Elon Musk-Ch 2

Day 1

bristle 

verb [intransitive]

1 to behave in a way that shows you are very angry or annoyed

bristle with rage/indignation etc

John pushed back his chair, bristling with rage.

bristle at

He bristled at her rudeness.

2 if an animal’s hair bristles, it stands up stiffly because the animal is afraid or angry

原文参考：Maye bristled when the subject of Errol came up. “Nobody gets along with him,” she said. “He is not nice to anyone. I don’t want to tell stories because they are horrendous. You know, you just don’t talk about it. There are kids and grandkids involved.”

lackluster

lack‧lus‧tre  British English,    lackluster American English /ˈlækˌlʌstə ， -ər/ adjective

1 not exciting, impressive etc SYN dull

a lacklustre performance

2 not shining SYN dull

lacklustre hair

原文参考：He began pursuing physics and engineering but put lackluster effort into the work and soon dropped out of school.

埃隆小时候就已经是个小大人，也是有一点nerdy的“智商歧视”了，跟家人并不太亲近，儿时有点爱的缺失，对同龄人的无聊小把戏毫不关心。相反，他喜欢繁复的自然科学，对动手的任何玩乐，充满好奇心和挑战欲望。他对电子，或者高科技的事物总是有强烈的好奇心。

正在看的另一本书是宇宙史与物理学弦理论。想到家族的影响也许还真的有些效果，小学一年级收到姑姑的来信，与我讨论宇宙的尺寸和边界。后来才知道姑姑是顶呱呱的少儿教育家，也做了不少科普节目，她的三个小孩，分别在美国和国内获得博士学位后，在各自的研究所继续着对癌症和电子的研究。庆幸如今还有不断的好奇心，更希望能实干一些，把梦想加油实现。

这本书果然不仅有趣，也很激发对美好或对梦想的寻求。