How to OVERCOME SHYNESS & speak confidently in English · mmmEnglish
3个实用策略帮助你克服害羞，提升英语口语自信。适合练习表达、克服心理障碍和增强沟通能力。
All right let's talk about shyness in English.
好吧，我们来谈谈英语中的“害羞”这一话题。
If you're a regular viewer of mmmEnglish, you'll know that every video I create here is to help you speak confidently in English.
如果你是 mmmEnglish 的忠实观众，那么你应该知道：我在这里制作的每一个视频都是为了帮助你更自信地使用英语进行交流。
But how can you speak confidently if you're too shy or too nervous to even start?
但是，如果你太害羞或太紧张，连开始都不敢的话，又怎么可能自信地表达自己的想法呢？
Today I want to share three strategies with you to help you overcome shyness and to start speaking in English.
今天，我想和大家分享三种策略，帮助你们克服害羞的心理，并开始用英语进行交流。
So if you want to stop feeling shy or nervous when you speak in English, make sure you stick around.
因此，如果你想不再在说英语时感到害羞或紧张，那就一定要坚持下去（继续学习或使用英语）。
If you're a shy person, like me, we think shyness is an inherent part of who we are
如果你像我一样是个害羞的人，我们通常会认为害羞是我们性格中固有的一部分。
like we're born that way but shyness is based on our perception and our ideas of the world around us and that can be changed.
好像我们天生就是害羞的那样，但实际上害羞的情绪是由我们对周围世界的认知和看法所决定的，而这些认知和看法是可以改变的。
Did you hear that?
你听到那个消息了吗？
It can change.
情况是可以改变的。
You can overcome shyness.
你可以克服害羞的心理。
So speaking as a shy person who's been working on overcoming shyness my entire life, still working on it,
作为一个害羞的人，我一生都在努力克服自己的害羞心理，至今仍在继续这个过程。
I know how shyness, how nervousness and self-doubt stops me or even blocks me from doing the things that I really want to do,
我知道害羞、紧张以及自我怀疑是如何阻碍我，甚至让我无法去做那些我真正想做的事情的。
that I dream of doing.
那是我梦寐以求想要做的事情。
I also know that I have confidence within me.
我也知道，自己内心其实充满着自信。
We all have confidence within us.
我们每个人内心都蕴藏着自信。
And we can find more confidence within ourselves but we need to look for it.
我们可以在自己内心找到更多的自信，但我们需要去主动寻找它。
We need to coax it out.
我们需要想办法把它引出来。
We need to create the right environment to nurture that confidence and allow it to grow.
我们需要营造一个适宜的环境，来培养这种自信心，并让它得以不断成长。
It's ironic really that the confidence within us is actually quite timid and shy.
具有讽刺意味的是，我们内心的那份自信其实相当脆弱、羞怯（或者说缺乏自信）。
Our confidence is the first thing that runs and hides.
我们的信心，往往是第一个受到冲击、继而消失的东西。
The moment that we make a mistake, the moment that we feel foolish, the moment that we feel like we're being judged,
就在我们犯错的那一刻，就在我们觉得自己很愚蠢的那一刻，就在我们觉得别人在评判我们的那一刻……
it's our confidence that bolts out the door.
正是我们的信心（或缺乏信心）让我们在关键时刻失去勇气、退缩不前。
So I've got three strategies to help you overcome shyness and to speak English confidently.
因此，我提出了三种策略，帮助你克服害羞心理，并能够自信地使用英语进行交流。
The first and most important strategy to overcome shyness and to speak more confidently in English
克服害羞、并在英语中更自信地表达自己的第一个、也是最重要的策略是……（具体策略内容在原文缺失）。
is to practise.
关键在于实践。
You might think I'm absolutely crazy but bear with me.
你可能会觉得我完全疯了，但请耐心听我说完。
The thought of speaking to someone in English can be scary, right?
用英语和别人交谈的想法可能会让人感到害怕，对吧？
Maybe for some of you it's paralysing.
也许对你们中的一些人来说，这种情况会让他们感到无能为力（甚至陷入瘫痪状态）。
Your instinct is telling you to avoid it.
你的直觉在告诉你应该避开它。
Don't take the risk!
不要冒险！
It's just your brain and your body trying to protect you.
这只是你的大脑和身体在试图保护你罢了。
But in order to overcome that shyness
但为了克服那种害羞的心理……
and your fear of speaking in English, you've got to prove to yourself that it's not as scary as you think it is.
还有你对用英语说话的恐惧——你必须向自己证明，其实这并没有你想象中那么可怕。
You need to start collecting evidence that helps you to demonstrate that you can speak to someone in English and that
你需要开始收集证据，以证明自己能够用英语与他人交流。
it's quite simply not as scary as you thought.
其实，它并没有你想象中那么可怕。
This is what you need to prove to yourself.
这就是你需要向自己证明的事情。
But in order to start collecting that evidence you need to create the environment where you feel safe and supported enough to speak.
但为了开始收集这些证据，你需要营造一个让你感到安全、能够获得足够支持的环境，从而敢于开口说话。
If the only place that you speak English is at work with your colleagues or your boss then this could be terrifying for you,
如果你唯一说英语的地方是在工作中，与同事或上司交流，那么这种情况可能会让你感到非常害怕（或不安）。
it's not a safe or a supportive space unless your boss is super patient and willing to help you overcome your fear.
除非你的老板非常有耐心，并且愿意帮助你克服恐惧，否则这个环境既不安全，也无法为你提供必要的支持。
You need to create a different space, a safe space where you can start to speak
你需要创造一个不同的空间——一个安全的空间，在那里你可以开始倾诉自己的想法和感受。