Will: What are you reading? Is that Chinese characters on the cover?
威尔：你在读什么书？封面上的是汉字吗？
Joe: Have a guess. I'll give you a hint. It's a book in the Warring States Period, widely read even in the West.
乔：猜猜看。给你个提示，这是一本战国时期的书，即便在西方也有很多读者。
Will: Is it the Analects by Confucius?
威尔：是孔子的《论语》吗？
Joe: No, admittedly Confucius is popular, but he was from the Spring and Autumn Period. Come on, not so many ancient Chinese books are popular now!
乔：不是，孔子确实很受欢迎，但他是春秋时期的人。再猜，毕竟中国古书现在还流行的没有多少！
Will: Give me another clue.
威尔：再给我一个线索。
Joe: OK. It's a book on military strategy.
乔：好吧，这是一本关于军事策略的书。
Will: Then it must be The Art of War!
威尔：那肯定是《孙子兵法》了！
Joe: Bingo!
乔：猜中了。
Will: What are you reading that for?
威尔：你为什么要读这本书？
Joe: It's a great book, as the comment goes, "a master treatise on military tactics". And in modern time, it has also been used in such fields as business and economy.
乔：这是本好书，正如评论所说，是“关于军事策略的杰作”。而且在现代，它已经被应用到诸如商业和经济等领域。