Elon Musk CH11 1/2

1.hop

In theory, people would be able to hop between the two cities in about ten minutes.

 to move somewhere quickly or suddenly:

例：Patrick hopped out of bed and quickly got dressed.

造句：Hearing his son got high fever, she hopped to home.

2.meltdown

We don't necessarily need all of the money for the Gigafactory right now, but I decided to raise it in advance because you never know when there will be some bloody meltdown.

a situation in which prices fall by a very large amount or an industry or economic situation becomes much weaker:失败

The stock market crash might lead to financial meltdown.

a sudden and complete failure of a company, organization, or system

fear of a global financial meltdown

3.storm

The magazine's Web server began melting down as people stromed the website to read about the invention.

 to suddenly attack and enter a place using a lot of force:

The kite runner 里出现过这个词stormed out of the room

例：Government buildings have been stormed and looted...

造句：An angry crowd stormed the government.

4.fathom/ˈfæðəm/

What Musk struggle to fathom is why other automakers with deeper pockets aren't making similar moves.

to understand what something means after thinking about it carefully理解，明白

SYN  work out:

例：I still can’t fathom out what she meant.

fathom how/why/where etc

造句：I couldn’t fathom why she like Mike so much.

deep pocket： a person or an organization having substantial financial resources

5.pooh-pooh[ˌpu:'pu:]

The competitors are all sorts of  pooh-poohing the Gigafactory.

to express an opinion that an idea or suggestion is silly or not worth considering对…不屑一顾，蔑视；贬低

例：The Government has pooh-poohed the idea that primary schools will begin to select pupils

造句：He pooh-poohed herbal remedies .

Thoughts

We don't necessarily need all of the money for the Gigafactory right now, but I decided to raise it in advance because you never know when there will be some bloody meltdown.

生于忧患，死于安乐。因为马斯克曾经几次破产，所以即使现在如日中天，Musk仍然为困难时期做着准备，丝毫没有被当时的胜利冲昏头脑。商场如战场。

Elon's worst trait by far, in my opinion, is a complete lack of loyalty or human connection.

尽管马斯克与人打交道的能力不太强，可是他那种笃定要做一件事情的坚决和实践能力着实让身边的人都为之折服，甘于拼命。所以如果想让他人听你建议的时候，最好的方法是自己先做到，做出成绩了旁人自然会打心底里信服。