Elon Musk-(2)Africa

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。