Ever in search of something new to do, Haldeman had picked up flying and bought his own plane.

He took to the wide-open land and picked up bronco horseback riding, boxing, and wrestling.

He picked things up easily, and Maye, like many mothers do, pegged her son as brilliant and precocious.

eg: (verb) to get to know or learn , usually through informal training ;

Didn't you pick up any Chinese while you were in China?

2. Relentless

And, according to Maye, Errol spent about seven years as a relentless suitor seeking her hand in marriage and eventually breaking her will.

For three or four years, Musk endured relentless hounding at the hands of these bullies.

eg: (adj.) never ceasing

She could not bear the relentless music and turned down the volume.

Relentless in his pursuit of quality , his technical ability was remarkable.

3. Scour

Once in South Africa, the family rebuilt the plane and used it to scour the country for a nice place to live .

eg: (verb) examine or look for minutely

The police scoured the country for the fugitive.

4. Pensive

For Musk, these pensive moments were wonderful.

eg:( adj.) deeply or seriously thoughtful

He became so pensive that she didn't like to break into his thoughts.

中文感悟

"At one point, I ran out of books to read at the school library and the neighborhood library," Musk said. "This is maybe the third or fourth grade. I tried to convince the librarian to order books for me. So then, I started to read the Encyclopaedia Britannica. That is so helpful.

讀到這，我笑出來了，但是也明白了成功是有道理的。從小酷愛讀書，而且從小就懂得為了自己想要的東西盡全力去爭取。長大點(diǎn)明白他的夢想只能在美國實(shí)現(xiàn)，所以就一心爭取去美國！目標(biāo)明確，勇往直前，不浪費(fèi)時(shí)間在沒有意義的事情上面！這也是我們現(xiàn)在很多人所缺乏的，渾渾噩噩地‘生活’著。