In fact, more and more people are turning to self-help books for advice these days.

事实上，现在越来越多的人转向自助书籍寻求建议。

Children appear to have it down to an art—and for the most part they don't need self-help books or therapy.

孩子们似乎深谙其中的奥秘，并且大多数情况下，他们不需要自助书籍或治疗。

Children appear to have it down to an art and for the most part they don't need self-help books or therapy.

孩子们似乎已经把它归结为一门艺术，而且在很大程度上，他们不需要自助书籍或治疗。

Paul Sweetman, the owner of City Books in the UK, said that social problems might be the reason why more people are reading self-help books.

英国城市书店的老板保罗·斯威特曼说，社会问题可能是越来越多的人阅读自助书籍的原因。

What are self-help books?

什么是励志书？

They want to improve themselves by reading self-help books.

他们想通过阅读励志书来提升自我。

In general, self-help books are written by famous writers or successful businessmen.

一般来说，励志书是由著名作家或成功的商人写的。

Self-help books often include exercises. Practice a few to see if they work.

励志书常常包含练习。练习几次看看它们是否奏效。

If you go into a bookstore, you might see lots of self-help books.

如果你走进一家商店，你可能会看见很多励志书。

When you feel stressed, or you want to become better, you may read some books for advice. We call those self-help books.

当你感到焦虑时，或者你想变得更好时，你可以阅读一些书籍寻找建议。我们称这些为励志书。

What self-help books get wrong!

励志书籍到底有什么错？

Don't get him started on self-help books.

不要让他着手写自助书籍。

They read self-help books and prayed together.

他们阅读自助书籍，还一起祈祷。

Perhaps the same is also true of self-help books.

可能励志书也是这样。

There are also lots of useful self-help books available.

市面上有不少有用的自助书籍。

Consider the prevalence of self-help books on lists of best seller.

想想畅销书排行榜上那些颇为流行的自主类图书吧。

The academics said this meant the classics were more useful than self-help books.

学者们表示，这意味着阅读古典作品比阅读自助类书籍更有帮助。

It's no accident that so many self-help books encourage readers to practice gratitude.

很多自助式书籍鼓励读者去感恩，这一点并非偶然。

The academics said this meant the classics were more useful than self-help books.

学者说这就意味着经典作品比励志图书更有用。

She reads works on the humanities and history, not self-help books on being a success.

她常看一些人文和历史著作，而不是一些成功学书籍。

In the quest for better health, many people turn to doctors, self-help books or herbal supplements.

为了更健康，很多人求助于医生、自己读些医学书籍或使用辅助药物。

The parish bookstore offers Chinese- and English-language Gospels, prayer books, self-help books and Holy Land tour guides.

教区书店提供中英文的《新约》、祈祷书、救赎书籍以及圣地的游览指南。

Not just personal finance books (though, as you know, I read plenty of those), but also self-help books and success manuals.

不仅是个人理财方面的（你知道的，我过去读了很多这类的书），还有一些关于自励和成功指南的书。

Of course self-help books vary considerably, in both quality and popularity - but are the most popular also the highest quality?

当然励志书种类繁多，不同质量，不同受欢迎程度，那是不是最受欢迎一定就是含金量最高的呢？

That's a lot of cash and all the more reason to take a closer look at what self-help books actually contain and whether it is useful.

那么多的资金流向就显得更有理由去弄清楚励志书籍到底有什么，是否真的有用。

It's often said that talking to yourself is a sign of madness or certainly that you've been reading too many dodgy self-help books.

自言自语的人常被认为是疯了或是看了太多自我救助的书。

Read. When you can focus after the initial shock, reading — especially self-help books — can offer inspiration as well as relaxation.

读书。在经历了最初的创伤后，你能集中注意力的方式是读书，尤其是自助自立的书，因为它能给人以激励和放松。

Comparing the advice given in self-help books with psychological research about the conditions of happiness reveals two sides to the story.

考虑到研究幸福快乐的心理学者对励志书籍忠告的两面性。