#篇章#
Musk's great escape to Canada was not well throught out.
逃往加拿大，虽一开始略有波折，无处居住四处流浪当锅炉房里的小清洁工，但不久便和妈妈弟弟妹妹在加拿大团聚，生活渐渐步入正轨。主动拜访当地名人，还认识Justine Wilson，在自己努力付出下，赢得Justine的青睐。
Musk was more ambitious in college than he's been in high school.
虽然Musk仍沉默寡言，但不同于小学、高中不受欢迎的境况。生活上，结识志同道合的伙伴，不喝酒不逾矩，周末还是会和伙伴开 party欢聚。学习上：更有抱负，学商业修双学位，先后发表四篇论文从太阳能的重要性到能源储存等问题的研究，并赢得外界称赞。坚持自己构造关于网络、太空、再生资源等领域的蓝图并坚信会实现，尽管这些在他人眼里是荒诞的。
「he viewed the Internet, renewable energy, and space as the three areas that would undergo significant change in the years to come and as the markets where he could make a big impact.」
for Musk, the distinction between stumbling into something and having intent is important.
或许，看似平常的人生却收获难以望其项背的成就，源于那份固执的坚守。
# 词汇 #
Musk has long wanted the world to know that he’s different from the run-of-the-mill entrepreneur in Silicon Valley.
1.run-off-the-mill ：
释义：lacking unusual or special aspects ； 平凡的，普通的，非选拔的
同义：ordinary
仿写：it was just a run-off-the-mill level
I don’t want to seem like a Johnny-come-lately or that I’m chasing a fad or just being opportunistic
2.Johnny-come-lately
释义：a newcomer to or later starter at a particular space.新手，新人
As Ressi put it, “Elon was the most straight-laced dude you have ever met.
3:straight-laced
释义：having strict old-fashioned ideas about moral behaviour:
adj. 严格的,固执的,刻板的
同义：stubborn
仿写：Don't try to persuade him to change his idea,such straight-laced a boy he is.
He was the artistic, colorful foil to the studious, more buttoned-up Musk.
4.1 foil ：
释义：to emphasize the good qualities of another person or thing, by being verydifferent from them:
名词：金属薄片，锡纸；衬托，陪衬
✏️be a foil to/ for somebody/ something
例句：In the play, a wicked old uncle acts as a foil to the noble young prince.
在剧中, 一个坏心肠的老叔父为一高贵的年轻王子作衬托。
仿写：The color of this shoes is perfect foil the clothes
动词：hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of...使...受挫，挫败
同义： frustrate，thwart
例句：Their rivals were foiled by the weather.他们对手的企图因天气受挫。
4.2 buttoned-up :
释义：someone who is buttoned-up is not able to express their feelings, especially sexual feelings
adj. 守口如瓶的，沉默寡言的；
仿写：He is a buttoned-up and severe father.
Bit by bit, he won me over.
5:bit by bit:
释义：gradually ,一点点，渐渐的
仿写：Bit by bit, he acquired the trust in the team
类似：step by step
反思：When Elon gets into something, he develops just this different level of interest in it than other people. That is what differentiates Elon from the rest of humanity.
