比尔·盖茨每年年末都会为大家推荐五本适合假日阅读书籍，数量不多，但本本皆为经典。今年的盖茨冬季书单如约而至，我们一起来看看吧
Time for a holiday road trip.
是时候来一场自驾游了。
The best book on tennis I've ever read is “The Inner Game of Tennis” by Timothy Gallwey.
我读过的最好的关于网球的书是蒂莫西·加维的《网球的内心游戏》。
It makes you realize that the way your conscious mind thinks about things can get in your way.
它能使你意识到自己思考事物的方式是如何对你产生阻碍的。
“Stranger in A Strange Land” by Robert Heinlein is my favorite science-fiction book.
罗伯特·海因莱因的《异乡异客》是我最喜欢的科幻小说。
Most of the books Heinlein wrote were pretty straightforward.
海因莱因写的大部分书表达都很直白。
“Stranger in A Strange Land” is so much more complicated than the other ones.
《异乡异客》则要比他的其他一些书复杂得多。
My favorite book on Abraham Lincoln is “Team of Rivals” by Doris Kearns Goodwin.
我最喜欢的关于亚伯拉罕·林肯的书是多丽丝·卡恩斯·古德温写的《竞争团队》。
It's just very well-written.
写得很好。
It's very readable.
可读性很高。
And you do get a sense of a pretty special person.
这本书能让你了解一下这位传奇人物。
The best book I've ever read by a rock star is “Surrender” by Bono.
我读过的摇滚明星写的最好的书是波诺的《投降》。
It's got great stories about his music.
里面有关于他音乐的精彩故事。
His loyalty to his band-mates, to his family, is really pretty incredible.
他对乐队成员和家庭的忠诚着实令人钦佩。
“Mendeleyev’s Dream” by Paul Strathern is the best book I've ever read on the periodic table.
保罗·斯特拉森的《门捷列夫的梦》是我读过的关于元素周期表的最好的书。
All of chemistry basically comes from the properties on that chart.
所有的化学研究几乎都是基于这张图表。
Well, I hope you get a chance to read some of these books.
有机会的话，希望你能读一读其中的一些书。
And if you check your closest Little Free Library, you might even find that I've left a set for you.
如果你去到离你最近的小小免费图书馆，你可能还会发现我给你准备了一套书。
Happy Holidays everyone, and happy reading!
祝大家假日愉快，阅读愉快！
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