Top 21 English Book Recommendations

Hi.

I’m Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.

What’s a great way to remember vocabulary
words?

Let’s talk about it.

I get a lot of emails from students that ask
me, “Vanessa, how can I remember vocabulary?

I always watch videos, or podcasts, or movies,
and then all of the words just flow right

out of my mind.

They go in one ear and out the other.”

One of the keys to remembering vocabulary,
or grammar, or really anything in English

is to have a lot of input, to use it and hear
it in a lot of different situations, or to

read.

Reading is a fabulous way to remember what
you’re learning.

As you’re reading, you’re going to see real
vocabulary, real grammar, beautiful sentences,

and you’re going to immerse yourself in English.

I already have several videos with some easy
English book recommendations, more intermediate

book recommendations.

And today, I would like to share with you
my nonfiction book recommendations for improving

your life, expanding your mind, and also learning
English.

Nonfiction means stories that are real.

These are either stories like biographies,
memoirs, historical stories, or they could

be some type of self-help book helping to
improve various areas of your life.

Today, this video is going to be divided into
two categories.

At the beginning, I’m going to be sharing
some nonfiction, memoirs, biographies, historical

stories, these books that tell a story.

In my mind, these are a little bit simpler
because you’re following a story that’s happening.

And in the second half of this video, I’m
going to share some informational books.

These books could be self-help books.

These books could be helping you in your business
life, helping you to succeed.

But, these are a little more technical, but
you can still use them, even if you’re learning

English and you aren’t so confident about
reading.

These books are a great way to improve your
life and also improve your English.

If you’d like to buy any of these books or
if you want to just check out a free sample,

you can click on the Amazon link in the description
where I compiled a list of all of these books,

and it will be easy for you to just quickly
check them out.

So, make sure you check out the link in the
description.

All right.

Let’s get started with my first book recommendation
in the story section.

These are true stories that happened, but
I feel like they’re a little bit simpler to

read.

All right.

Let’s get started with the first one.

My first nonfiction book recommendation is
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

I think everyone knows a little bit about
this story, right?

Anne Frank’s family was in hiding because
they were Jewish during World War II.

They were hiding.

They were caught.

They were sent to a concentration camp.

It’s really a tragic ending, but her book
doesn’t really have a tragic feeling.

This is the diary of a young girl.

It is her growing up, and it really has this
vein of hope throughout this entire book.

She has a beautiful and complex outlook on
life.

So, I challenge you to read this book in her
own words.

Don’t just read a summary of this book.

Read Anne Frank’s real words in the story.

I’d like to read you a quick sample of this
book, as well as a sample of some of the others

we’re going to look at.

Let’s look at a sample.

“Saturday, June 20th, 1942.

I haven’t written for a few days because I
wanted, first of all, to think about my diary.

It’s an odd idea for someone like me to keep
a diary, not only because I have never done

so before, but because it seems to me that
neither I, nor for that matter anyone else,

will be interested in unbosomings of a 13-year-old
school girl.

Still, what does it matter?

I want to write.

But more than that, I want to bring out all
kinds of things that lie buried deep in my

heart.”

What a wonderful introduction to her book.

All right.

Let’s go to my second recommendation.

My second book recommendation is called I
am Malala by Malala Yousafzai.

Malala, when she was a teenager, she was going
to school in a peaceful area of Pakistan.

But when Pakistan was taken over, or her region
was taken over by the Taliban, she ended up

getting shot by just going to school as a
girl.

This seems also, like Anne Frank, a really
tragic story, but hers is also a story of

hope because Malala lives, and she goes on
to be an advocate for education for girls

as a way to lead the world to peace.

That when we educate, we are also bringing
more peace to the world.

Because her book is written to teens or young
adults, the level of writing is relatively

simple and it’s a fascinating story.

It’s a life-changing story, in fact.

So, it is a good place to start if you feel
a little hesitant about starting to read books

in English.

Let me read you a sample.

“When our bus was called, we ran down the
steps.

As usual, I don’t remember anything after
that, but here’s the story that’s been told

to me.

Two young men in white robes stepped in front
of our truck.

‘Is this the Khushal school bus?’ one of them
asked.

The driver laughed.

The name of the school was painted in black
letters on the side.

The other young man jumped onto the tailboard
and leaned into the back where we were all

sitting.

‘Who is Malala?’ he asked.

No one said a word, but a few girls looked
in my direction.

He raised his arm and pointed at me.

Some of the girls screamed, and I squeezed
Moniba’s hand.

Who is Malala?

I am Malala, and this is my story.”

Whew.

What a strong beginning to a book.

All right.

Let’s go to our next recommendation.

My next book recommendation is Educated by
Tara Westover.

This book is about to Tara’s life growing
up in an isolated, extremely religious family

in the US who never went to school and never
saw a doctor until she became an adult.

Yes, this is a story about becoming educated
and how knowledge can change your life.

But ultimately, this is a book about family,
and belonging, and your sense of home.

It’s quite complex.

Last year, I read this book.

My husband, Dan, also read it, and he said
this was one of the best books that he has

ever read, so it has his recommendation as
well.

Also, with maybe 22,000 positive reviews on
Amazon, maybe you should check it out.

Let’s read a sample.

“My strongest memory is not a memory.

It’s something I imagined then came to remember
as if it had happened.

The memory was formed when I was five, just
before I turned six, from a story my father

told in such detail that I and my brothers
and sister had each conjured our own cinematic

version with gunfire and shouts.

Mine has crickets.”

Crickets here means silence, quiet.

“That’s the sound I hear as my family huddles
in the kitchen, lights off hiding from the

feds,” the fed is the federal government,"
who’ve surrounded the house.

A woman reaches for a glass of water, and
her silhouette is lighted by the moon.

A shot … echoes like a lash of a whip, and
she falls.

In my memory, it’s always mother who falls,
and she has a baby in her arms.

The baby doesn’t make any sense.

I’m the youngest of my mother’s seven children.

But like I said, none of this happened."

This is a very complex, deep, sad, but also
hopeful story.

I hope you’ll enjoy it.

My next book recommendation is Walking the
Nile by Levison Wood.

Levison is a photographer, an adventurer,
and also a writer.

He decides to walk 6,500 kilometers along
the entire Nile River through six African

countries and document his journey.

You are like his travel partner in this boo.,
You learn about the cities that he visits,

the history of each area, about how to escape
aggressive hippos, about finding wood, food

in the wild.

There are a lot of things that happened to
him in this book, but they are all extremely

fascinating, and it is also a book about gaining
knowledge about a region of the world that

maybe you don’t know an awful lot about.

Let’s read a sample.

“Bor, South Sudan, April 2014.

