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”)
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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”)
