Elon Musk C8 上：170918

词汇

She has long maintained that Musk kept her in the dark about the family's  financial arrangements

in the dark
释义：非正式 knowing nothing about something important, because you have not been told about it:
例句：We're in the dark just as much as you are.
仿写：He  intentionally kept his girlfriend in the dark about his career.
Murky:昏暗

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Riley's  father chided his daughter for being a fool, but she held out hope that Musk had an explanation and went to dinner with him anyway.

hold ˈout something

释义：to offer a chance, hope or possibility of something

例句：Doctors hold out little hope of her recovering.

仿写：He  held out firmly faith that he can make it.

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Things were cooler throughout the meal as the group dined in a depressingly empty restaurant.

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....but since dinner (Mrs. Reed, when there was no company, dined early) the cold winter wind had brought with it clouds so sombre,

dine  : to eat dinner

替换：eat，have

✏️ dine on something

(formal) to have a particular type of food for dinner

We dined on fresh local fish.

✏️ ˌdine ˈout

to eat dinner in a restaurant or somebody elseʼs home

✏️ dine ˈout on something

(informal) to tell other people about something that has happened to you, in order to make theminterested in you

✏️ wine and ˈdine (somebody)

to go to restaurants, etc. and enjoy good food and drink; to entertain somebody by buying them good foodand drink

The town offers many opportunities for wining and dining

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He would come home every day, and there would be some calamity

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To a man laboring under calamity, the heat of his own fire hath sadness in it.（阅读所见）

Calamity
释义：an event that creates great harm
例句：Sudan suffered a series of calamities during the 1980s.
同义：crisis  | emergency |disaster | catastrophe | calamity
辨析：A calamity is less serious than a disaster or catastrophe and is not usually used for an event in which peopledie.
仿写：Caribbean island suffered a calamity of Hurricane Iram.

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our marriage was having real issues,  Musk said. It was on the rocks.

on the ˈrocks

释义：a relationship or business that is on the rocks is having difficulties and is likely to fail soon

例句：Sueʼs marriage is on the rocks.

✏️ (as) steady as a ˈrock

释义：extremely steady and calm; that you can rely on

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内容

当享誉盛名时，生活、事业转折也悄然而至

1.生活上和Justine的分歧日益增加，最终彼此选择离婚；大叔与萝莉～遇见美妙少女Reily 大胆追求

2.SpaceX  Tesla 先前遇见的财政问题，持续研发的Falcon 系列，以及SpaceX 尚未成功步入太空，Elon 准备与NASA合作

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