The moment we entered the compound, I knew
things were bad.

The South Sudan hotel had been opened in the
run-up to independence in 2011, promoted widely

as a safe place for foreign dignitaries to
stay while visiting Bor.

But as we approached, I saw the hotel mini
bus sitting gutted on the side of the road

riddled with bullet holes.”

A little ominous start here to his adventure.

But, I hope you’ll enjoy this book if you
enjoy adventure, as well as our next book,

which is also about adventure.

My next book recommendation is Into Thin Air
by Jon Krakauer.

One of his most famous books is called Into
the Wild.

And while I enjoyed that book, I felt like
this book gripped me in a different way.

It’s about his adventure, and journey, and
really tragedy hiking Mount Everest, climbing

Mount Everest.

He was hired as a journalist.

His career is a journalist.

He was hired to document his experience hiking
and climbing up Mount Everest.

But what he didn’t know is that he would be
climbing Mount Everest during the most deadly

spring season in Mount Everest history.

When I finished reading this book, my first
thought was, “I’m so glad that no one I love

wants to climb Mount Everest.

This is crazy.

It is way too dangerous.

Why would anyone want to do this?”

But in the book, he gives some explanations
about what draws people to these types of

extreme adventures.

Let’s read a sample.

“On March 1996, Outside Magazine sent me to
Nepal to participate in and write about a

guided ascent of Mount Everest.

I went as one of eight clients on an expedition
led by a well-known guide from New Zealand

named Rob Hall.

On May 10th, I arrived on the top of the mountain,
but the summit came at a terrible cost.

Among my five teammates who reached the top,
four, including Hall, perished in a rogue

storm that blew in without warning while we
were still high on the peak.

By the time I descended to base camp, nine
climbers from the four expeditions were dead,

and three more lives would be lost before
the month was out.

“Several authors and editors I respect counseled
me not to write the book as quickly as I did.

Their advice was sound.”

Sound means good.

“Their advice was sound.

But in the end, I ignored it, mostly because
what happened on the mountain was gnawing

my guts out.

I thought that writing the book might purge
Everest from my life.”

Because of the tragedy that he experienced
on Mount Everest, he had this terrible feeling.

He uses the word gnawing.

Gnawing is when you’re eating and biting something
like … It feels terrible inside of you.

After he climbed Mount Everest, he had this
terrible feeling inside of him, and he thought

that writing this book would help to make
him feel better.

He uses the term to purge.

This means to get it out of him and make him
feel cleansed.

This didn’t really happen from writing this
book, but he hoped it would.

And it is quite an interesting read.

So if you’re interested, hiking, climbing,
adventure, check out this one.

My next recommendation is Dead Wake by Erik
Larson.

I’ve read a couple Erik Larson books, and
I’ve enjoyed them all, so I tried to find

my top favorite to recommend to you.

But if you like this book, make sure you check
out some of his others.

He always takes one specific piece of history
and just makes it come alive.

In this book, he’s writing about the last
crossing of the Lusitania.

The Lusitania was a huge ocean cruise ship
or liner, kind of like the Titanic, that went

from the American side of the Atlantic over
to the other side to the UK.

But when it got closer to the UK, it was sunk,
and this spurred a lot of changes, especially

the US entering into World War I.

So the ship, the Lusitania, is quite key in
history of the world.

I thought that I knew this story because I’d
heard a little bit about it in history class,

but it turns out I had no clue.

And I really blasted through this book and
couldn’t stop thinking about it and talking

about it with people that were anywhere close
to me, I wanted to share this story with them.

So, I would love to share it with you if you’re
interested in history, in human interest,

the little human stories that are happening
amongst this bigger story.

I hope that you will enjoy it.

Let’s take a look at a sample.

“On the night of May 6th, 1915, as his ship
approached the coast of Ireland, captain William

Thomas Turner left the bridge and made his
way to the first class lounge where passengers

were taking part in a concert and talent show.

Turner revealed to the audience that earlier
in the evening the ship had received a warning

by wireless of fresh submarine activity off
the Irish coast.

He assured the audience there was no need
for alarm.

He bade them goodnight and returned to the
bridge.

The talent show continued.

A few passengers slept fully clothed in the
dining room for fear of being trapped below

decks in their cabins if an attack were to
occur.

One especially anxious traveler, a Greek carpet
merchant, put on a life jacket and climbed

into a lifeboat to spend the night.”

There’s a sense of something is about to happen.

I’ll let you find out what happens when you
read the book.

My final recommendation in this nonfiction
historical section is one of my favorite books

of all time.

It is Captured: The True Story of Abduction
by Native Americans on the Texas Frontier.

This story blew my mind.

I couldn’t stop thinking about it for months.

It is fascinating.

There is a certain part in Texas where the
European settlers were living in the Native

American territory where they were living.

But, a lot of these children, some of these
children, were kidnapped by the local Native

Americans, the Apache tribe who was living
there.

And they were not just kidnapped, but they
were adopted into the tribe, treated as their

own, as their own children, and they were
raised as if they were part of the tribe.

The author’s great-great-great-uncle was one
of these children.

He was adopted into the tribe, and he grew
up to be a fierce warrior, sometimes raiding

and kidnapping other children from his home
village.

Then, after a few years, he was forcibly returned
to his biological family.

This cultural shift was shocking for him.

He couldn’t cope.

It’s just really interesting to see how somebody
can be completely immersed in a different

culture, a culture that is not getting along
with your home culture, and try to figure

out how do you do this type of life.

The author here, Scott Zesch, follows eight
children who were kidnapped by Apache and

Comanche.

These are the tribe names.

These Native American tribes were adopted
into their tribe and how they turned out,

what life was like for them.

If you’re interested in Native American life,
in this type of communication between European

settlers and the natives who were living in
the US, interested in this at all, I highly

recommend this book.

Let’s take a look at a quick sample.

He’s talking about his great-great-great uncle
who was one of these kidnapped children.

“His story was unusual, but not unique.

Dozens of children on the Texas frontier were
captured by Southern Plains Indians in the

1800s and adopted into the tribe.

Many came to prefer the Native American way
of life, resisting attempts to rescue them.

Long after they were forced to return to their
former biological families, they held fast

to what they’d learned while they were away.

Some anthropologists call these assimilated
children white Indians.

Not all of the captives were white, though.

The Plains American raiders abducted European-Americans,
Mexicans, Mexican-Americans, African Americans,

and Native Americans from other tribes.

They didn’t discriminate as to whom they killed
or kidnapped or whom they would eventually

adopt as their own.”

I highly recommend this book.

Read it now.

All right.

Let’s go to our next category, which is nonfiction
books that are more informational.

