EXPRESSIONS

（摘錄的是熟詞的其他用法）

1. bounce 一般意思是彈、跳

?Musk also bounced his ideas off some contacts he’d made at the bank in Canada.

bounce ideas (off sb)/(around) to ?

(tell sb your ideas in order to find out what they think about them) ??(向某人)透露主意(以試探其反應):

?He bounced ideas off colleagues everywhere he went.?他在同事中逢人便試探地大講他的想法

2. hit it'off?(with sb)?

(informal) to have a good friendly relationship with sb?? (和某人)投緣:

?We hit it off straight away.?我們一見如故。

3. floor [verb]

to surprise or confuse sb so that they are not sure what to sayor do??使驚奇；使困惑

?I was floored by it and angry.

THOUGHTS

第五章的標題很有趣，是Musk作為Palpay的幕后老板，這章主要介紹Palpay的發(fā)展史。Musk在賺到22 millions時先買房買車而后進行下一步投資X-com而不是貪圖享受，從這里看出他并不滿足于賺錢。Musk的想法總比其他人超前，他提出其他人都不敢相信的online?bank，合作后期遇到了各種coups，合伙人單飛抄襲創(chuàng)意變成競爭對手，公司管理權力被篡奪，他都冷靜地化解了。后來度蜜月時染上瘧疾，他表現(xiàn)的像個坦克剛不可摧。所以，能成大事者一定是能handle住各種意外情況和承受住壓力的人。