原味人文风情:For a good read this summer, try these five books.
这个夏天想要享受阅读的乐趣,不妨尝试这五本书。
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. You know, A Gentleman in Moscow is just so clever.
埃默·托尔斯的《莫斯科绅士》。你知道,《莫斯科绅士》的构思相当巧妙。
There's a lot of allusions to Russian literature and history.
充满俄国文学和历史的各种指涉及典故。
It's an amazing story because it manages to be a little bit of everything.
这本小说相当了不起,每个议题都触碰到一些。
It's kind of a fantastical romance. But it's kind of the real world, too.
有一点奇幻浪漫。但也很真实。
Presidents of War by Michael Beschloss. The public really does not want to go to war.
迈克尔·比齐罗斯的《战争总统》。人民真的不想打仗。
But then, are we willing to defend our honor? It means that having a good president is very important.
但话说回来,我们愿意为了国家荣誉而战吗?这意味有位好总统是至关重要的。
And you'd better hope that you'd have some good leaders when you get into war.
最好也祈祷国家卷入战争时要有一些英明的领导者。
The Future of Capitalism by Paul Collier. There is a crisis for capitalism. Individualism has been taken too far.
保罗·科利尔的《资本主义的未来》。资本主义陷入危机。个人主义走得太过头了。
He introduces this notion of an ethical family, an ethical company and an ethical government.
科利尔引入家庭伦理、企业伦理、政府伦理的概念。
We have to be loyal to something. We have to have a group thing where we're not just out for ourselves.
告诉我们必须忠于某些事物。我们必须要有集体意识,而不只是各走各路。
Upheaval by Jared Diamond.
贾雷德·戴蒙德的《动荡》。
He took examples of countries that actually had dealt with a problem and come out of it better off.
Diamond 举了几个在经历动荡后,不仅顺利走出还变得更好的国家作为例子。
He uses kind of psychological framework that actually works pretty well.
他以一种心理框架去分析讨论国家面临的危机,效果其实相当不错。
He doesn't force you to have a negative or positive point of view.
他不会强迫读者去抱持负面或正面态度。
Will it work for what the U.S. is facing in terms of polarization?
这能帮助美国克服正面临的两极分化吗?
And just even by raising the question, he at least admits the possibility that it'll solve these problems.
仅透过提出问题,他就至少承认这些问题是有办法解决的。
Nine Pints by Rose George. She mostly wants to educate you about blood
罗斯·乔治的《九品脱》。 她主要想教导一些血液的知识,
and what an important and interesting history there has been about it—the history of the blood supply,
以及血液的一些重要有趣的历史--象是血液供应的历史、
the different ways of gathering blood. Things like leeches where their ability to suck blood out is advantageous.
搜集血液的不同方法等。而象是水蛭这种生物,它们的吸血能力对我们是有利的。
I'm sure people will find that fascinating. Blood is so magical. It's an interesting thing to know about.
我相信大家会很感兴趣。血液真的很神奇。去了解血液是一件很有趣的事。
So whether you read just one of these, or you read them all, I hope you find something you really enjoy.
不管你们只读了其中一本,或者全部都读,我都希望你们能从中获得一些乐趣。