My first nonfiction book recommendation that
is informational is The Life-Changing Magic

of Tidying up by Marie Kondo.

This book is truly life-changing.

I got recommended this book by a friend, decided
to read it.

And within two weeks, I had gone through my
entire house, cleaned everything, tidied up,

everything, and it was all of a sudden so
much nicer.

This expression to tidy up is related to cleaning,
but it has more to do with organization.

The way that your house looks reflects how
your mind feels.

If your desk is messy, if your house has piles
of clothes and some old dishes sitting around,

that reflects how your mind feels.

You also feel more cluttered and unorganized
when your house is like this.

So, putting your house in order will also
help your mind feel more calm, and will help

you to put your life in order.

Let’s read a little excerpt.

“In this boo,.

I have summed up how to put your space in
order in a way that will change your life

forever.

Impossible?

A common response, but not surprising, considering
that almost everyone has experienced a rebound

effect at least once.”

Rebound means that you clean and then it just
gets messy again.

And then you clean, and it gets messy again.

“Have you ever tidied madly only to find that
all too soon your home and workspace is cluttered

again.

If so, let me share with you the secret of
success.”

Well, if your home needs a little bit of tidying
up, I highly recommend this book.

You might have seen the Netflix documentary
based on this book, and that’s a great starting

point.

But, you really need to get the book to be
able to see step by step her method to helping

you declutter your home.

So, make sure you check it out and start decluttering
today.

My next recommendation is How to Win friends
and Influence People by Dale Carnegie.

The subheading of this book is The Only Book
You’ll Need to Lead You to Success.

Wow.

One of the reviewers on Amazon said, “I’m
being transformed from a socially awkward,

timid, and defensive person to someone who
seems collected and confident.”

Ooh.

If that seems like you, well, you should read
this.

Let’s check out a sample.

“If by the time you have finished reading
the first three chapters of this book, if

you aren’t then a little better equipped to
meet life situations, then I shall consider

this book to be a total failure as far as
you’re concerned, for, quote, ‘the great aim

of education’ said Herbert Spencer, ‘is not
knowledge, but action.’

This is an action book.

This book will help you to take action and
to really change your life so that you can

win friends and influence people.”

All right.

Let’s go to our next recommendation.

The next recommendation is actually a student
recommendation.

I posted here on my YouTube channel in the
community section a question about what nonfiction

books you all enjoyed, and this was one of
them that a lot of you mentioned.

It is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

This book was named the number one best business
book of the 20th century.

And with more than 25 million copies sold,
do I need to say anymore?

You should read it.

All right.

Let’s go to the next one.

My next recommendation is Digital Minimalism
by Cal Newport.

As I was reading this book, I thought, “This
book is going to change my life.

I need to share this book with as many people
as I can.

How can I share this book?

Aha!

I should create a movie, a video on YouTube
about top nonfiction books.”

So thanks to this book, I’m making this video
for you.

Absolutely if you check your phone more than
three times a day, and most people do, you

need to read this book.

You need to know about how this is taking
over your life.

We are getting out of control, and we need
to take back control of our own lives in order

to be human.

Let’s take a look at a little sample.

“In September 2016, the influential blogger
and commentator Andrew Sullivan wrote a 7,000-word

essay for New York Magazine titled I Used
to Be a Human Being.

The subtitle was alarming, An Endless Bombardment
of News Gossip and Images has Rendered Us

Manic Information Addicts.

It Broke Me, and It Might Break You, Too.

He sits out a very clear plan about how to
become less addicted to your phone, how to

take control again, and use these services
in the best way possible.”

It is also an action book, and I highly recommend
it.

Let’s go to our next one.

My next recommendation is Freakonomics by
Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner.

The subheading is The Rogue Economists Explores
the Hidden Side of Everything.

After reading this book, you’ll have a new
way of looking at the world and seeing how

everything is connected.

He explains that if morality represents how
people would like the world to work, then

economics shows how it actually does work.

Let’s take a look at a little sample.

This is the sample from the description of
the first chapter in his book.

“What do school teachers and sumo wrestlers
have in common?

In which we explore the beauty of incentives,
as well as their dark side, cheating.

Who cheats?

Just about everyone.

Let’s talk about how cheaters cheat, how to
catch them, stories from an Israeli daycare

center, the sudden disappearance of 7 million
American children, cheating school teachers

in Chicago, why cheating to lose is worse
than cheating to win.

Could sumo wrestling, the national sport of
Japan, be corrupt?

What the bagel man saw.

Mankind may be more honest than we think.”

This is just the description of the first
chapter of his book.

This book is absolutely fascinating.

If you’re interested in reading it, make sure
you check out the link in the description

so that you can download it.

Let’s go to our next.

My next recommendation is actually a student
recommendation, and it is Factfulness by Hans

Rosling.

The subtitle of this book is 10 Reasons We’re
Wrong About the World and Why Things are Better

Than You Think.

Is the world getting better or getting worse?

If you would like to look beyond what the
media tells us and find the factfulness, find

the facts or the truth about the state of
the world, about global health, about global

violence, these big topics, make sure you
check out this book to educate yourself.

All right.

Let’s go to our next recommendation.

If you have children, are ever around children,
or work with children, you need to read How

to Talk So Kids Will Listen and How to Listen
So Kids Will Talk.

When I read this book, it absolutely shaped
the way that I am as a parent and the way

that I talk to my children or other children
in general, how I view my child’s negative

feelings, setting limits, setting boundaries,
being compassionate, but also having discipline

and guidelines.

This book really digs down into how a child’s
psychology is working and how you as a parent,

or as a caregiver, or as a teacher can work
with the child in order to help them be their

best self.

This is an essential book for anyone around
children.

Check it out.

My next recommendation is Outliers by Malcolm
Gladwell, The Story of Success.

What makes high achievers different?

Well, the Amazon description tells us, “Malcolm
Gladwell’s answer is that we pay too much

attention to what successful people are like
and too little attention to where they’re

from, that is their culture, their family,
their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences

of their upbringing.”

A wonderful quote from this book is, “I want
to convince you that these kinds of personal

explanations of success don’t work.

People don’t rise from nothing.

It is only by asking where they are from that
we can unravel the logic behind who succeeds

and who doesn’t.”

It is a fascinating story.

I actually listened to the audio book of this
when I was on a road trip, and it was a wonderful

thing to do while you’re in the car for a
couple hours.

I recommend checking it out.

My next recommendation is actually a student
recommendation, and it is Rich Dad, Poor Dad.

It is a story of what rich people teach their
children about money, but what poor and middle

class people don’t teach their children about
money.

It is the number one personal finance book
of all time.

