I felt a certain shyness at referring to matters which were no concern of mine.

我不太好意思谈论同自己毫不相干的事。

Ah yes, Neil, in your quiz question you asked how Erica conquered her shyness at school.

啊，是的，尼尔，在你的测试问题中，你问艾丽卡在学校如何克服她的羞怯。

I knew nor shyness nor fear, my life was boisterous.

我不懂得羞怯和惧怕，我的生活是热闹的。

Now shyness is a deeply personal experience.

害羞是一种非常个人的体验。

Is that helping you with your shyness?

这样你就不会害羞了吗？

Introversion later came to mean shyness, while an extrovert was someone outgoing.

后来，内向指的是害羞，而向指的是开朗爱交际。

These feelings of nervousness or shyness are all inside.

这些紧张或害羞的情绪都是内部的情绪。

Shyness and nervousness are natural, but they also make it more difficult to speak.

害羞和紧张是正常的，但是这些情绪也会使你更难开口。

Do these feelings of shyness or nervousness stop you from practicing and using your English?

这些害羞或紧张的情绪是否阻止了你练习和使用英语呢？

Family troubles, devastating shyness, and a complete lack of social skills ensured a life of solitude.

庭烦恼、极度羞怯和完全缺乏社交技巧，注定了我生活的孤独。

Pessimism leads, by contrast, to hopelessness, sickness and failure, and is linked to depression, loneliness and painful shyness.

相反，悲观则会导致无望、疾病以及挫败;其与消沉、孤独和使人痛苦的腼腆不无关系。

Now I can't promise to solve all of your problems with shyness and nervousness.

我无法承诺解决你们在害羞和紧张方面的所有问题。

He suffered, in the words of one of his few biographers, from shyness to a degree bordering on disease.

几位作为他写过传记。用其中一位的话来说，他特别腼腆，几乎到了病态的程度。

Another way to overcome shyness and actually speak up in a conversation is to have a story to share.

在对话中克服羞怯、大胆发言的的另一种方法就是拥有一个故事去享。

In this lesson, you can learn about dealing with shyness or nervousness when you speak English.

你们通过这节课可以学到在讲英语时如何处理害羞或紧张的情绪。

People who struggle with shyness tend to make the same common mistakes.

被害羞困扰的人往往会犯相同的错误。

Shyness can be overcome and confidence is something that you can learn and you can practise it over time.

害羞是可以被克服的，自信是你可以学习的一件事情，也是可以随着时间不断练习的。

She spoke of her struggles with shyness.

【struggle】她谈到了自己是如何克服胆怯的。

As she began to speak to him, she was struck with shyness.

【strike】她刚开始和他说话时，感到十害羞。

He was a slender, weedy boy, small for his eight years, quiet almost to shyness, never speaking unless spoken to.

他是个瘦小而孱弱的孩子，虽然八岁了，但个子很矮，文静得到了羞怯的地步，除非别人跟他说话，否则是从来不开口的。