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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. 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.
Julian Allwood 和 Jonathan Cullen 共着的《Sustainable Materials: With Both Eyes Open(关注材料的可持续利用)》。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，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 Brooks 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。
Eradication by Nancy Leys Stepan gives you the history of all the different efforts to eradicate 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. Richard Nixon is mostly written about in terms of the mistakes he made. It's great to have a book that goes back and explains who he was and how he stood out.
Evan Thomas 的《Being Nixon(尼克森)》——我发现这本书非常引人入胜。理察·尼克森被写的大多是他所犯下的过错。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 psychology 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。

重点内容讲解

1.end up 结果、最后变成
例句：Although it's not a mainstream book, you end up learning a lot...
虽然这并非一本主流书籍，你最后却会学到许多……

2.stand out 突出、出色

例句：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。

3.in terms of 依据；按照；在……方面

例句：Why do we have to define professionalism in terms of basic supply and demand?
为什么我们必须依据基本的供给和需求来定义一个职业？

4.meet the challenge 迎接挑战；满足要求

例句：He stood up to meet the challenge, but it was down right away.
他站起来继续迎接挑战，但马上又倒下了。