So make sure if you’re interested in money,
interested in making your money work for you

and knowing where every little bit is going
so that you can become wealthy, even if you

do not have a high income, this book is for
you.

I have another student recommendation, and
that is the book Everything is Figureoutable

by Marie Forleo.

Marie Forleo has a huge YouTube channel about
helping people to face their fears and follow

their dreams.

This book is about her personal story and
also about helping you to achieve your goals.

The language is fairly simple.

So if you’re interested in trying to start
your own business or do something that takes

a lot courage, you need to be able to forget
your fears, to follow your dreams.

Check out this book, and you’ll be able to
get some motivation along the way.

If you like English and the history of languages,
I absolutely recommend The Mother Tongue:

English and How It Got that Way.

The author, Bill Bryson, has written so many
books.

In fact, I’m going to give another recommendation
of his in just a moment.

But, this book focuses on how English got
to be this way.

Have you ever wondered why there are seven
different pronunciations of O-U-G-H?

Though, bough, through, thought, cough, enough,
hiccup.

How did English get that way?

Well, this book is an interesting way to find
out.

I have another Bill Bryson recommendation.

This man is a fabulous writer, and he has
written about a variety of topics.

This time it is A Short History of Nearly
Everything.

Oh, boy.

This is a huge topic.

But, he has tackled this topic mastery.

You’re going to learn about the history of
the universe and how everything got to be

the way it is.

Let’s check out a little sample.

“Welcome, and congratulations.

I’m delighted that you could make it.

Getting here wasn’t easy.

I know.

In fact, I suspect it was a little tougher
than you realize.

To begin with, for you to be here now, trillions
of drifting atoms had somehow to assemble

in an intricate and intriguingly obliging
manner to create you.

It’s an arrangement so specialized and particular
that it has never been tried before, and it

will only exist this once.

For the next many years, we hope, these tiny
particles will uncomplainingly engage in all

of the billions of deft and cooperative efforts
necessary to keep you intact and let you experience

the supremely agreeable, but generally underappreciated
state known as existence.”

This man is a word smith.

He uses a lot of amazing words to craft his
story, so I hope that you will enjoy A Short

History of Nearly Everything.

My next recommendation is Sapiens by Yuval
Harari.

I decided to read this book because within
one week, two separate people recommended

it to me.

So, I thought, “It’s destiny.

I have to read it.”

And somehow, I found out that three of my
friends were also reading it at the same time,

so we created a little book club.

We all read it, and then talked about it and
had some fascinating discussions.

This book is full of what makes humans human.

How has our history as homo sapiens affected
who we are today as a species, as creatures,

and then as we interact with the world?

It is extremely fascinating.

Pretty much everyone who I’ve talked to who’s
read this book said, “Wow.

That book had a lot of amazing information
in it.”

So, I recommend checking it out.

My next recommendation deals with food, and
it is The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan.

If you have ever wondered where your food
comes from, I highly recommend this book.

Michael Pollan decides to take a deep dive
into the different ways that fruit is produced.

He buys a cow from a big factory farm and
follows that cow’s life.

He goes to check out some big organic farms
to see if life is really like the idyllic

picture on their logo.

Then, he goes to some smaller permaculture
farms to see what it’s like.

And he also visits some hunter-gatherers who
are trying to forage for their own mushrooms

and kill their own pigs, wild pigs, in California.

He visits different types of food production
and has his own thoughts about it, but also

lets you kind of come to your own conclusions
about this.

It is not a simple answer, it’s not a simple
question, but it is highly fascinating and

it affects our lives three times a day.

So, make sure you check out this book.

My final recommendation, congratulations for
making it this far in this video, is a huge

book, Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond.

Have you ever wondered why Europeans colonized
North America?

But have you asked a more interesting question?

Why didn’t North Americans colonize Europe?

Well, you might say, “Oh, it was their culture,
their history, their religion.”

But, why did those things originate in Europe?

Why did those things not originate in North
America?

This is a very deep, potentially controversial
question, but Jared Diamond comes to someone

amazing conclusions.

You might not agree with his conclusions,
maybe you will, but he asks those really deep,

hard-hitting questions.

I won’t lie.

This book is quite detailed.

When I started reading it, I made a goal for
myself that I will finish this book.

I know there’s a lot of data, a lot of specific
things that he talks about, but it is essential

to ask ourselves these questions, especially
when you’re really curious about the state

of the world.

So, make sure you check out this book, Guns,
Germs, and Steel, if you’re ready for a deep

dive into why things are the way they are.

Congratulations!

You have reached the end of this lesson.

It was very long, but this is also a passion
project for me because I love to read.

I love to share books with other people.

So, thank you so much for all of your student
recommendations.

I have a question for you.

Can you write a comment below and recommend
a book to me?

Maybe recommend a nonfiction book, like the
ones we talked about, these true stories,

or recommend a fiction book.

I’m always open to reading stories that have
been made up in our imagination that will

lead us into a different world.

I love reading about all different types of
things.

So, leave a comment and let me know what books
do you recommend that I read.

And if you would like to have any other book
recommendations, make sure you check out the

other videos that I’ve made about some fiction
books so that you can expand your mind and

improve your English.

Thank you so much for learning English with
me.

And I’ll see you again next Friday for a new
lesson here on my YouTube channel.

Bye.

The next step is to download my free ebook,
5 Steps to Becoming a Confident English Speaker.

You’ll learn what you need to do to speak
confidently and fluently.

Don’t forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel
for more free lessons.

Thanks so much.

Bye.

你好。

我是来自 SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com 的 Vanessa。

什么是记住词汇的好方法

让我们来谈谈它。

我收到很多学生发来的电子邮件,他们问
我,“Vanessa,我怎么能记住词汇?

