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。

So how did Erica beat her shyness and become the confident communicator she is today?

所以艾丽卡是如何克服自己的羞怯并成为今天这样自信的沟通者？

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。

Now shyness is a deeply personal experience.

害羞是一种非常个人的体验。

Powerful body language can make all the difference when you're learning to overcome your shyness.

有力的肢体语言对克服害羞十分有效。

Is that helping you with your shyness?

这样你就不会害羞了吗？

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。

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。

I can't tell you how often I've heard quiet people apologizing or making excuses for their own shyness.

我听过太多文静的人因自己害羞，而向别人道歉或者找借口。

She moved in front of me with no shyness or inhibition.

她在我面前走动，丝毫不觉难为情或受拘束。

Hey, guess what. I've been accepted as a test subject for a new miracle drug to overcome pathological shyness.

嗨，猜猜怎么了，我被选为一种神奇新药物的测试对象了，来克服病态羞怯感。

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

后来，内向指的是害羞，而外向指的是开朗爱交际。

But teaching others how to overcome their shyness can really help you deal with your own.

但是教别人如何克服害羞，确实可以帮助自己克服害羞。

While shyness is a personality trait, social anxiety is a mental illness.

害羞是一种性格特征，而社交焦虑是一种精神疾病。

They display eagerness and curiosity rather than reluctance or shyness when meeting new people.

当遇到新朋友时，他们表现出渴望和好奇，而不是不情愿或害羞。

People who struggle with shyness tend to use their extroverted friends as social shields.

因为内向的人可能会拿外向的朋友做社交挡箭牌。

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？

So I've got three strategies to help you overcome shyness and to speak English confidently.

所以我有三个策略来帮助你克服害羞，让你自信地说英语。

We can imagine that in the history of humanity, shyness was always the first response.

我们可以想象，在人类历史上，羞怯总是第一反应。

And as the weeks passed, she often met d'Urberville in the garden and began to lose her shyness of him.

几个星期来，她经常在花园里遇见德伯，渐渐地在他面前也就不再感到害羞了。