Elon Musk-8-1

Summary 

After Iron Man came out , Musk got more attention and enjoyed his rising profile , for it fed his ego and provided some fun . while  puting on a good show for the public , he 'd started to get worried about his businesses —— failure of Space 's second launch attempt and Tesla delay . As his buinesses and public persona suffered , his home life degraded as well . Musk filed for divorce which  turned to be a disater scenario .

During a decompression tour at London , Musk met with Riley and they got married soon . 

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钢铁侠的拍摄上映让Musk名声大作，他被名人的光环笼罩，享受着人们的追捧。Musk calculated that his life had become 10 percent playboy and 90 percent engineer . 另一方面，他也面临事业的重重压力：Tesla迟迟没有交货，SpaceX发射迟迟未见。

家庭生活也出现了危机。Justine不愿意做Musk身边的陪衬，she felt people treated her as " an arm ornament who couldn't possibly have anything interesting to say " rather than as and suthor and her husband's equal . Musk在家庭生活中强势和心机，让Justine伤心。在她还未做决定之时，Musk已经主动提出了离婚。

Later that same morning I tried to make a purchase and discovered that he had cut off my credit card ,which is when i also knew that he had gone ahead and filed .

纵然Musk在前几章中的强势早已领略，但在婚姻家庭生活中，这样理性冷酷的一面让人难以接受。

Musk  had hidden many tihings from her during their marriage and ultimately treated her much like a busines adversary to be conquered during the divorce . 

离婚时像对待商场对手一样，虽然这与他童年的遭遇有关。但是未免让人觉得这样的男人对自己曾经深爱的女人也是铁石心肠啊。还在离婚期间，散心之旅中遇到Riley，并很快与她结婚，要不得不佩服Musk生活中始终向前看的理性。

Elon is hard-core . He grew up in a tough culture and tough circumstances . He had to become very tough to not only thrive but to conquer the world .

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字词：

1️、 我们的婚姻开始出现裂痕，我们的关系变得岌岌可危。

Our marriage was having real issues. It was on the rocks.

️ on the rocks=in trouble

️ 2、当 Justine 在餐桌上表达自己的政治观点时，却被其中一位男士嘲讽太固执己见。

When Justine let out her political views, one of the men at the table made a crack about her being so opinionated.

️ let out -- 说出，表达，reveal a piece of information；️ crack --  a joke or rude remark玩笑话（口语）；️ opinionated -- 固执己见的（贬义）

️ 3、Musk 和 Riley 交谈得越多，Lee 在旁边越是不断撮合。

The more Musk and Riley talked, the more Lee egged them on.

️ egg (someone) on -- 怂恿，撮合；

关系广的  well-connected Lee 

zip around 快速移动

fiddle with an assorment of machines 摆弄

have parallels to 有相似之处

take up =praise