我总是看视频、播客或电影,
然后所有的单词都

从我的脑海中涌现出来。

它们合二为一 耳朵和另一个。”

记住词汇、
语法或英语中任何东西的关键之一

是有大量的输入,
在很多不同的情况下使用它并听到它,或者

阅读。

阅读是记住所学内容的绝妙方式

当你阅读时,你会看到真实的
词汇、真实的语法、优美的句子

,你会沉浸在英语中。

我已经有几个视频,其中包含一些简单的
英语书籍推荐,更多的中级

书籍推荐。

今天,我想与您分享
我的非小说类书籍建议,以改善

您的生活,扩展您的思维以及学习
英语。

非小说是指真实的故事。

这些要么是传记、
回忆录、历史故事等故事,要么

是某种类型的自助书籍,有助于
改善你生活的各个方面。

今天,这个视频将分为
两类。

一开始,我将分享
一些非小说类、回忆录、传记、历史

故事,这些讲述故事的书。

在我看来,这些有点简单,
因为你正在关注一个正在发生的故事。

在本视频的后半部分,我
将分享一些信息类书籍。

这些书可以是自助书。

这些书可以帮助您的商业
生活,帮助您取得成功。

但是,这些有点技术性,但
你仍然可以使用它们,即使你正在学习

英语并且你对阅读没有那么自信

这些书是改善
生活和提高英语的好方法。

如果您想购买这些书籍中的任何一本,或者
只想查看免费样品,

您可以点击描述中的亚马逊链接
,我在其中编制了所有这些书籍的列表

,这很容易 你只是快速
检查出来。

因此,请务必查看说明中的
链接。

好的。

让我们从故事部分的第一本书推荐开始

这些都是发生的真实故事,但
我觉得它们更容易

阅读。

好的。

让我们从第一个开始。

我的第一本非小说类书籍推荐是
安妮弗兰克:一个年轻女孩的日记。

我想每个人都对
这个故事有所了解,对吧?

安妮弗兰克的家人
因为在二战期间是犹太人而躲藏起来。

他们躲起来了。

他们被抓住了。

他们被送往集中营。

结局真的很悲惨,但她的书
并没有真正悲壮的感觉。

这是一个年轻女孩的日记。

这是她的成长过程,
整本书都充满了希望。

她有着美丽而复杂的
人生观。

所以,我挑战你用她自己的话来读这本书

不要只阅读本书的摘要。

阅读故事中安妮弗兰克的真实话语。

我想给你读一个这本书的快速样本
,以及

我们将要查看的其他一些样本。

让我们看一个样本。

“1942 年 6 月 20 日,星期六。

我有几天没有写东西了,因为我
首先想想想我的日记。

像我这样的人写日记是一个奇怪的想法
,不仅因为我从来没有

以前这样做过,但是因为在我看来
,无论是我还是其他任何人,

都不会对一个 13 岁的
女学生的不怀好意感兴趣。

不过,这有什么关系?

我想写。

但更多 更何况,我想把
深藏在心底的各种东西都拿出来

。”

多么精彩的介绍她的书。

好的。

让我们来看看我的第二个建议。

我的第二本书推荐是
Malala Yousafzai 的《我是马拉拉》。

马拉拉,十几岁的时候,她
要去巴基斯坦一个和平的地区上学。

但是当巴基斯坦被接管,或者她的地区
被塔利班接管时,她最终

因为还是个女孩上学就被枪杀了

就像安妮·弗兰克一样,这似乎也是一个非常
悲惨的故事,但她的故事也是一个充满希望的故事,

因为马拉拉还活着,她
继续倡导女孩接受教育,

以此作为引领世界走向和平的一种方式。

当我们进行教育时,我们也在
为世界带来更多的和平。

因为她的书是写给青少年或年轻人的
,所以写作水平比较

简单,是一个引人入胜的故事。

事实上,这是一个改变人生的故事。

因此,如果您对开始阅读英文书籍有些犹豫,这是一个很好的
起点

让我给你读一个样本。

“当我们的公共汽车被叫到时,我们跑下
台阶。

像往常一样,在那之后我什么都不记得
了,但这是我听到的

故事。

两个穿白袍的年轻人走到
我们的卡车前面。

‘是 这是Khushal校车吗? ” 一个人
问道

。司机笑了。

学校的名字在旁边用黑字涂着

。另一个年轻人跳上尾板
,靠在我们都坐的后面

“马拉拉是谁? ”他问。

没有人说话。但几个女孩
朝我的方向望去。

他抬起手臂指着我。

一些女孩尖叫起来,我捏了捏
莫尼巴的手。

马拉拉是谁?

我是马拉拉,这是 我的故事。”

唷。

一本书的开端多么强大。

好的。

让我们继续我们的下一个建议。

我的下一本书推荐是由
Tara Westover 教育的。

这本书讲述了塔拉
在美国一个孤立的、极端宗教的家庭中长大的生活,

她从不上学,也从未
看过医生,直到她成年。

是的,这是一个关于接受教育
以及知识如何改变你的生活的故事。

但归根结底,这是一本关于家庭
、归属感和你的家感的书。

这很复杂。

去年,我读了这本书。

我丈夫丹也读过,他说
这是他读过的最好的书

之一,所以也有他的
推荐。

此外,亚马逊上可能有 22,000 条正面评价
,也许你应该检查一下。

让我们读一个样本。

“我最强烈的记忆不是记忆。

这是我想象的事情,然后就
好像它已经发生了一样

。记忆是在我五岁时形成的,
就在我六岁之前,它来自我父亲

讲述的一个故事,以至于我和 “

蟋蟀在这里意味着沉默,安静。

“这是我家人挤
在厨房里听到的声音,为了躲避

联邦调查局而熄灯,”联邦调查局是联邦政府,“
谁包围了房子。

一个女人伸手去拿一杯水,
她的剪影是 被月光照亮。

一声枪响……像鞭子一样回响,
她摔倒了。

在我的记忆中,摔倒的总是妈妈
,她怀里抱着一个孩子。

这个孩子没有任何意义。

“我是我母亲七个孩子中最小的一个。

但就像我说的,这一切都没有发生。”

这是一个非常复杂、深刻、悲伤但又
充满希望的故事。

我希望你会喜欢它。

我的下一本书推荐
是 Levison Wood 的《走尼罗河》。

Levison 是一位摄影师、冒险家
和作家。

他决定沿着整个尼罗河步行 6,500 公里,
穿越六个非洲

国家,并记录下他的旅程。

你就像他在这个嘘声中的旅行伙伴。
你了解他访问的城市,

每个地区的历史,如何逃离
侵略性的河马,在野外寻找木材和食物

这本书中有很多发生在
他身上的事情,但它们都非常

引人入胜,而且这也是一本关于
世界上一个

你可能并不了解的地区的知识的书。

让我们读一个样本。

“博尔,南苏丹,2014 年 4 月。

我们进入大院的那一刻,我就知道
情况很糟糕

。南苏丹酒店
在 2011 年独立前夕开业,被广泛宣传

为外国政要下榻的安全场所
“在参观博尔时。

但当我们走近时,我看到酒店的
小巴坐在路边,

满是弹孔。”

他的冒险从这里开始有点不祥。

但是,如果您喜欢冒险,我希望您会喜欢这本书
,以及我们的下一本书,

这也是关于冒险的。

我的下一本书推荐
是 Jon Krakauer 的 Into Thin Air。

他最著名的一本书叫做《
进入荒野》。

虽然我喜欢那本书,但我觉得
这本书以不同的方式抓住了我。

这是关于他的冒险,和旅程,以及
真正的悲剧,攀登珠穆朗玛峰,攀登

珠穆朗玛峰。

他被聘为记者。

他的职业是记者。

他受雇记录他徒步
和攀登珠穆朗玛峰的经历。

但他不知道的是,他将

在珠穆朗玛峰历史上最致命的春季攀登珠穆朗玛峰。

当我读完这本书时,我的第一个
想法是,“我很高兴我所爱的

人不想攀登珠穆朗玛峰

。这太疯狂了。

太危险了。

为什么会有人想要这样做?”

