If you're looking for a good book to read this summer, these five are some of my favorites.
如果你正在寻找一本好的夏季读物，在我最爱的书单当中，我推荐这五本书。
A Promised Land by Barack Obama.
奥巴马的《应许之地》。
Barack shares his career and how he ended up being president of the United States, the tough decisions he made, and which ones he wonders if he got right.
在书中，奥巴马分享了他的执政历程，以及最后离任总统的故事，这也是他做出的一项艰难决定，他也不清楚自己的决定是否正确。
I think it's a powerful book with lots of insights into great leadership.
这本书铿锵有力，对伟大的领导能力提出许多见解。
An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System by Matt Richtel.
马特·里克特的《优雅的守卫者： 免疫系统的非凡新科学》。
The human immune system is quite phenomenal.
人类的免疫系统相当不可思议。
And the last 10 years we've gained a lot more knowledge, which is one of the reasons why we can make new vaccines and cure lots of additional diseases.
在过去的10年间，我们获取了许多知识，这也是我们能够制造新疫苗，治愈许多其他疾病的原因。
This book, it's approachable.
这本书通俗易懂。
It's fascinating.
能够吸引读者。
I recommend it.
我极为推荐。
Lights Out by Thomas Gryta and Ted Mann.
托马斯·格里塔和特德·曼恩的《熄灯》。
GE is a company that's widely admired for being global, dealing with the cycles of the different businesses they're in.
通用电气（GE）公司是一家享誉全球的公司，主要负责处理其行业内不同商业周期的业务。
And yet today, GE is worth a fraction of what it was at its peak, making people wonder did Jack Welch exaggerate the success?
但如今，与巅峰时期相比，通用电气（GE）公司已不见当年的风采，人们不禁好奇起来，杰克·韦尔奇当年的成功是否有夸大成分？
Did he pick the right successor?
他选对了继任者吗？
So, an important book to see where the system went awry, which led to a fall for a great company.
因此，这本书很重要，它警惕人们不要在系统上出差错，从而避免大公司走向衰落。
Under a White Sky by Elizabeth Kolbert.
伊丽莎白·科尔伯特的《苍天之下》。
She's a great writer.
她是位伟大的作家。
In terms of the negative effects of climate change, she does write about all these other environmental issues.
尽管全球变暖带来了诸多的负面影响，但她还是着眼于其他的一些环境问题。
All the stuff we do is, we do one thing to fix something and then we have to do another thing to fix that thing, and then another thing to fix that thing, and these things get very complicated.
我们做的所有事情都是，通过做一件事来解决一些问题，然后做另一件事情来解决另一问题，又去做其他事情来解决其他的问题，这一切很复杂。
So, I'm totally with her that there's a variety of problems.
所以，我很赞同她的观点，总会存在各种各样的问题。
You'll wonder where it's headed.
The Overstory, a novel by Richard Powers.理查德·鲍尔斯的《树语》。你可能想知道，这本书想说明什么。
A lot of different stories converging.
它由许多不同的故事而组成。
You'll understand that it's somewhat about the beauty of nature and how trees are so important.
（读完这本书）你会明白，某种程度上，它描写了自然之美，以及树木是如此重要。
Very well told.
这本书的描写极为详细。
Quite creative.
相当有创意。
It's great fiction.
构思十分巧妙。
I loved reading these books, and I hope you do too.
我喜欢读这些书，希望你也能爱上它。
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