大跌眼镜英媒评出最具影响力的10本书_BEC初级作文

大跌眼镜英媒评出最具影响力的10本书

The Double Helix, which is an autobiographical account of the discovery of the structure of DNA written by James D. Watson, also made the cut in tenth place.

另外詹姆斯·杜威·沃森的讲述发现DNA结构过程的自传著作《双螺旋》也入选，排在第10名。

Classic works of fiction also made up the top 10, including George Orwell’s dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, which came in fifth place and Harper Lee’s classic To Kill A Mockingbird at number seven.

这十本书中还包括了一些经典的小说，乔治·奥威尔的反乌托邦小说《一九八四》排在第5位，哈波·李的《杀死一只知更鸟》排在第7位。

Tom Walker, Editorial Director at The Folio Society, said: ‘The results of the survey highlighted some interesting dynamics, with A Brief History of Time on the list -surely one of the most under-read bestsellers ever written, - relatively little on economics despite the financial climate and only two overtly political, fiction titles in the list.

弗里欧书社的编辑部主任汤姆·沃克说：“这次的调查结果反映出一些非常有趣的问题，比如《时间简史》是一本很少人阅读的畅销书，而尽管当前经济局势不佳但入选的经济类书籍却相对较少，另外政治色彩鲜明的小说入选的也仅占两名。”

‘The first question I had was whether the similar figures for Darwin and the Bible does show a continuing polarisation between the realms of science and religion, or whether in fact it reveals a more balanced approach to ideas for the modern reader.