脸书CEO强推《三体》：年度书单还有哪些？

 　　Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s 2015 new year’s resolution was to read an important book every two week and discuss it with the Facebook community.

　　脸书CEO马克·扎克伯格2015年的新年决心就是每两个礼拜读一本重要的书，并且在网站的社区上讨论。

　　Zuckerberg’s book club, A Year of Books, has focused on big ideas that affect society and the business community. He has broken up those heavy books with some lighter¹ science fiction, Liu Cixin’s “The Three-body Problem.

　　扎克伯格的读书俱乐部“读书之年”聚焦影响社会和商界的伟大想法。他已经舍弃内容沉重的大部头书，取而代之的是轻松愉悦的科幻小说——刘慈欣的《三体》。

　　It was first published in China in 2008, and the English translation that came out last year, won the 2015 hugo award for Best Novel.

　　《三体》出版于2008年，其译本去年问世，获2015年雨果奖最佳长篇小说。

　　Zuckerberg sci-fi picks can be lighter fare than his other options, but they all have some cultural significance.

　　比起马克·扎克伯格选的其他书籍，科幻类相对内容轻松，但都颇具文化意义。

　　Zuckerberg, who learned Mandarin², has been a student of Chinese and chinese culture in recent years as he tried to persuade the Chinese government to give its 1.4 billion inhabitants access to their social networks.

　　马克·扎克伯格学过普通话，因为想说服中国政府让其14亿居民上他的社交网站，近几年学起了中文和中国文化。

　　On his private Facebook page, he said: “the Three-body Problem” will be “a fun break from all the economic and social sciences books I’ve read recently.”He added that he will increase the pace of his book picks.

　　在他脸书个人页面上，他写道，“近来我读经济和社会科学，而‘三体问题’内容轻松有趣，可以作为调剂。”他补充说道，他会加快选书的节奏。

　　A Year of Books so far:

　　附录：迄今为止扎克伯格的“年度书单”：

　　“The end of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why is Responsible is Not What It Used to Be”by Moisés Naím

　　莫伊塞斯·纳伊姆的《权力的终结：权力正在失去，世界如何运转》

　　“The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined”by Steven pinker

　　史蒂文·平克的《人性中的善良天使：暴力为什么会减少》

　　“On Immunity³: An Inoculation”by Eula Biss

　　尤拉·比斯的《论免疫：预防接种》

　　“Creativity, Inc.: To overcome the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration”by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace

　　艾德·卡特姆和埃米·华莱士的《创新公司：皮克斯的启示》

　　“The Structure of Scientific Revolutions”by Thomas S. Kuhn

　　库恩·S·托马斯的《科学革命的结构》

　　“Rational Ritual: Culture, Coordination⁴ and Common Knowledge”by Michael Chwe

　　崔时英的《理性的仪式：文化，协调和常识》

　　“Dealing with China: An Insider Reveals the New Economic Superpower”by Henry M. Paulson

　　汉克·保尔森的《与中国打交道：内部人士揭秘新经济超级大国》

　　“Orwell’s Revenge: 1984 Palimpsest”by Peter Huber

　　彼得·休伯的 《奥威尔的报复》

　　“The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration⁵ in the Age of Colorblindness”by Michelle Alexander

　　亚力山大·米歇尔的《新种族隔离主义》

　　“The Muqaddimah”of Ibn Khaldun

　　伊本·赫勒敦的《历史导论》

　　“Sapiens: A Brief History of Humanity”by Kristina Noah Harari

　　克里斯蒂娜·诺亚·哈若瑞的《智人：人类简史》

　　“The Player of Games”by Iain M. Banks

　　伊恩·M·班克斯的《游戏玩家》

　　“Energy: A Beginner’s Guide”by Vaclav Smil

　　瓦科拉夫·斯米尔的《能量》

　　“Genome: the Autobiography⁶ of a Species in 23 Chapters”by Matt Ridley

　　马特·里德利的《基因组》

　　“The Varieties of Religious Experience: A study in Human Nature”by William James

　　威廉·詹姆士的《宗教经验之种种》

　　“Portfolios of the Poor: How the World’s Poor Live on $ 2 a Day”by Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, Stuart Rutherford, and Orlanda Ruthven

　　达里尔·柯林斯和乔纳森莫多克的《穷人的投资组合：一天2美元的贫困生活》

　　“Why Nations Fail: the Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty” by Daren Acemo?lu and James Robinson

　　达龙·阿瑟穆顾鲁和詹姆斯·罗兵逊《国家为何衰落：能源、财富与贫困的起源》

　　“The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves”by Matt Ridley

　　马特·里德利的《理性乐观派：一部人类经济进步史》

　　“The Three-body Problem”by Liu Cixin

　　刘慈欣《三体》

1 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。

2 Mandarin   

n.中国官话，国语，满清官吏；adj.华丽辞藻的

参考例句：

• Just over one billion people speak Mandarin as their native tongue.大约有十亿以上的人口以华语为母语。
• Mandarin will be the new official language of the European Union.普通话会变成欧盟新的官方语言。

3 immunity   

n.优惠；免除；豁免，豁免权

参考例句：

• The law gives public schools immunity from taxation.法律免除公立学校的纳税义务。
• He claims diplomatic immunity to avoid being arrested.他要求外交豁免以便避免被捕。

4 coordination   

n.协调，协作

参考例句：

• Gymnastics is a sport that requires a considerable level of coordination.体操是一项需要高协调性的运动。
• The perfect coordination of the dancers and singers added a rhythmic charm to the performance.舞蹈演员和歌手们配合得很好，使演出更具魅力。

5 incarceration   

n.监禁，禁闭；钳闭

参考例句：

• He hadn't changed much in his nearly three years of incarceration. 在将近三年的监狱生活中，他变化不大。 来自辞典例句
• Please, please set it free before it bursts from its long incarceration! 请你，请你将这颗心释放出来吧！否则它会因长期的禁闭而爆裂。 来自辞典例句

6 autobiography   

n.自传

参考例句：

• He published his autobiography last autumn.他去年秋天出版了自己的自传。
• His life story is recounted in two fascinating volumes of autobiography.这两卷引人入胜的自传小说详述了他的生平。