Whether you’re looking for a distraction or just spending a lot more time at home, you can’t beat reading a book.
不管你是想分散一下注意力，抑或只是想在家多待一会儿，最好的方式就是阅读。
If you’re out of book ideas headed into another month of staying at home, or finally ready to crack one open, Bill Gates has some suggestions. The billionaire released his annual summer book list on Monday.
如果你又要在家里呆一个月，或者终于准备好打开一本新书，比尔·盖茨有一些建议。周一，这位亿万富翁公布了他的年度夏季书单。
Whether you want to learn more about pandemics amid the coronavirus outbreak or are simply looking for a distraction, Gates has you covered.
无论你是想在冠状病毒爆发期间了解更多关于流行病的知识，还是只是想分散注意力，盖茨都已经为你准备好了。
Here are five books he recommends reading right now.
下面是他推荐的五本书。
“The Choice” by Edith Eva Eger 《选择》
This New York Times bestseller was recommended to Gates by his wife Melinda. It’s a memoir by Edith Eger, who was sent to the death camp at Auschwitz when she was 16. Today, the Auschwitz survivor is a professional therapist.
这本《纽约时报》畅销书是盖茨的妻子梅琳达推荐给他的。这是伊迪丝·Whether you’re looking for a distraction or just spending a lot more time at home, you can’t beat reading a book.
不管你是想分散一下注意力，抑或只是想在家多待一会儿，最好的方式就是阅读。
If you’re out of book ideas headed into another month of staying at home, or finally ready to crack one open, Bill Gates has some suggestions. The billionaire released his annual summer book list on Monday.
如果你又要在家里呆一个月，或者终于准备好打开一本新书，比尔·盖茨有一些建议。周一，这位亿万富翁公布了他的年度夏季书单。
Whether you want to learn more about pandemics amid the coronavirus outbreak or are simply looking for a distraction, Gates has you covered.
无论你是想在冠状病毒爆发期间了解更多关于流行病的知识，还是只是想分散注意力，盖茨都已经为你准备好了。
Here are five books he recommends reading right now.
下面是他推荐的五本书。
“The Choice” by Edith Eva Eger 《选择》
This New York Times bestseller was recommended to Gates by his wife Melinda. It’s a memoir by Edith Eger, who was sent to the death camp at Auschwitz when she was 16. Today, the Auschwitz survivor is a professional therapist.
这本《纽约时报》畅销书是盖茨的妻子梅琳达推荐给他的。这是伊迪丝·伊格尔的回忆录，她16岁时被送往奥斯维辛集中营。如今，这位奥斯维辛集中营的幸存者是一名专业治疗师。
Eger reminds readers that there is no “hierarchy of suffering,” as she calls it in the book.埃格提醒读者，书中并没有她所说的“痛苦的等级”。
“If you’re struggling with something, that struggle is real — even if you think your experience feels trivial compared to the experience of someone who survived Auschwitz or someone whose child is suffering from a terrible disease,” writes Gates. “I think this is an especially important thing to keep in mind right now while everyone has different experiences with the Covid-19 outbreak.”
盖茨在书中写道:“如果你正在与某种东西抗争，这种抗争是真实存在的——即使你认为自己的经历与奥斯维辛集中营幸存者的经历或孩子患有严重疾病的人的经历相比微不足道。” “我认为，对面COVID-19爆发时每个人的经历都会有所不同，记住这一点极其重要。”
“Cloud Atlas” by David Mitchell 《云图》
This 2004 prize-winning novel is “a touching and very clever story about moral choices,” says Gates. “It explores how self-centered and bad people can be, but also how supportive and good people can be.”
这本2004年获奖的小说是“一个关于道德选择的感人而又非常聪明的故事，”盖茨说。“它探索了坏人如何以自我为中心，同时也探索了好人如何支持他人。”
The structure of the book is unique: Mitchell weaves together six interrelated stories set in different times and places, which can get confusing at times. That’s why Gates recommends reading it at the same time as a friend or family member: “It’s the kind of book you’ll want to discuss with someone else. I’m sure that I didn’t catch everything going on — reading it is a bit like putting together a puzzle.”
这本书的结构很独特:米切尔把六个相互关联的故事编织在一起，每个故事又设定在不同地点和时间发生，所以有时候读起来会令人困惑。这就是为什么盖茨建议与朋友或家人同时阅读这本书:“这是一本你会想着去与别人探讨的书，我敢肯定我没有完全领会书中发生的事情——读它有点像拼拼图。”
“The Ride of a Lifetime” by Robert Iger 《一生的旅程》
Gates calls this 2019 memoir by former Disney CEO Bob Iger “one of the best business books I’ve read in several years.”
盖茨称这本2019年出版的前迪士尼CEO鲍勃·伊格尔的回忆录是“我这几年读过的最好的商业书籍之一。”
Iger, who took over the company in 2005 and retired in 2020, “does a terrific job explaining what it’s really like to be the CEO of a large company,” says Gates. “Whether you’re looking for business insights or just an entertaining read, I think anyone would enjoy his stories about overseeing Disney during one of the most transformative times in its history.”
2005年，艾格接管了这家公司，并于2020年退休。盖茨说，艾格“很好地解释了成为大公司CEO的真实感受”。“不管你是在寻找商业见解，还是仅仅是一本有趣的读物，关于在迪斯尼历史上最具变革性的时期监管迪斯尼的故事，我想大家都会喜欢他。”
“The Great Influenza” by John M. Barry 《大流感》
If you want to learn more about pandemics, this book by historian John M. Barry tells the story of the 1918 Flu, one of the deadliest outbreaks in history.
如果你想了解更多关于流行病的知识，历史学家约翰·巴里的这本书讲述了1918年流感的故事，这是历史上最致命的流感之一。
“We’re living through an unprecedented time right now. But if you’re looking for a historical comparison, the 1918 influenza pandemic is as close as you’re going to get,” says Gates.
“我们现在正生活在一个前所未有的时代。但是如果你在寻找历史的比较，1918年的流感大流行是最接近的，”盖茨说。
“Good Economics for Hard Times” by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo《艰难时期的好经济学》
Nobel Prize winners and husband-wife duo Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo are “two of the smartest economists working today,” according to Gates. He was a big fan of their first book, “Poor Economics,” and equally impressed by the second.
根据盖茨的说法，诺贝尔奖得主和Abhijit V. Banerjee和Esther Duflo夫妻二人是“当今最聪明的两位经济学家”。盖茨是他们第一本书《穷经济学》(Poor Economics)的超级粉丝，第二本书也同样给他留下了深刻印象。
“Their newest book takes on inequality and political divisions by focusing on policy debates that are at the forefront in wealthy countries like the United States,” he writes. And, “Just like the couple’s first book, their new one is easily accessible for readers who don’t have a degree in economics.”
他写道:“他们最新的著作关注美国等富裕国家的前沿政策争论，关注不平等和政治分歧。”另外，“就像这对夫妇的第一本书一样，他们的新书很容易让没有经济学学位的读者读懂。”
另外，盖茨还推荐以下几本书：
“The Headspace Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness” by Andy Puddicombe
“Moonwalking with Einstein” by Joshua Foer
“The Martian” by Andy Weir
“A Gentleman in Moscow” by Amor Towles
The Rosie Trilogy by Graeme Simsion (“The Rosie Project,” “The Rosie Effect” and “The Rosie Result”)
“The Best We Could Do” by Thi Bui
“Hyperbole and a Half” by Allie Brosh
“What If?” by Randall Munroe
“xkcd: volume 0” by Randall Munroe
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