新概念雙語(yǔ)：奧巴馬公布年度最愛(ài)讀物：你猜是哪本

The “best books of the year” list is a time-honored tradition among media outlets and publishers， with selections rolling in just after Thanksgiving.

“年度最佳讀物”是各媒體渠道和出版商歷史悠久的傳統(tǒng)，感恩節(jié)后便有候選書本蜂擁而來(lái)。

A range of novels were selected last week。 Among them were Kazuo Ishiguro‘s strange fable-like fantasy， Alexandra Kleeman’s satire， and， apparently， Barack Obama‘s favorite book of the year： Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff.

上周選出了各類小說(shuō)，其中有石黑一雄寓言式奇幻小說(shuō)、亞歷山德拉·卡里曼的諷刺作品，顯然還有巴拉克·奧巴馬的年度最愛(ài)：勞倫·格羅夫的《命運(yùn)女神和復(fù)仇女神》。

It‘s a deeply personal story of marriage and secrets.

這則故事關(guān)婚姻和秘密，內(nèi)容極其私密。

At first， the book seems an unconventional choice for the president. It‘s not political， and there’s not a word in it about foreign relations.

期初，這本書對(duì)總統(tǒng)而言看起來(lái)是不合常規(guī)的選擇。不是政論小說(shuō)，對(duì)外交關(guān)系不著一字。

In fact， Groff‘s National Book Award-nominated story is deeply personal -- it’s the story of a marriage from the secretive perspectives of both partners.

事實(shí)上，格羅夫獲美國(guó)國(guó)家圖書獎(jiǎng)提名的故事非常個(gè)人化，從愛(ài)侶雙方秘密的視角講述了婚姻的故事。

But， Obama‘s been exploring literary territory even more than usual lately.

但近日奧巴馬探尋文學(xué)領(lǐng)域比以往深入得多。

Earlier this year， he interviewed another National Book Award nominee， Marilynne Robinson， about community， violence and othering in America.

年初，奧巴馬就社區(qū)、暴力還有美國(guó)他者化問(wèn)題采訪了另一位被美國(guó)國(guó)家圖書獎(jiǎng)提名的作者瑪麗蓮·魯濱遜。