但在书中,他解释
了是什么吸引人们参与这些

极端冒险。

让我们读一个样本。

“1996 年 3 月,Outside 杂志派我去
尼泊尔参加并撰写

关于珠穆朗玛峰的指导攀登。

我作为八名客户之一参加了
由新西兰著名导游

罗布·霍尔率领的探险。

五月 10日,我到达了山顶,
但登顶的代价是

惨重的,我的五个登顶的队友中
,包括霍尔在内的四个人,

在我们还在高处的时候,在一场毫无预兆的暴风雨中丧生

到我下山到大本营的时候,
四次探险的九名登山者已经死了,一个月

前还有三人
丧生。

“我尊敬的几位作者和编辑劝
我不要这么快写这本书 就像我一样。

他们的建议是合理的。”

好的意味着好的。

“他们的建议是合理的。

但最后我还是无视了,主要是因为
山上发生的事情正在啃

我的胆子。

我以为写这本书可能会
从我的生活中清除珠穆朗玛峰。”

因为他
在珠穆朗玛峰上经历的悲剧,他有这种可怕的感觉。

他用了“啃”这个词。

啃是当你在吃东西的时候咬的东西,
比如…… ..你的内心感觉很糟糕。

爬完珠穆朗玛峰之后,他的内心有一种
可怕的感觉,他

认为写这本书会让
他感觉更好。

他用这个词来净化。

这意味着得到它 离开他,让他
感到洁净。

这并不是写这本书时真正发生的
,但他希望会发生。

而且这是一本非常有趣的读物。

所以如果你有兴趣,远足,攀登,
冒险,看看这个 一个。

我的下一个推荐是 Erik
Larson 的 Dead Wake。

我读了几本 Erik Larson 的书,
我都很喜欢,所以我试着找到

我最喜欢的书推荐给你。

但如果你喜欢这本书, 一定要
看看他的其他一些。

他总是拿一段特定的历史,
然后做 它活了过来。

在这本书中,他正在写关于卢西塔尼亚的最后一次
穿越。

卢西塔尼亚号是一艘巨大的远洋游轮
或班轮,有点像泰坦尼克号,

从大西洋的美国
一侧到英国的另一侧。

但是当它靠近英国时,它就沉没了
,这引发了很多变化,尤其

是美国参加了第一次世界大战。

所以这艘船,卢西塔尼亚号,
在世界历史上是相当关键的。

我以为我知道这个故事是因为我
在历史课上听说过一点,

但结果我一点头绪都没有。

我真的读完了这本书,
无法停止思考它并

与我身边的人谈论它
,我想与他们分享这个故事。

所以,如果你
对历史感兴趣,对人类感兴趣,

对发生在这个更大故事中的人类小故事感兴趣,我很乐意与你分享

我希望你会喜欢它。

让我们看一个样本。

“1915 年 5 月 6 日晚上,当他的船
接近爱尔兰海岸时,威廉·

托马斯·特纳船长离开桥,
前往头等舱休息室,乘客

们正在那里参加音乐会和才艺表演。

特纳透露给 观众们说
,当晚早些时候,这艘船

通过无线电收到了爱尔兰海岸附近有新潜艇活动的警告

他向观众保证没有
必要报警。

他向他们道了晚安,然后回到了
舰桥

。才艺表演继续进行。

几名乘客穿着衣服睡在
饭厅里,生怕遇袭被困在甲板下面

,一位特别焦急的希腊地毯
商人穿上救生衣,

爬上救生艇渡过难关。 夜晚。”

有一种事情即将发生的感觉。

我会让你知道当你读这本书时会发生什么

我在这个非小说
历史部分的最后推荐是我最喜欢的书

之一。

它被捕获:
美国原住民在德克萨斯边境绑架的真实故事。

这个故事让我大吃一惊。

几个月来我无法停止思考它。

这很迷人。

在得克萨斯州的某个地方,
欧洲定居者居住在

他们居住的美洲原住民领土上。

但是,很多这些孩子,其中一些
孩子,被当地的美洲

原住民,居住在那里的阿帕奇部落绑架

他们不仅被绑架,而且
还被收养到部落中,被

视为自己的孩子,
被视为部落的一部分。

作者的曾曾曾曾伯父就是
这些孩子之一。

他被部落收养,
长大后成为一名凶猛的战士,有时会袭击

和绑架家乡的其他孩子

然后,几年后,他被强行送回
了他的亲生家庭。

这种文化转变令他震惊。

他无法应付。

看到一个人
如何完全沉浸在一种不同的

文化中,这种文化
与你的家乡文化格格不入,并试图

弄清楚你是如何过这种生活的,这真的很有趣。

这里的作者 Scott Zesch 跟随八名
被 Apache 和 Comanche 绑架的儿童

这些是部落名称。

这些美洲原住民部落被收养
到他们的部落中,他们的结果如何,他们的

生活是什么样的。

如果你对美洲原住民的生活感兴趣,
对欧洲

定居者和居住
在美国的原住民之间的这种交流方式感兴趣,对此完全感兴趣,我强烈

推荐这本书。

让我们看一个快速示例。

他说的是他的
曾曾曾曾曾曾曾曾曾是这些被绑架儿童之一的叔叔。

“他的故事不同寻常,但并非独一无二。

德克萨斯州边境的数十名儿童
在 1800 年代被南部平原印第安人俘虏

并收养到部落。

许多人开始更喜欢美洲原住民
的生活方式,拒绝营救他们的企图。

长期 在他们被迫回到他们
以前的亲生家庭之后,他们坚持

在他们离开时学到的东西。

一些人类学家称这些被同化的
孩子为白人印第安人。

不过,并非所有俘虏都是白人

。平原美国袭击者绑架了他们 “欧洲裔美国人、
墨西哥人、墨西哥裔美国人、非洲裔美国

人和来自其他部落的美洲原住民。

他们不歧视他们杀害
或绑架的人,或者他们最终将

收养谁。”

我强烈推荐这本书。

立即阅读。

好的。

让我们进入下一个类别,
即信息量更大的非小说类书籍。

我的第一本信息性非小说类书籍推荐
是 Marie Kondo 的《改变生活

的整理魔法》。

这本书真的改变了生活。

朋友推荐了这本书,
决定读一读。

两周之内,我走遍了我的
整个房子,打扫了所有东西,收拾

好所有东西,突然间
变得更好了。

这个收拾的表达方式与清洁有关,
但更多的是与组织有关。

你家的样子反映了
你的想法。

如果你的办公桌凌乱,如果你的房子里堆满
了衣服和一些旧盘子,

这反映了你的心情。

当你的房子是这样的时候,你也会感到更加杂乱无章。

所以,把你的房子整理得井井有条也
会让你的头脑更平静,也

会让你的生活井井有条。

让我们读一点摘录。

“在这个嘘声中,。

我总结了如何
以一种将永远改变你生活的方式整理你的空间

不可能?

