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There’s no business like show business — but in Los Angeles, it feels like there’s no business at all.

没有哪一行能比得上娱乐业——但在洛杉矶，感觉根本就没什么生意可做了。

If, like most business people, you spend your life dashing from office to plane, train to home, boardroom to washroom, what you really need to do is stay in more, sit down — and read a book.

如果你像大多数商务人士一样，一辈子都在奔波——从办公室到飞机，从火车到家里，从会议室到洗手间——那么你真正需要做的是多待在家里，坐下来——读一本书。

But for the most part, this isn’t what the business community does. I have yet to meet a chief executive who reads regularly. Many skip newspapers, and magazines are a stretch. They don’t have time, they say. It’s inefficient; they can get the information they need from those around them. At a pinch, they might pick up a business book before a long flight, in the hope that, like a cookbook, it will provide a foolproof recipe. Some are drawn to what I think of as “business car crash” books — the stories of Theranos, Purdue, or WeWork. But outside those narrow pools of interest, a vast ocean awaits, bountiful with simmering ideas, mental adventure and imaginative refreshment.

但在大多数情况下，商界人士并不这样做。我还从未见过一位经常阅读的首席执行官。许多人不看报纸，杂志对他们来说也很勉强。他们说自己没有时间。阅读效率太低；他们可以从身边的人那里获得所需的信息。实在不得已时，他们可能会在长途飞行前拿起一本商业书籍，希望它能像食谱一样提供万无一失的秘诀。有些人被我所说的“商业车祸”类书籍所吸引——比如Theranos、普渡或WeWork的故事。但在这些狭小的兴趣池之外，一片浩瀚的海洋正等待着你，那里满是酝酿中的思想、心灵的冒险和想象力的焕新。

(47) A return to that version of scientific literacy, which focused more on teaching what science is and how it works and less on memorizing scientific facts, seems like something society today desperately needs.

(47) 回归那种版本的科学素养——更注重教授科学是什么以及科学如何运作，而较少注重记忆科学事实——似乎正是当今社会迫切需要的。

Ask people about public libraries and a certain image springs to mind: dusty, old-fashioned, the sort of place you enjoyed as a child but, rather like a British seaside town, would you go there now?

问起公共图书馆，人们脑海中会浮现出某种印象：布满灰尘、过时老旧，是你小时候喜欢去的那种地方——但就像英国的海滨小镇一样，你现在还会去那里吗？

According to our research, around one in five workers in the UK talk to AI like a friend, looking for guidance on personal and professional problems.

根据我们的研究，英国约有五分之一的员工像对待朋友一样与人工智能交谈，就个人和工作问题寻求指导。

We often hear people ask why we solicit donations at our entry points, especially when the city’s largest festivals like the Chicago Jazz Festival do not request donations.

我们经常听到有人问，为什么我们要在入口处募捐，尤其是像芝加哥爵士音乐节这样的城市大型节庆都不要求捐款。

Tipping has always been a vital source of income for workers in historically tipped services, like restaurants, where the tipped minimum wage can be as low as US $2.13 an hour.

对于传统上收小费的服务行业（如餐厅）的员工来说，小费一直是重要的收入来源，在这些行业中，领取小费员工的最低工资可低至每小时2.13美元。

Worse, when policies like the national obesity strategy are scrapped, taxpayers are left with the hefty price tag of treating the illnesses, like diabetes, that result.

更糟的是，当国家肥胖战略之类的政策被废除时，纳税人就得承担治疗由此引发的疾病（如糖尿病）的高昂费用。

Worse, when policies like the national obesity strategy are scrapped, taxpayers are left with the hefty price tag of treating the illnesses, like diabetes, that result.

更糟的是，当国家肥胖战略之类的政策被废除时，纳税人就得承担治疗由此引发的疾病（如糖尿病）的高昂费用。

So whether you’re suggesting a (seemingly) benign change like streamlining outdated protocol, or a bigger change like adding an hour to each workday so people can leave early on Fridays, you’re asking others to reimagine their workflow or schedule.

因此，无论你提出的是（看似）无害的改变，比如精简过时的规程，还是更大的改变，比如每个工作日多工作一小时以便大家周五能早点下班，你都是在要求别人重新设想自己的工作流程或日程安排。

So whether you’re suggesting a (seemingly) benign change like streamlining outdated protocol, or a bigger change like adding an hour to each workday so people can leave early on Fridays, you’re asking others to reimagine their workflow or schedule.

