每年的这个时候,比尔·盖茨都会在他的个人网站“盖茨笔记”上列出他推荐的好书,今年的夏季书单也如约而至。赶快去拥有“首富”同款吧~
During the shutdown,I had extra time to read.
在封锁期间,我有了更多额外的阅读时间。
Here are five books that I highly recommend.
以下是五本我相当推荐的书。
The Choice by Dr. Edith Eger.
伊迪丝·埃格尔的《拥抱可能》。
It's a hell of a story.
这个故事非常精彩。
The woman was a 16-year-old girl in Auschwitz.
这位女士十六岁时被关进奥斯维辛集中营。
She eventually does survive and gets out and moves to Texas,for,and becomes this inspirational therapist.,
她最终幸存,逃出集中营并移居美国德州,后来成为了鼓舞人心的心理治疗师。
And half the book is her story,half is how she helps other people.
这本书有一半是她自己的故事,有一半是描述她如何帮助他人。
When somebody traumatizes you,the way you think about yourself,and your happiness,and how you relate to the world. . .
当你个人、你的自我感知、你的快乐以及你和世界的联系受到重创时……
You can't control being a victim,but you can control your victimhood.
虽然成为受害者是无法控制的,但是你可以控制自己的心态。
It&39;s a very tough story.
这是个充满希望的故事,但是也非常残忍不幸。
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell.
大卫·米契尔的《云图》。
It&39;s clever.
这本书非常不寻常,而且非常巧妙。
You go through six different epochs in history,where you have people making moral choices,where you see how self-centered and bad people can be,and how supportive and good people can be.
走过历史上六个不同的纪元,人们做出各种道德决定,从中看出人类可以有多自我中心,多恶劣,以及人类也可以多么支持他人,多么善良。
You really do feel he captures these different worlds.
在阅读时真的可以感受到作者生动刻画了这几个截然不同的世界。
作者:(印度)阿比吉特·班纳吉(Abhijit V.Banerjee) (法国)埃斯特·迪弗洛(Esther Duflo) 译者:景芳阿比吉特·班纳吉(Abhijit V.Banerjee),美国麻省理工学院福特基金会国际经济学教授。曾就读于印度加尔各答大学、贾瓦哈拉尔。
It's a grand story about human nature,vendetta,enduring human values.,
这个故事的格局相当大,探讨了人性以及经久不衰的人类价值。
The Ride of a Lifetime by Bob Iger.
鲍伯·伊格尔的《一生的旅程》。
It's hard to overstate how demoralized and messed up Disney was.
说迪斯尼过去有多么灰头土脸、垂头丧气都不为过。
Things weren't in great shape when they got rid of Eisner.
当迪士尼的前任CEO迈克·艾斯纳离职时,局面不太乐观。
V,I do consider it brilliant of Iger,that in an age where networks are not important,and you&39;ve got to have a critical mass of the greatest content.
我真的认为伊格尔非常出色,在网络还不重要的时代里,必须直接面对消费者,一定要拥有关键大量的顶尖创意内容。
He did a really good job of explaining what the job of the CEO is.
他将首席执行官的工作解释得非常好。
The Great Influenza by John Barry.
书名:《贫穷的本质》作者: 阿比吉特•班纳吉 (Abhijit V.Banerjee) / 埃斯特•迪弗洛 (Esther Duflo)出版社: 中信出版社 副标题: 我们为什么摆脱不了贫穷 作者简介: 阿比吉特•班纳吉(Abhijit V.Banerj。
约翰·巴瑞所写的《大流感》。
He explains how infections work and how the immune system works.
他在书中讲到疾病的传染方式以及免疫系统的运作方式。
The 1918 Spanish Flu is the first world epidemic where it basically hits the entire world at the same time.
1918年的西班牙流感是史上第一个同时冲击全世界的传染疾病。
The world was faced with this challenge.
全世界都面临着这项挑战。
They tried to come up with drugs or therapeutics.
人们试着做出解药或疗法。
None of those efforts were successful.
但是所有努力都没有成功。
Distancing and masks and seeing who's coughing,that was all they had.
保持距离、戴口罩还有注意咳嗽的人,他们当时只能做这些。
If you read this,you will understand a lot.
读这本书的话,你就会学到很多。
Good Economics for Hard Times by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo.
阿比吉特·班纳吉和埃斯特·迪弗洛合著的《好的经济学》。
This is the most important book of the group,because it really is about what do we know in the field of economics that can take the current divisions and try and do better.
《贫穷的本质》这本书由阿比吉特·班纳吉(Abhijit V.Banerjee)与埃斯特·迪弗洛(Esther Duflo)所著,两位作者深入五大洲多个国家的穷人世界,调查贫困人群最集中的18个国家和地区,从穷人的日常生活、教育、健康、创业、援助。
这是今天介绍的书当中最重要的一本,因为它探讨了我们所知的经济学如何解决现有的分歧并且试着进步。
It&39;s mostly about the U. S.
虽然是关于全球议题,但是主要描述的还是美国。
But it's addressing the big issues of the day about people in depressed areas.
不过这本书描述了经济萧条地区的人们现今面对的重大问题。
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How can we be so rich and so many people feel a lack of purpose?
为什么我们这么有钱,很多人还是觉得缺乏目标?
Why aren't we better with economic knowledge of creating more opportunities?
为什么我们没有更了解能创造更多机会的经济知识?
如果你想解决这些问题,还有许多需要学习。
I found all these books really interesting,and I hope you do also.
我认为这些书都十分有趣,我希望你们也有同感。