跟名人一起读书：影响比尔•盖茨的10本书

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　　比尔·盖茨，世界上最富有的人之一，向我们推荐了一些商业方面的书籍和小说。这是他的书单。
        　　1.My years with General Motors by Alfred Sloan.
        　　《我在通用汽车的岁月》阿尔弗雷德·斯隆
        　　“This is probably the best book to read if you want to read only one book
about business,”
        　　“如果你想通过一本书了解商业，这本书可能是最好的选择。”
        　　"My Years with General Motors was published in 1963 and straight after that
it became a bestseller and one of the books to read for every businessman. Not
only this is the story of one of the world´s leading company in the automobile
industry, but also it can be used as a successful manual for future business
tycoons as it contains the unique experience of a leader who led the company to
the prosperity.”
        　　“《我在通用汽车的岁月》于1963年发表，随后马上成为畅销书，并且成为每一个商人必读的书籍之一。这本书不仅写了世界上汽车龙头企业的故事，它也是未来商业大亨的成功手册，因为它包含了企业领导者不同的经验，是他们引领公司走向了繁荣。”
        　　2.Better Angels of our Nature by Steven Pinker
        　　《人性中的善良天使》史蒂芬·平克
        　　During reddit's AMA Bill Gates said that “Better Angels of Our Nature” is
his "favorite book ". He added that "it is very crucial to the reduction in
violence and discrimination over time"
        　　在美国管理协会的网站中比尔·盖茨曾说过，《人性中的善良天使》是“他最喜欢的书籍”。他补充说“长期以来，对于减少暴力和歧视，这本书起着至关重要的作用。”
        　　Pinker is a Pulitzer finalist and a professor of psychology at Harvard. He
cites Biblical references, Grimm's fairy tales, and historical true stories
about actual whipping boys meant to take lashes on behalf of royal princes. Full
of statistics, and references to history and psychology, Pinker makes an
argument against common sense: that our generations are more anti-violent on a
moral basis than prior generations. Named a global thinker by Foreign Policy,
and a top influencer by Time Magazine, his best books come highly recommended to
those who need to wrestle with large concepts.
        　　平克是进入普利策奖决赛的选手，也是哈佛大学的心理学教授。他引用了圣经，格林童话和历史上替罪羊们代替皇室王子接受鞭刑的真实故事。由于大量引用数据，参考历史和心理学，平克向一个常识提出了质疑：与前几代人相比，在道德上我们这一代人更加反对暴力。平克被《外交政策》誉为一位全球的思想家，被《时代周刊》称赞为一位顶级影响力的人物，他的作品被强烈推荐给那些需要与大观念斗争的人。
        　　3.Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall
Street
        　　《商业历险：来自华尔街的世界十二个经典故事》
        　　“Not long after I first met Warren Buffet back in 1991, I asked him to
recommend his favorite book about business. He didn’t miss a beat:“It’s’Business
Adventures’，by John Brooks,” he said. “I’ll send you my copy.” I was intrigued:
I had never heard of “Business Adventures” or John Brooks. Today, more than two
decades after Warren lent it to me-and more than four decades after it was first
published-“Business Adventures” remains the best business book I have ever read.
John Brooks is still my favorite business writer. (And Warren, if you are
reading this, I still have your copy)
        　　“1991年我第一次遇见沃伦·巴菲特，在那之后不久我让他给我推荐一本他最喜欢的商业书籍。他毫不犹豫的说：“约翰·布鲁克斯的《商业历险》吧，我把我的那本送给你。”我很困惑：我从来没有听说过《商业历险》，也没有听说过约翰·布鲁克斯。今天距离沃伦把《商业历险》这本书送给我的时候已经20多年了，这本书自出版以来也有40多年了，它依然是我读过的最好的商业书籍。约翰·布鲁克斯也依然是我最喜欢的商业作家。(至于沃伦，如果你看到了我所说的话，那么我要告诉你我仍然收藏着你送我的那版)”
        　　Stories about Wall Street are infused with drama and reveal the
machinations and violate nature of the world of finance. John Brook’s insightful
reportage is so full of personality and critical detail whether he is looking at
the market crash of 1962, the collapse of a well- known brokerage firm, or the
bold attempt by American bankers to save the British pound, one gets the sense
that history repeats itself.
