热点话题听力(MP3+中英字幕) 第19期:比尔·盖茨的2015书单
日期:2015-12-29 15:24

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I read a lot of great books in 2015.

2015年,我读了很多很棒的书。

Here's a few that were especially interesting and you might want to consider.

这是其中特别有趣的一些,或许你也有兴趣尝试一下。

Thing Explainer by Randall Munroe.

Randall Munroe 所写的《Things explainer》

He explains things using only the thousand most common words in the English language.

用仅仅1000个最简单的单词解释事情的原理。

Sustainable Materials with Both Eyes Open by Julian M Allwood and Jonathan Collins.

Julian M Allwood 和 Jonathan Collins所写的《大开眼界——耐用材料》(Sustainable Materials with Both Eyes)。

Although it's not a mainstream book you end up learning a lot and it's really brilliant how they use diagrams and explores how could we meet the challenge of climate change.

尽管这不是一本能让你收获良多的主流读物,但这本书在使用图表解释方面确实很出色,并且探讨了我们如何应对气候变化带来的挑战。

The Road to Character by David Brooks raises the issue about whether we're developing people's characters today as well as we should.

David Brooks 所写的《个性之路》(The Road to Character)在书中提出一个问题,如今我们引导个性发展做得如何,是否达到了我们的预期?

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Eradication by Nancy Leys Stepan gives you the history of all the different efforts to eradicate diseases.

Nancy Leys Stepan 所写的《消灭》(Eradication)告诉我们一段历史:人类为了消灭疾病所做的各种努力。

Being Nixon by Evan Thomas I found really fascinating.

Evan Thomas 所写的《尼克松》(Being Nixon)我特别喜欢。

Richard Nixon is mostly written about in terms of the mistakes he made.

书中集中描写了他所犯的错误。

It's great to have a book that goes back and explains who he was and how he stood out.

很高兴能有这样一本书回溯到那个岁月去解读他的做法,以及他是多么出类拔萃。

Mindset by Carol S.Dweck gets you thinking about the psychology of how you think about what your potential is.

Carol S. Dweck 所写的《心态》让你思考自己的心理状态,思考如何看待自身潜质。

I had a lot of fun reading these books and I hope one or more get your interest.

读这些书让我得到了很多乐趣,我希望你也能从其中一些书中获益。

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重点单词
  • fascinatingadj. 迷人的
  • brilliantadj. 卓越的,光辉的,灿烂的 n. 宝石
  • challengen. 挑战 v. 向 ... 挑战
  • eradicatev. 根除,扑减,根绝
  • issuen. 发行物,期刊号,争论点 vi. & vt 发行,流
  • eradicationn. 根除
  • potentialadj. 可能的,潜在的 n. 潜力,潜能 n. 电位,