欧美人文风情第200篇:比尔盖茨的推荐书单

 I read a lot of great books in 2015. Here's a few that were especially interesting and you might wanna consider. 我在 2015 年读了许多好书。这里是几本特别有趣且你可能会想考虑读看看的书。

Thing Explainer by Randall Munroe. He explains things using only the thousand most common words in the English language. Randall Munroe 的 《Thing Explainer(事情讲解员)》。他只用英文中最常见的一千字就解释了一切。

Sustainable Materials: With Both Eyes Open by Julian Allwood and Jonathan Cullen.  Julian Allwood 和 Jonathan Cullen 共着的《Sustainable Materials: With Both Eyes Open(关注材料的可持续利用)》。

Although it's not a mainstream¹ book, you end up learning a lot, and it's really brilliant how they use diagrams,  虽然这并非一本主流书籍，你最后却会学到许多，而且他们利用图表的方式真的很出色，

and explores how could we meet the challenge of climate change. 此书也探讨了我们能如何面对气候变迁的挑战。

The Road to Character by David Brooks² raises the issue about whether we're developing people's characters today as well as we should. David Brooks 的 《The Road to Character(品格之路)》 提出了关于我们现今是否有如应做的那般培养人类品格的议题。

Eradication³ by Nancy Leys Stepan gives you the history of all the different efforts to eradicate⁴ diseases. Nancy Leys Stepan 所写的《Eradication(根除)》 带给你所有为消灭疾病所做的不同努力的历史。

Being Nixon by Evan Thomas—I found really fascinating.  Evan Thomas 的《Being Nixon(尼克森)》——我发现这本书非常引人入胜。

Richard Nixon is mostly written about in terms of the mistakes he made.  理察·尼克森被写的大多是他所犯下的过错。

It's great to have a book that goes back and explains who he was and how he stood out. 能有一本回溯过去并解释他是怎样的人以及他如何出人头地的书真的很不错。

Mindset by Carol Dweck gets you thinking about the psychology⁵ of how you think about what your potential is. Carol Dweck 的《Mindset(心态致胜)》 让你去思考你怎样看待自身潜能的心理。

I had a lot of fun reading these books, and I hope one or more catch your interest. 我从阅读这些书中获得许多乐趣，希望能有一本或更多本引起你的兴趣。

 

1 mainstream   

n.（思想或行为的）主流；adj.主流的

参考例句：

• Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
• Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。

2 brooks   

n.小溪( brook的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Brooks gave the business when Haas caught him with his watch. 哈斯抓到偷他的手表的布鲁克斯时，狠狠地揍了他一顿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Ade and Brooks exchanged blows yesterday and they were severely punished today. 艾德和布鲁克斯昨天打起来了，今天他们受到严厉的惩罚。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 eradication   

n.根除

参考例句：

• The eradication of an established infestation is not easy. 根除昆虫蔓延是不容易的。
• This is often required for intelligent control and eradication. 这经常需要灵巧的控制与消除。

4 eradicate   

v.根除，消灭，杜绝

参考例句：

• These insects are very difficult to eradicate.这些昆虫很难根除。
• They are already battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus.他们已经在努力消灭疟疾、破伤风等疾病。

5 psychology   

n.心理，心理学，心理状态

参考例句：

• She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
• He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。