        　　华尔街的故事以戏剧的形式表达出来，揭示了金钱世界里的阴谋诡计和其违背自然规律的本质。约翰·布鲁克斯富有洞察力报告充满个性，其细节内容具有批判性。以至于无论读者是否见证过1962年的股市崩溃——一个知名经济商行公司的破产，或者美国银行家挽救英镑的大胆预测，他都会有这种感觉：历史就在重演。
        　　4.Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
        　　《麦田里的守望者》杰罗姆·大卫·塞林格
        　　“I didn’t actually read Catcher in the Rye until I was 13, and ever since
then I have said that is my favorite book. It acknowledges that young people are
a little confused, but can be smart about things and see things that adults do
not really see. So I have always love it”
        　　我13岁时初读《麦田里的守望者》，从那时起，我认为这是我最喜欢的书籍。书中指出年轻人可能会有一点困惑，但是他们对事物机警而聪明能看到成年人看不到的东西。所以我一直喜欢它。
        　　Catcher in the Rye is undoubtfully a classical work of the American
literature. This novel was the peak of J.D. Salinger's career, as after it was
published, he decided to live a life of a hermit. The main character being an
expelled student named Holden Caulfield, the book is a first-person story.
Though he is just 16, he encounters many events that tend to preclude adults.
Catcher in the Rye is about a youth of 1960s, but it is still actual today.
        　　毫无疑问，《麦田里的守望者》是美国文学中的经典。这本书标志着塞林格写作事业的高峰。在这本书发表之后，塞林格便决定去过隐居的生活。这本书以第一人称的视角来叙述故事，书中的主人公是一名被开除的学生，他就是霍尔顿·考尔菲德。尽管他年仅16岁，却经历了许多成年人都不曾经历的事情。《麦田里的守望者》写的是20世纪60年代的青年人，但是今天仍然有借鉴意义。
        　　5.A Separate Peace by John Knowles
        　　《独自和解》约翰·诺尔斯
        　　“My second favorite book is the book by John Knowles called A Separate
Peace. And that is a phenomenal book. I have been reading it to my son recently.
There is actually a movie made of it that’s fairly good, but I’d say the book is
incredibly good.”
        　　“约翰·诺尔斯的《独自和解》在我最喜欢的书单中居第二。这是一本很棒的书。我最近一直在给我的儿子读。事实上，还有一部根据这本书拍成的电影，这部电影相当好，但是无法与这本书相媲美。”
        　　The story about two friends, Gene and Phineas, by John Knowles is an
undisputed American classic. It tells us about the life of two boys studying in
a boarding school in the early 1940s. They face a number of obstacles, making
for the life of adults. It is not a very popular book to read, but quite
respectable.
        　　约翰·诺尔斯写的这本书堪称美国的经典。书中讲述了两个朋友，吉恩和菲尼亚斯的故事。20世纪40年代吉恩和菲尼亚斯在一所寄宿学校学习，他们经历很多困难，慢慢走向成年人的生活。这不是一本非常受欢迎的书但是却值得尊敬。
            
            

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        　　6.The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
        　　《了不起的盖茨比》弗朗西斯·菲茨杰拉德
        　　“Bill and Melinda (his wife) once went to a costume party together.
Engraved on the ceiling of their home library is the quote “He had come a long
way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close he could hardly
fail to grasp it.” This is one of my favorite fiction books.”
        　　“有一次，比尔和梅琳达(他的妻子)一起去参加一个化妆舞会。家中藏书室的天花板上刻着这样一段引言“他经过慢慢追索才来到了这片蓝色的草地上，他的梦想一定已经离得他如此之近以至于他几乎不会抓不到它了。"这是我最喜欢的书籍之一。”
        　　The Great Gatsby, the crowning achievement of the literary career of F.
Scott Fitzgerald, is set in the Jazz Age, that is, 1920s. This is the story of
Jay Gatsby, very wealthy and powerful billionaire, who is in love with Daisy
Buchanan. As almost every man of power, Gatsby likes to throw luxurious parties,
gather the Beautiful People in his house. The Great Gatsby is one of the great
classics of 20th century literature.
        　　《伟大的盖茨比》是弗朗西斯·菲茨杰拉德文学生涯中取得的最高成就。以爵士时代，即20世纪20年代为背景，这本书讲述了杰伊·盖茨比的传奇故事。杰伊·盖茨比一个有权有势的亿万富翁，他深爱着黛西·布坎南。拥有至上权利的他喜欢举办奢侈的聚会，把一些光鲜亮丽的人聚集到家里。《了不起的盖茨比》是20世纪文学中最经典的著作。
        　　7.Life is What You Make It by Peter Buffett
        　　《做你自己》皮特·巴菲特
        　　“Melinda and I have both read it and like it a lot. We have known Peter for
many years because of our friendship with Warren and the whole Buffet family.