一个普遍的反应,但并不奇怪,考虑
到几乎每个人都至少经历过一次反弹

效应。 "

反弹意味着你清理干净,然后
它又变得一团糟。

然后你清理,它又变得一团糟。

“你有没有疯狂收拾
过,很快你的家和工作空间又变得凌乱

了。

如果是这样,让我和你分享成功的秘诀
。”

好吧,如果你的家需要整理
一下,我强烈推荐这本书。

您可能已经看过
基于这本书的 Netflix 纪录片,这是一个很好的

起点。

但是,你真的需要让这本书
能够一步一步地看到她帮助

你整理你的家的方法。

因此,请务必检查一下并从今天开始整理

我的下一个建议是 Dale Carnegie 如何赢得朋友
和影响他人。

这本书的副标题是
你需要引导你走向成功的唯一一本书。

哇。

亚马逊的一位评论员说:“我
正在从一个社交尴尬、

胆怯和防御性的人转变为一个
看起来镇定而自信的人。”

哦。

如果这看起来像你,那么,你应该读
这个。

让我们看一个样本。

“如果当你读完
这本书的前三章时,如果

你还没有更好地
应对生活情况,那么我会认为

这本书对你来说是完全失败的
,因为,引用,“

教育的伟大目标”赫伯特斯宾塞说,“不是
知识,而是行动。”

这是一本行动书。

这本书将帮助你采取行动
,真正改变你的生活,从而

赢得朋友和影响他人。”

好的。

让我们继续我们的下一个建议。

下一个推荐实际上是学生
推荐。

我在我的 YouTube 频道的
社区部分发布了一个关于你们都喜欢哪些非小说类书籍的问题

,这
是你们中很多人提到的其中一本。

这是高效能人士的七个习惯。

这本书被评为
20世纪最佳商业书籍第一名。

售出超过 2500 万份,
我还需要说吗?

你应该阅读它。

好的。

让我们进入下一个。

我的下一个推荐
是 Cal Newport 的数字极简主义。

当我读这本书时,我想,“这
本书将改变我的生活。

我需要与尽可能多的人分享这本书

我怎样才能分享这本书?

啊哈!

我应该创作一部电影,一个 YouTube 上
有关顶级非小说类书籍的视频。”

所以感谢这本书,我正在为你制作这个视频

绝对如果您每天查看手机超过
3 次(大多数人都这样做),那么您

需要阅读这本书。

你需要知道这是如何
接管你的生活的。

我们正在失去控制,我们
需要重新控制自己的生活

才能成为人类。

让我们看一个小样本。

“2016 年 9 月,有影响力的博主
兼评论员 Andrew Sullivan 为纽约杂志写了一篇 7,000 字的

文章,题为《我
曾经是一个人》

。副标题令人震惊,
对新闻八卦和图像的无休止的轰炸使我们

躁狂的信息成瘾者 .

它让我心碎,它也可能让你心碎。

他制定了一个非常明确的计划,即
如何减少对手机的沉迷,如何

重新控制,并
以尽可能最好的方式使用这些服务。

这也是一本动作书,我强烈推荐
它。

让我们进入下一个。

我的下一个推荐是
Steven Levitt 和 Stephen Dubner 的 Freakonomics。

副标题是流氓经济学家探索
一切的隐藏面。

读完这本书,你会以一种全新的
方式看待世界,了解

一切是如何相互联系的。

他解释说,如果道德代表
人们希望世界如何运作,那么

经济学则表明它实际上是如何运作的。

让我们看一个小样本。


是他书中第一章描述的样本。

“学校老师和相扑选手
有什么共同点?

我们在其中探索激励的美丽,
以及他们的阴暗面,作弊。

谁作弊?

几乎每个人。

让我们来谈谈作弊者如何作弊,如何
抓住他们,故事 来自以色列日托

中心,700万
美国儿童突然失踪,芝加哥学校老师作弊

,为什么欺骗失败
比欺骗胜利更糟糕。日本

的国球相扑
会腐败吗

?百吉饼人看到了什么 .

人类可能比我们想象的更诚实。

这只是
他书中第一章的描述。

这本书绝对引人入胜。

如果您有兴趣阅读它,请
务必查看说明中的链接

以便下载。

让我们进入我们的下一个。

我的下一个推荐实际上是一个学生
推荐,它是 Hans

Rosling 的 Factfulness。

这本书的副标题是我们
对世界有误解的 10 个原因以及为什么事情

比你想象的要好。

世界在变好还是变坏?

如果您想超越
媒体告诉我们的内容并找到真实性,找到

有关世界状况、全球健康、全球

暴力等重大话题的事实或真相,请务必
查看这本书 教育自己。

好的。

让我们继续我们的下一个建议。

如果您有孩子、身边有孩子
或与孩子一起工作,您需要阅读

如何说孩子才会听和如何
听孩子才会说。

当我读这本书时,它绝对塑造
了我作为父母的方式,以及

我与孩子或其他孩子交谈
的方式,我如何看待孩子的负面

情绪,设定限制,设定界限
,富有同情心,但是 也有纪律

和指导方针。

这本书真正深入探讨了孩子的
心理是如何运作的,以及作为父母、

照顾者或教师如何
与孩子一起工作,以帮助他们成为

最好的自己。

这是一本适合孩子身边的人的必备书籍

看看这个。

我的下一个推荐是 Malcolm
Gladwell 的 Outliers,The Story of Success。

是什么让高成就者与众不同?

