1.Candy told me that she used to be really shy and took up singingto deal with her shyness.坎迪告诉我她过去非常害羞,于是开始唱歌来对付她的羞怯。（教材第27页)
take up意为“开始做”,通常指开始某项工作、某个爱好等。尤其指做以前从未做过的事或作为消遣的事。
take up doing sth.意为“开始做某事”。
e.g.:He is going to take up a hobby like painting.My father took up learning English at the age of forty.deal with意为“对付;应付”。
e.g.:He has learned to deal with all kinds of difficulties.

辨析:deal with 与do with
1.deal with 与do with 二者都可以用来表示“处理”,
deal侧重于方式、方法，do侧重于对象。在特殊疑问句中,deal with 与how 连用，do with则与what 连用。
e.g.:I don't know how they deal with the problem.=l don't know what they do with the problem.2deal with还有一个需要注意的地方:
在动词不定式短语to deal with中,必须带宾语。
e.g.:I don't know how to deal with it.