People who are talked to have equally positive experiences as those who initiate a conversation.

被交谈的人与主动发起谈话的人有着同样积极的体验。

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They may, for example, be afraid to initiate a conversation or to attend a birthday party.

患有社交恐惧症和社交焦虑症的儿童，在陌生人面前或在陌生环境中会极其害羞和害怕，他们可能害怕主动跟别人说话或者不敢参加小朋友的生日宴会。

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However, in China, people would not initiate a conversation if they don't know each other.

但在中国，如果不认识对方，人们通常不会说话。

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How do you reach out to prospects and initiate a conversation?

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Were Israel to initiate a conversation about cutting back on this assistance, it would be able to ensure that the talks take place on its terms.

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With so much communication via email these days, it can be hard to pull the trigger and initiate a face-to-face conversation when you sense that an online interaction is becoming too heated or simply too difficult to do well online.

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