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I'm looking forward to the holidays this year.
我很期待今年的假期生活。
I'm not only recommending some books, but other things as well.
这次我不仅会推荐一些值得看的书，还会就其他方面做一些推荐。
I was lucky to get an advanced copy of "Not the End of the World" by Hannah Richie.
我有幸拿到了汉娜·里奇所著的《这不是世界末日》的预印本。
Her book combines two important discussions that need to be considered together, but haven't been.
她的书结合了两个重要的议题，这两个议题需要合并思考，但目前还没有这么做。
She zooms out to not just look at health improvement, but to look at improvements to the environment.
她将观察视角放大，不仅聚焦于健康状况的改善，还关注于改善环境问题。
And in no way does she downplay the urgency of solving climate change and other environmental issues.
她丝毫没有淡化解决气候变化和其他环境问题的紧迫性。
The overall picture she paints is, the world is getting a lot better, the world still has a lot of very bad stuff we shouldn't accept, and we need to be very focused and prioritize funding and innovation and delivery to get improvements out to everyone in the world.
她所描绘的总体情况是，我们的世界正变得越来越好，但仍有许多我们不该接受的、非常糟糕的东西，我们应集中精力于这些事情上，优先考虑资金、创新和交付问题，让世界上每个人的状况都能有所改善。
"The Song of the Cell", by Siddhartha Mukherjee is an important book.
悉达多·慕克吉的《细胞之歌》是一本有重要意义的书。
I think it's great for people to have a sense of biology because the world of medicine is moving very quickly.
我认为，掌握一些生物学知识对人们来说非常重要，因为医学界发展非常迅速。
All of us get sick.
我们所有人都会生病。
All of us have friends who get sick.
我们每个人身边也都有生病的朋友。
And he does a great job of giving you a sense that every misfunction eventually comes down to something about these cellular components.
他很巧妙地让你意识到，每一种功能的失调最终都会归结到一些细胞成分的改变上。
And yet, to understand the innovation and the challenges, this is very foundational knowledge.
然而，如果要理解创新的含义和挑战机遇的话，这是非常基础的知识。
He's a great science author.
他是一位伟大的科普作家。
"Invention and Innovation", by Vaclav Smil is an absolutely fantastic book.
瓦茨拉夫·斯米尔的《发明与创新》绝对是一本精彩的书。
It's got a good tone.
书中章节节奏安排得很好。
And then, he knows all the twists and turns, and it's so good.
作者知道如何描写起承转折，非常棒。
It's so full of facts and when numbers are needed, he uses numbers.
书中论据充分，需要数据支持时，作者就会拿出相关数据支撑。
He is so much a better author today than in his early years, where he was kind of more of a researcher taking notes.
相较其早年，他现在的写作水平更加出色，他更像是一个在做笔记的研究员。
Now, he really writes for people to read.
如今的他是真心为了人们的阅读体验而写作的。
One thing I love to do when I get time is to watch online courses.
另外，我特别喜欢在闲暇时间观看在线课程。
And one course that I found even more interesting than I expected was Timothy Taylor on economics.
我发现有一门课程比我预想的还要有趣，那就是蒂莫西·泰勒的经济学。
It's an economic history of the world where he's taking different regions, and the basic economic history of how you get companies, and how they get organized.
他讲的是一部世界经济史，他从不同地区的情况入手，讲述了公司如何建立、如何组织的基本经济史。
You know first you have these railroad companies and these auto companies and what is profit coming from.
首先讲到了铁路公司和汽车公司的利润从何而来。
And, all the Timothy Taylor stuff, I think, is so good.
我觉得蒂莫西·泰勒所有的作品都非常棒。
Honestly if you want to do economics, the stuff on Great Courses is by far the best.
老实说，如果你想学经济学，“伟大的课程”上的东西目前来说是最棒的了。
And finally, I'm listening to holiday music on Spotify.
最后要说的是，我还在Spotify上收听节日歌曲。我整理了一份音乐列表，其中包括了世界各地的节日歌曲。
I put together a playlist including holiday songs from around the world.
I hope you'll listen too.
希望大家也可以听一听。
Happy holidays.
祝各位节日快乐。
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