Elon Musk-(8)Pain, Suffering, and Survival 1/2

日积月累:

1.wind up:dispute or bargain persistently, especially over the cost of something.

原文：He set off in March 2007 for SpaceX's headquarters in El Segundo and wound up receiving a personal tour from Musk.

造句：I set off in July 2016 for my preparation for graduate application and wound up receiving an offer in this month.

2.zip: to fasten something sing a zip

fiddle with: to move part of a machine in order to make it work, without knowing exactly what you should do

原文：Enthusiastic employees were zipping about, fiddling with an assortment of machines.

造句：I have tried to fiddle with this machine but failed.

3. dispel: make (a doubt, belief, or feeling) disappear

原文：an image hardly dispelled by a car collection that has boasted a Porsche 911 Turbo

造句：Nothing can dispel my belief.

复习：

1. The Musk glow dimmed.

2. He wouldn't flinch at (退缩)renting a plane for ninety thousand dollars to get something to Kwaj.

3. It's not clear how much Musk let on to Justine about his dwindling bank account.

唠叨两句:

1.竟然在章节开头就看到了wind up的用法，真心赞一下剑桥高级英语词汇这本书！

2.前面讲了Musk遇到的公司经济危机，和形象的崩盘，后面主要讲了婚姻史，个人对名人私生活不感冒，跳读了很多，感触最深的应该是公司困境时，硅谷花边新闻社对Musk毫不留情的批判。纵使一方面是对投资者的好，但一方面很多媒体很多时候做的真的不太好，国内媒体更甚。