingjing: That's a good answer.

Mark:  Phew! I was ------------ there for a minute.  What did other people say?

Jingjing: Some people said they -------------- and said they wished the peoplearound them -----------.  Others said they were a bit ----------, aboutsome things they ---------------

Mark:  Atleast they ------------being proud.  What do you think?  Doesn'tsomeone ---------------after they've gotten to be ----------------------something?

Jingjing: Maybe, but it's probably better if they aren't----------------------

Mark:  Whatdo you think are some ways to stay -------------------

Jingjing:  Aperson could -----------.  ---------------perfect.  It might alsohelp them to avoid those same kinds of --------------------

Mark:  That'sa good idea.  I'm going to ----------------- when I get home!

dialogue 2

Jingjing: Mark, did you make that list?

Mark:  I did. I'm sure it's not ------------------.  I don't want to s--------------though.

Jingjing:  --------------Yeah,I wouldn't----------------to see it.  That's for -------------

Mark:  A bitof ---------------------every day, eh?

Jingjing: Yeah, that's the idea.  I have one too.

Mark:  Well,it's --------------only to recommend others to do things-----------------

Jingjing:  Iagree.  Hey, check out these-----------about modesty I've found on a website.

Mark:  Anygood ones?

Jingjing: Here's one from William Shakespeare.  It says “Lord Bacon told SirEdward Coke when he was ---------------, ----------------------------------”

Mark:  That'sa good reason to be humble.  Any others?

Jingjing: Let's see.  Winston Churchill said “--------------who has a gooddeal to be modest about.”

Mark:  Right. Modesty in itself might not be ---------------.  Which one is yourfavorite?

Jingjing: Well, I don't know how ------------------- this name.  Have a look.

Mark: François de La Rochefoucauld

Jingjing: OK.  “-----------------

Mark:  I likethat one too.  ==------ Jingjing!

new words andphrases

from dialogue 1

catch-22:  asituation in which if you suffer if you choose A, or suffer if you choose B

get a read on(someone):  understandsomeone, know some important information about someone, especially theirpersonality or opinion

self-centered:  thinkingof oneself as the center of the world

full of oneself:  proud,self-obsessed

from dialogue 2

the height ofmodesty/cleverness:  ultimate modesty (modesty here can be substitutedwith any noun for human behavior: “the height of politeness”, “the height ofrudeness”)