日积月累:
1.surpass: to be even better or greater than someone or something else
原文:it certainly surpassed what most twelve-year-old were kicking out at the time
造句:The difficulty I have met surpassed my expectation.
2.specter: a ghost
原文:The specter of apartheid was present throughout his childhood.
造句:It is said that the specter lives in the old house.
3. revere:to respect or admire someone or something very much
原文:tough jocks were revered
造句:Every student should revere his teachers.
4. drift off: 渐渐离开 trance恍惚,出神,发呆
原文:Elon seemed to drift off into a trance at times.
造句:His thought drifted off due to the boring lecture.
唠叨两句:
相比前两本逻辑严密,结构清晰的说明文体,不太习惯这种时间顺序的叙述风格。
1. Elon很热爱读书,每天读10小时以上是usual的,且不受外界干扰。很典型的刻意练习的例子。
2. 文中有一小处提到了Elon小时候,没有人认为他是最聪明的,也没有认为他会成为billionaire,甚至认为他是一个weirdy。但是最终我们都知道他创造了特斯拉。可见,任何人都不能断定别人的人生。谁知道未来会怎样呐?只要你努力。