It’s a thoughtful and touching book and we plan on reading it with our
children.”
        　　“我和梅琳达都很喜欢读这本书。因为和沃伦以及整个布菲家族的友谊，我们已经认识皮特很多年了。这是一本很有想法，感人至深的书，我们准备和孩子们一起研读。”
        　　Though the author bears such famous last name, Buffet, he claims that he
hasn´t inherited much from his parents, concerning materialistic issues. He was
gifted with a family philosophy: "Everybody must find his own way in this life".
This warm, mind broadening, and inspirational book asks every reader, what will
you choose: the way of least resistance or the way greatest satisfaction? In
some sense this is the life story of Peter Buffet himself.
        　　尽管作者有一个颇负盛名的姓氏，巴菲特，但是他宣称他并没有从父母那里得到很多，包括物质。他的家庭理念很强烈。他认为每个人都应该找到自己的生活方式。这本书充满温情，开阔眼界，富有启发意义。它像每一个读者发问：你会选择什么?是最小的阻力还是最大的满意度呢?从某种意义上来说，这就是皮特·巴菲特自己的生活。
        　　8.That Used to be Us by Thomas Friedman
        　　《曾经的辉煌》托马斯·弗里德曼
        　　“That Used to be Us is a fantastic book, and I really encourage people to
read it. You will definitely like it if you have liked Thomas Friedman’s column
in The New York Times or if you have liked his previous book. This one continues
his theme of how the world is changing rapidly, but this one is a bit different
in that it focuses specifically on the challenges that these changes pose for
the United States and on how the U.S. should respond.”
        　　“《曾经的辉煌》是一本非常棒的书，我推荐你们每一个人去阅读。如果你喜欢《纽约时报》中托马斯·弗里德曼的专栏或者他以前的书，那你也一定会喜欢这本书。这本书延续了他以往的主题，即这个世界是如何迅速的改变的。但是这本书还有些不一样，因为它更加关注这些改变给美国带来的挑战以及美国如何应对这些挑战。”
        　　This book written by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum, two quite
famous scholars and thinkers, discusses the modern problems that are faced by
the USA and the whole world itself. Those are globalization, information
revolution, deficits and consumption patterns. The authors come up with several
solutions so that the American nation continue to be the Force N1 in the world:
collaboration and interchange. The problem is not only in the system itself, but
in the minds of the Americans.
        　　这本书由托马斯·弗里德曼和孟德邦·曼德鲍姆合著而成。托马斯·弗里德曼和孟德邦·曼德鲍姆都是著名的学者和思想家，他们主要讨论现代社会中美国及整个世界所面对的问题，如全球化，信息革命以及赤字与消费模式。这两位作者提出来一些解决方法即合作与交换，以保证美国仍然是世界第一大国。问题不仅仅出在制度本身上，美国人的思想也存在问题。
        　　9.The Languages instinct: How the Mind Creates Language by Steven
Pinker
        　　《语言本能：大脑怎样创造语言》史蒂芬·平克
        　　Bill Gates recommends everyone this book to read
        　　比尔盖茨推荐每一个人去读这本书
        　　Language is a matter that cannot be neglected in everyday life. It is made
to communicate. But few people question themselves: what is a language? How is
it structurized, who made it, how come we can understand each other? Steven
Pinker can answer all those questions. Using multiple examples that are easy to
understand, he guides us through the mysterious world of language.
        　　在日常生活中，语言是不可忽略的。语言旨在交流。但是很少有人会提出这样的问题：什么是语言?它是怎样被组织起来的?谁创造了它?我们是怎样理解彼此所说的话的?史蒂芬.平克回答了这些问题，通过使用多个容易理解的例子，他带我们在奇妙的语言世界里徜徉。
        　　10. The Ten Commandments for Business Failure by Donald R. Keough
        　　《管理十诫》唐纳德·基奥
        　　“Don’t possess combination of experience, wisdom, self-confidence and
self-awareness. His commandments for failure will teach you more about business
success than a whole shelf full of books.”
        　　“并没有经验、智慧、自信和自我意识的结合，他对失败者关于成功的告诫将会比一书架的书教给你的还多。”