21-1-27【地道美语180 】1950亿，“狂人”埃隆•马斯克登顶世界首富

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dialogue 1
Jingjing:  Good afternoon, Mark.  I've just been ________ Elon Musk, the _______in the world.
Mark:  Huh?  I thought that was Jeff Bezos.
Jingjing:  ______: Elon Musk became the _____ this month.
Mark:  That's ___.  He's pretty ____ too.
Jingjing:  He got _________, which is impressive because he's a ________.  He'll turn _____ this year.
Mark:  Tell me how he_______.  I only know about Tesla and SpaceX.
Jingjing:  OK, do you know what _________?
Mark:  You have to _____.
Jingjing:  Well, he started a _____ called Zip2, an ______.  He later ___ it for over ______ to Compaq Computers.
Mark:  I've _____ heard of Zip2.  But then he used the ____ to start Tesla, right?
Jingjing:  Not that ____.  He then started a _____ called X.com.
Mark:  I've never heard of that_______.  Did it go belly-up?
Jingjing:  Quite the _____.  Within a year, it ______ Paypal.
Mark:  Wow, _____ started that?  I used that when I was _____.  I remember when Paypal was ____ by eBay.
Jingjing:  Right.  So, that sale made him a _____.
Mark:  Nice!  So, his ___ company was Tesla, right?
Jingjing:  Wrong.  He founded SpaceX in 2002, ____ than Tesla.
Mark:  I had ___ that company was ____ for so long.
Jingjing:  I'll tell you an _________
Mark:  I'll be looking forward to it.






dialogue 2


Jingjing:  Hi, again, Mark.  Are you ready to _____ Elon Musk?
Mark:  Sure.  What was that ____ you were going to tell me?
Jingjing:  Well, I forgot to tell you about his _______ schemes.
Mark:  OK, let's _____ a bit.  What did he do?
Jingjing:  In college, he ___________
Mark: Ha ha.  I guess all the _____ and drinks paid the ___ on that ____ as well.
Jingjing:  Yeah, pretty ____, huh?  Anyway, two days after he started his ______at Stanford, he ____ to start the business ____ I told you about last time.
Mark:  Got it.  So, let's _____to Tesla and SpaceX.
Jingjing:  Sure. That's _____ next.  Tesla's been _____for him, as you know.
Mark:  Right.  I'm more ____ in SpaceX.
Jingjing:  Sure.  So he ____ and developed ____ ones.
Mark:  That I know.  It's pretty ___, though.
Jingjing:  Well, his first_______.  He was _____on the project, and was afraid _______would tank.
Mark:  Jeez, I didn't know he _____skid row.
Jingjing:  He did.  His ___ launch was successful; and ____ gave him _____ at the start of their contract.
Mark:  Whew!  What did he do ____?
Jingjing:  He ____ and got a _____for his wife.  He hadn't done any ____, and stores were almost all ____ for the holiday already.
Mark:  Aww.  That's the inspirational story, isn't it?  I also heard he _____ into space.  Is that true?
Jingjing:  Yep, there's a Tesla Roadster ____ the sun, _____ Elon Musk.






new words and phrases
 
from dialogue 1
a self-made man:
go belly-up:  
acquire / acquisition:  
 
 
from dialogue 2
money-making scheme:
all in:  
tank:  
skid row: