Africa
Words
1.buy into
Elon buys into the idea that his unusual tolerrance for risk may well have been inherited directly from his grandfather.
.释义: to accept that an idea is right and allow it to influence you:
例:I never bought into this idea that you have to be thin to be attractive.
例: After reading the book PEAK, I buys into the idea that deliberater practice is more important than IQ.
2.peg
Maye, like many mothers do, pegged her son as brilliant and precocious.
peg somebody/something as something
释义:to believe or say that someone has a particular type of character, or that a situation has particular qualities:
例:I’d had him pegged as a troublemaker.
造句:I pegged Eric as a man of strong willpower.
3.yearn for
As a youngester, Elon's constant yearning to correcting people's mistake and his abrasive manner put off other kids and and his feeling of isolation.
释义:literary to have a strong desire for something, especially something that is difficult or impossible to get
例: long yearn for :Hannah yearned for a child.
yearn to be/do something:Phil had yearned to be a pilot from an early age.
口语中更用long for
In everyday English, people usually say long for something or long to do something rather than yearn:
She longed for another child.
4.ACE
He aced math exams well beyond his years.
1. American English informal to do very well in an examination, a piece of written work etc:
I aced the History test
ace的原意是扑克里的A,一般都是最大的牌,可以引申为在某方面很厉害的人,比如 a soccer ace
或者网球里的ace球,再比如 hold the ace 在某一方面占尽天时地利人和
Thoughts
今天的内容讲述的是Elon的成长环境,这对一个人的未来有着非常关键的作用。Elon的冒险精神,好奇心,专注力在他年少的时候就展现了出来。他经常沉浸在自己的世界里,小伙伴们跟他说话都不知道,以至于妈妈以为他的身体是不是有异常。
他还很喜欢看书,泡在书里几天几夜都没问题,畅游在自己的世界里。
At five and six, he had found a way to block out the world and dedicate all of his concentration to a single task.
会提问题也是非常重要的能力,在《跃迁》一书里,古典老师说会提问是构建自己知识体现的关键步骤,因为好的问题往往能找到事物的本质,而且自己去寻找答案不仅印象深刻,而且是在实际运用这个知识点。
He points out that one of the really tough things is figuring out what questions to ask,'Musk said. Once you figure out the question, then the answer is relatively easy.