Welcome to Ungoliant(乌戈利安特（虚构公司名）)! As part of your onboarding(入职流程) process, we encourage you to read a few books before you actually start work. That will give you the best chance of(给你最大可能) understanding our unique culture.
欢迎来到乌戈利安特！作为入职流程的一部分，我们鼓励你在正式开始工作前读几本书。这将让你最大可能地理解我们独特的企业文化。
If a reading list seems retro, it’s not. “The Little Prince” has a special place in Netflix lore(传说、知识): Antoine de Saint-Exupéry is still quoted in the streaming firm’s culture guide. The US Marines have something called “The Commandant’s Professional Reading Programme”, a kind of book club with bullets; marines are expected to read five titles a year from a list of recommendations on topics such as strategy, warfare and decision-making. “The Looming Tower(《巨塔杀机》)”, a history of the 9/11 attacks, and (more improbably) “Impro(《即兴》)”, a guide to improvisational theatre, have both featured on lists for Palantir employees.
如果说阅读清单看起来有些复古，其实不然。《小王子》在奈飞的企业传说中有着特殊地位：这家流媒体公司的文化手册中至今还在引用安托万·德·圣-埃克苏佩里。美国海军陆战队有一个名为“司令官专业阅读计划”的项目，有点像带子弹的书友会；陆战队员每年要阅读书单上的五本书，内容涵盖战略、战争和决策等。《巨塔杀机》——一部关于9/11袭击的历史书，以及（更不可思议的）《即兴》——一本即兴戏剧指南，都曾出现在帕兰提尔公司的员工书单上。
Other forms of entertainment can also provide clue(线索、提示)s to how bosses want you to think. As a child Howard Schultz, the man behind Starbucks, was a big fan of the Gene Wilder version of “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory”. When he was planning the firm’s first roastery(烘焙工坊), a premium(高端的、优质的) retail outlet built around coffee, he invited a bunch of(一群（非正式）) executives to his house to watch the film and use it as a source of inspiration(灵感).
其他形式的娱乐也能提供线索，让你了解老板希望你如何思考。星巴克创始人霍华德·舒尔茨小时候是吉恩·怀尔德版《欢乐糖果屋》的超级粉丝。当他计划开设公司第一家烘焙工坊——一家围绕咖啡打造的高端零售店时，他邀请了一群高管到他家观看这部电影，并将其作为灵感来源。