不耻下问

【Be modest】

范文：In Spring and Autumn Period, there was a man named Kong Yu, who was a senior official of the State of Wei. He was clever and diligent in study. He had a good habit of asking questions. Whenever there was something he didn’t understand, he would ask others about it. Moreover, he often consulted someone who was less knowledgeable than him or someone inferior to him. Every time he did this, he didn’t feel ashamed about it at all.

After he died, the prince of State of Wei granted him a name “Wen”. Confucius later on also respected him very much and asked his students to learn from him.

译文：春秋时期，有一个人叫孔圉（yŭ），他是卫国的大夫。他非常聪明而且勤奋好学。每当他遇到不懂的事情，他就会向他人询问。而且，他经常请教那些比自己学问差或者地位比自己低下的人。他也从未为此感到羞耻或不好意思。

在他死后，卫国国君赐他称号“文”。后来的孔子也非常尊重他，并且让自己的学生向他学习。

重难点词汇及短语：
senior official: 高级官员；
diligent: 勤奋的；
consult：咨询，请教；
inferior: 地位低的；
grant: 赋予；
respect: 尊重.