嗯,亚马逊的描述告诉我们,“马尔科姆·
格拉德威尔的回答是,我们过分

关注成功人士是什么样的,
而很少关注他们的出身

,即他们的文化、他们的家庭、
他们的世代,以及他们的特质。

他们的成长经历。”

这本书中的一句精彩的话是:“我
想说服你,这些个人

对成功的解释是行不通的。

人不会从无到有

。只有问他们来自哪里,
我们才能解开逻辑 在谁成功谁不成功的背后

。”

这是一个引人入胜的故事。

实际上,当我在公路旅行时,我听了这本书的有声读物,
当你在车上几个小时时,这是一件很棒的

事情

我建议检查一下。

我的下一个推荐实际上是学生
推荐,是富爸爸,穷爸爸。

这是一个富人教孩子钱的故事
,而穷人和

中产阶级不教孩子
钱的故事。

它是有史以来排名第一的个人理财
书籍。

因此,请确保您是否对金钱感兴趣,是否有
兴趣让您的金钱为您服务,

并了解每一点点滴滴的去向,
以便您变得富有,即使您的

收入不高,这本书也适合
您。

我有另一个学生推荐,
那就是 Marie Forleo 的《一切皆有可能》一书

Marie Forleo 有一个巨大的 YouTube 频道,
旨在帮助人们面对恐惧并追随

自己的梦想。

这本书是关于她的个人故事,
也是关于帮助你实现目标的。

语言相当简单。

所以如果你有兴趣尝试
自己创业或做一些

需要很大勇气的事情,你需要能够忘记
你的恐惧,追随你的梦想。

看看这本书,你将能够在此过程中
获得一些动力。

如果你喜欢英语和语言的历史,
我绝对推荐母语:

英语和它是如何做到的。

作者比尔·布莱森(Bill Bryson)写了很多
书。

事实上,稍后我将给出
他的另一个建议。

但是,这本书的重点是英语是
如何变成这样的。

你有没有想过为什么
O-U-G-H 有七种不同的发音?

虽然,树枝,通过,思考,咳嗽,够了,
打嗝。

英语是怎么变成这样的?

嗯,这本书是一个有趣的发现方式

我有另一个比尔布赖森的建议。

这个人是一个了不起的作家,他
写过各种各样的话题。

这次是《几乎
所有事物的简史》。

好家伙。

这是一个巨大的话题。

但是,他已经掌握了这个主题。

你将了解宇宙的历史,
以及一切是如何

变成现在这样的。

让我们看一个小样本。

“欢迎你,恭喜你。

我很高兴你能成功。

到达这里并不容易。

我知道。

事实上,我怀疑这
比你意识到的要困难一些。

首先,让你现在在这里 ,
数以万亿计的漂移原子必须

以一种复杂而有趣的
方式组装起来才能创造你。

这是一种如此专业和特殊的安排
,以前从未尝试过,而且

只会存在一次。

在接下来的很多年里,我们 希望,这些微小的
粒子将毫无怨言地参与所有必要

的数十亿灵巧和合作努力
,以保持你的完好无损,让你体验

到极其令人愉快但通常被低估
的存在状态。”

这个人是一个词匠。

他用很多令人惊叹的词来创作他的
故事,所以我希望你会喜欢

《几乎所有事物的简史》。

我的下一个推荐是 Yuval
Harari 的 Sapiens。

我决定读这本书是因为在一周之内
,两个不同的人

向我推荐了这本书。

所以,我想,“这是命运。

我必须阅读它。”

不知何故,我发现我的三个
朋友也在同时阅读它,

所以我们创建了一个小书友会。

我们都阅读了它,然后谈论它并
进行了一些有趣的讨论。

这本书充满了使人类成为人类的东西。

我们作为智人的历史如何
影响我们今天作为一个物种、作为生物,

以及当我们与世界互动时的身份?

这是非常迷人的。

几乎所有
读过这本书的人都说:“哇。

那本书里有很多令人惊奇的
信息。”

所以,我建议检查一下。

我的下一个推荐是关于食物的,
它是 Michael Pollan 的 The Omnivore’s Dilemma。

如果你想知道你的食物
来自哪里,我强烈推荐这本书。

Michael Pollan 决定深入研究
水果的不同生产方式。

他从一家大型工厂化农场买了一头牛,并
追随那头牛的生活。

他去看看一些大型有机农场
,看看生活是否真的像他们标志上的田园诗般的

画面。

然后,他去一些较小的永续农业
农场看看它是什么样的。

他还拜访了加利福尼亚州的一些狩猎采集者,
他们试图寻找自己的蘑菇

并杀死自己的猪,野猪。

他参观了不同类型的食品生产
并对此有自己的想法,但也

让您对此得出自己的结论

这不是一个简单的答案,也不是一个简单的
问题,但它非常引人入胜,

每天影响我们的生活三次。

所以,一定要看看这本书。

我的最后一个推荐,祝贺
你在这个视频中

走到这一步,是 Jared Diamond 的一本巨大的书,枪、细菌和钢铁。

你有没有想过为什么欧洲人殖民
北美?

但是你有没有问过一个更有趣的问题?

为什么北美人不殖民欧洲?

好吧,你可能会说,“哦,这是他们的文化、
他们的历史、他们的宗教。”

但是,为什么这些东西起源于欧洲?

为什么这些东西不是起源于
北美?

这是一个非常深奥且可能引起争议的
问题,但 Jared Diamond

得出了令人惊讶的结论。

你可能不同意他的结论,
也许你会同意,但他提出了那些非常深刻、

尖锐的问题。

我不会撒谎的。

这本书很详细。

当我开始阅读它时,我给自己定了一个目标,
就是我要读完这本书。

我知道他谈到了很多数据,很多具体的
事情,但是

问自己这些问题是很重要的,尤其是
当你真的对世界的状况感到好奇的时候

所以,如果你准备好深入了解为什么事情会这样,请务必查看这本书,枪炮、
细菌和钢铁

恭喜!

您已完成本课。

它很长,但这对我来说也是一个充满激情的
项目,因为我喜欢阅读。

我喜欢与其他人分享书籍。

所以,非常感谢你所有的学生
推荐。

我有一个问题问你。

你能在下面写评论
并向我推荐一本书吗?

也许推荐一本非小说类书籍,比如
我们谈到的那些真实故事,

或者推荐一本小说类书籍。

我总是乐于阅读我们想象中的故事,这些故事

引导我们进入一个不同的世界。

我喜欢阅读所有不同类型的
东西。

所以,发表评论,让我
知道你推荐我读什么书。

如果您想获得任何其他书籍
推荐,请务必查看

我制作的关于一些小说书籍的其他视频,
这样您就可以扩展您的思维并

提高您的英语水平。

非常感谢你和我一起学习英语

下周五我会
在我的 YouTube 频道上再次见到你,上一堂新课。

再见。

下一步是下载我的免费电子书,
成为自信的英语演讲者的 5 个步骤。

您将了解如何
自信而流利地说话。

不要忘记订阅我的 YouTube 频道
以获得更多免费课程。

非常感谢。

再见。