Summary

In 2001, Musk turned thirteen and he began to revisit his childhood fantasies around rocket ships and space travel. In 2002, Musk established Space Exploration Technologies, namely SpaceX, building his modest-sized rocket. Musk and his team dedicated all their effort to this project, but it’s not very smooth. No matter how hardship it was, Musk never failing to stick to. Besides that, he also had been trying to fund something in electric car area. In early 2004, he invested $6.5 to Tesla, which makes him become the largest shareholder of Tesla and the chairman of the company.In 2008, Tesla was running out of money.

感想

我们从小就背过“天将降大任于斯人也，必先苦其心志，劳其筋骨，饿其体肤，空乏其身，行拂乱其所为，所以动心忍性，增益其所不能”。可是每天遇到一点点小困难挫折的时候便感觉痛苦极了，常常迎难而下。我从八月下旬开始，先是季节性眼睛过敏，每天眼睛又痒又疼，前后去看了两次医生，用了五瓶不同的眼药水，眼睛终于正常了；还没好两天紧接着又感冒，犯了鼻炎，又喝了好多药，也不见好，也不知道究竟是感冒还是鼻炎，反正两种药来来回回都喝了，也许是季节性流感吧，这还没好，嗓子又出了问题，天天咳嗽的停不下来，想去输点液，可是医生说我这是小毛病，不适合输液 ，又开了一堆药喝着，现在还在喝药，虽然这两天感觉好些了。因为要备考，所以原本每天的时间都有安排，最近由于生病和身体不适，没办法静心学习，有时候还担心就算考过了，身体出了毛病可怎么办。不过呢，每天看到Musk这样执着，特别是那天Eric在群里分享的发射火箭的剪辑视频，配乐很搞笑，我反复看了几遍，觉得世上这般执着之人还有几个？记得王安石的《游褒禅山记》中有这样一段话：世之奇伟、瑰丽、非常之观。常在于险远，而人之所罕至焉，故非有志者不能至也。有志矣，不随以止也，然力不足者，亦不能至也。有志与力，而又不随以怠，至于至于幽暗昏惑而无物以相之，亦不能至也。然力足以至焉，于人为可讥，而在己为有悔；尽吾志也而不能至者，可以无悔矣。

表达

1. It hired the kid fresh out of Stanford for $45,000 rather than the proven guy....

fresh out of, have just experience.

【例句】 From what I've heard he started wheeling and dealing fresh out of college.

【仿句】Fresh from the college, she got married.

2. You could understand why Musk might want some of the shine of Tesla to rub off on him.

rub off on, affect/influence

【例句】I was hoping some of his genius might rub off.

【仿句】He's trying to rub off on others all the time.

3. Now that the company employed about three hundred people, he felt less effective and didn't relish the idea of suffering for another five tears to bring the sedan to market.

relish, look forward

【例句】 He relished the idea of getting some cash.

【仿句】He relished the idea of passing the exam.

4. Tarpenning recalled. Tesla still needed a lead inbestor who would pony up the bulk of the $7 million needed to make what's known as a mule or a prototype vehicle.

pony up, pay the money that is needed for womething, often unwillingly.

【例句】 People can't even afford to pony up for movie tickets.

【仿句】The company is not prepared to pony up employee's salary.

5. Musk peppered Tarpenning, who had been away on a trip, with questions about the financial model.

be pepper with, be filled with

【例句】Outside, the road was peppered with glass.

【仿句】The lake was peppered with waste.