As a teenager I was painfully shy.

我十几岁的时候腼腆得很。

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At first I thought he was shy, but then I discovered he was just not interested in other people.

起先我以为他腼腆，后来才发现他对别人没兴趣。

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I was a shy boy.

我是一个腼腆的男孩。

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But,I make a commitment here that once we get to our final report, we will not shy away from making criticisms either of institutions, or processes or individuals wherever they are truly warranted,"

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If you keep that in mind, and if you're just not shy, I mean, of course you're shy. Everybody's shy.

如果你能记住这个，而且你不害羞，当然你会害羞。所有人都会。

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I mean, if you stand in front of an audience on a stage, you're shy.

如果你在台上面对听众，你会害羞。

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And I was so shy because I thought my questions were stupid.

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