因此，无论你提出的是（看似）无害的改变，比如精简过时的规程，还是更大的改变，比如每个工作日多工作一小时以便大家周五能早点下班，你都是在要求别人重新设想自己的工作流程或日程安排。

Peters likes to photograph butterflies in a landscape, celebrating the beauty of their surroundings as well as the insects themselves.

彼得斯喜欢拍摄风景中的蝴蝶，既赞美这些昆虫本身，也赞美它们周围环境之美。

Because, let’s be honest: No one likes a know-it-all.

因为，说实话：没有人喜欢自以为无所不知的人。

I’d like to lay out my reasoning.

我想说明一下我的理由。

Being a good parent is what every parent would like to be.

做一个好父母是每个父母都希望的。

Still, [while] every parent would like to be patient, this is no easy [task].

不过，尽管每个父母都想要有耐心，这却不是一项容易的任务。

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Beginning in 2006, some scientists have [argued] that plants possess neuron-like cells that interact with hormones and neurotransmitters, [forming] “a plant nervous system, [analogous] to that in animals,” said lead study author Lincoln Taiz, “They [even] claimed that plants have ‘brain-like command centers’ at their root tips.”

该研究的第一作者林肯·泰兹说：“从2006年开始，一些科学家就主张植物拥有与激素和神经递质相互作用的类神经元细胞，从而构成‘一个类似于动物神经系统的植物神经系统’，他们甚至声称植物的根尖处有‘类似大脑的指挥中心’。”

Beginning in 2006, some scientists have [argued] that plants possess neuron-like cells that interact with hormones and neurotransmitters, [forming] “a plant nervous system, [analogous] to that in animals,” said lead study author Lincoln Taiz, “They [even] claimed that plants have ‘brain-like command centers’ at their root tips.”

该研究的第一作者林肯·泰兹说：“从2006年开始，一些科学家就主张植物拥有与激素和神经递质相互作用的类神经元细胞，从而构成‘一个类似于动物神经系统的植物神经系统’，他们甚至声称植物的根尖处有‘类似大脑的指挥中心’。”

The other reason why costs are so high is the restrictive guild-like ownership structure of the business.

费用如此之高的另一个原因是这一行业类似行会的限制性所有权结构。

The guild-like ownership structure is considered “restrictive” partly because it ____

类似行会的所有权结构被认为是“限制性的”，部分原因是它____

There’s no business like show business — but in Los Angeles, it feels like there’s no business at all.

没有哪一行能比得上娱乐业——但在洛杉矶，感觉根本就没什么生意可做了。

Say your boss picks holes in your sales report, and you come away feeling like this means she thinks you’re a [poor] member of staff.

比如说，老板挑出了你销售报告中的毛病，而你事后觉得这意味着她认为你是个差劲的员工。

Ever since taking on Netflix Inc. at its own game, old Hollywood has struggled to turn a profit in streaming, with the likes of Disney+, Peacock and Paramount+ losing billions of dollars each year, sparking concerns that the services will never be as profitable as cable once was.

自从在流媒体领域与奈飞公司正面交锋以来，老牌好莱坞一直难以在流媒体业务上盈利，Disney+、Peacock和Paramount+等平台每年亏损数十亿美元，引发了人们的担忧：这些服务永远不会像有线电视曾经那样赚钱。

Before, they might not insure the ones who felt like a high risk or charge them too much, or they would charge them too little and then it would cost the company money.

以前，他们可能不给那些看起来高风险的人投保，或者向他们收取过高的保费；又或者收费过低，结果让公司赔钱。

Younger children should feel like they're choosing their home — without actually getting a choice in the matter, said Adam Bailey, real estate attorney based in New York.

纽约的房地产律师亚当·贝利说，应该让年幼的孩子感觉是自己在选房子——但实际上并不让他们在这件事上做选择。

Asking them questions about what they like about the backyard of a potential home will make them feel like they're being included in the decision-making process, Bailey said.

贝利说，问问他们喜欢候选房屋后院的什么地方，会让他们觉得自己参与了决策过程。