musk -2 汉译英练习

梅椰回忆起一件往事：一天晚上埃隆正在和兄弟和表兄弟玩 MEYE tells the story of musk playing outside one night with his siblings and cousins 。当中一个人抱怨害怕黑暗when one of them complained of being frightened by the dark,埃隆却说黑暗只是缺少光线而已 elon pointed out that the dark is merely the absence of light.这无法安抚那个被吓坏的孩子which did little to reassure the scared child .作为一个年轻人as a youngster,埃隆爱纠正别人的学究气和他生硬粗暴的做法让其他孩子渐行渐远elon's constant yearning to correct people and his abrasive manner put off other kids 这也让他感到越加孤独 and added to his feeling of isolation。但是埃隆会认为人们会很高兴听到他们的错误elon genuinely thought that people would be happy to hear about the flaws in their thinking。孩子们其实不喜欢这样，梅椰说：kids didn't like answers like that，said maye :他们会说：they would say :埃隆我们不和你一起玩了 we are not playing with you anymore，作为一个母亲 ，我感到难过，因为我觉得他需要朋友i felt so sad as a mother because i think he wants friends.金巴尔和托斯卡会带朋友回家kimbal and tosca would bring home friends ,但埃隆不会but elon wouldn't。但是他愿意和他们一起玩he would want to play with them ,但总是觉得尴尬he was awkward，你是知道的you know 。梅椰总是敦促金巴尔和卡斯托带着埃隆一起玩，他们的反应很孩子气maye urged kimbal and tosca to include elon ,they responded as kids will ,但是妈妈，他很无趣but mama ,he is not fun ,可他长大以后as he got older,埃隆却对自己的表兄弟（梅椰妹妹的孩子）有着很深的感情 elon would have a strong ,affectionate attachment to his siblings and cousins -maye's sister's son.虽然他在学校里总是独处though he kept to himself at school,elon had a outgoing nature with members of his family ，最终成长为家族的长者和领袖的角色eventually took on the role of elder and chief  instigator among them 

重点keep to oneself独处