Chanpter 8 PAIN, SUFFERING, AND SURVIVAL 

WORDS

1.relish/ˈrelɪʃ/ 

Justine appeared to relish their status even more than Musk.

释义：to enjoy an experience or the thought of something that is going to happen
 搭配：relish the prospect/thought/idea/ chance/opportunity

adv搭配 [搭配]VERB + RELISH

positively, really，clearly, obviously，appear to, seem to
not particularly 不太期待:
 secretly 暗中喜欢:

同义：= enjoy, delight in, fancy, like, revel in, savour
.

例：He did not particularly relish the prospect of a meeting with his boss.
他可不太想见他的上司。
rather
造句：She secretly relished the thought of being alone with him.

2.heap

Reporters who months earlier had been heaping adulation on Musk turned on him.

释义：heap praise/insults/critism etc on somebody to praise, insult etc someone a lot:

heap做名词就是一堆，比如经验丰富的人可以说 a man heaps of experience

做动词就是堆叠的意思，可以理解为将奖励堆叠到某人身上，就是大力夸奖或者批评的意思，文中是指平命拍马屁

注意和leap区分，第一眼以为是leap

例：He heaped all the blame on his secretary.

造句： The teachers always heap on praise on the students who gets high score in the school

3.adulation [ˌædjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n]

释义：praise and admiration for someone that is more than they really deserve。

例：Minelli is a born performer - she loves the excitement and she loves the adulation
造句：PG One enjoy the adulation of their fans wherever he go.
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4.turn on sb
释义：to attack sb suddenly and unexpectedly
例： Why are you all turning on me (= criticizing or blaming me)?
造句： The lions suddenly turned on each other.

5.champion

Thomas then championed the premise that Musk was a  master manipulator who played fast and loose with other people's money.

释义：to support, defend or fight for a person, belief, right or principle enthusiastically 支持，声援，捍卫（人、信仰、权利或原则），为…斗争
例：He has championed constitutional reform for many years.他支持宪法改革好多年了。

Thoughts

Musk富有起来之后，过着花花公子般的生活，真的很难想象这种技术宅男也会喜欢纸醉金迷。不过之后他遇到了事业和家庭的双重打击，公司的项目接连出现问题，迟迟不能成功。家庭方面也和Justine离婚了。不过上找到了一颗嫩草.....但是现在也已经离婚了。

这一章里面的Musk和前几章有一些不一样的形象，这才是真实的人类吧。期待明天他是怎么survive的。