比尔·盖茨的书单（二）

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。”