2017年9月5日
Elon Musk越來越覺得南非不適合自己，他向往美國硅谷，覺得那里才是自己可以實(shí)現(xiàn)夢想的地方，因此他就利用自己媽媽是加拿大人而積極想辦法去加拿大。
終于一切都辦好了，可是因?yàn)榕R行前準(zhǔn)備的并不周到，Elon Musk到了加拿大竟然發(fā)現(xiàn)他本想投奔的遠(yuǎn)方親戚已經(jīng)不住在那里了。就這樣，不到18歲的Elon Musk獨(dú)自一人在加拿大舉目無親。
接下來他干過許多零工，在農(nóng)場種植蔬菜打掃糧倉，還干過辛苦的鍋爐工。年輕的Elon Musk以起自己的方式到處在加拿大游歷。終于，他的媽媽和弟弟也在加拿大一家團(tuán)聚了。Elon Musk后來進(jìn)入加拿大安大略省的皇后大學(xué)。大學(xué)生活顯然很適合Elon Musk，他在這里交到了很多志同道合的朋友，大家都很尊重他在太空，太陽能以及他感興趣的領(lǐng)域的獨(dú)到見解，他在這種開放的環(huán)境中如魚得水，脫穎而出。
這時(shí)候的Elon Musk已經(jīng)表現(xiàn)出了工作狂的特性，
“如果有一種方法可以讓我即使不用吃飯也可以工作更長時(shí)間，那我寧愿不吃飯。我希望可以找到不吃飯就可以攝取營養(yǎng)的方法?！?/b>
If there was a way that I could not eat, so I coule work more, I would not eat.I wish there was ?a way to get nutrients without sitting down for a meal.
在大學(xué)時(shí)代，Elon Musk有了喜歡的女孩Justine Wilson，然而這個女人并不喜歡他，據(jù)Elon Musk的媽媽說“這個女人追求者很多，她并不喜歡Elon Musk，這讓 Musk很傷心?！比欢珽lon Musk一旦鎖定目標(biāo)，持之以恒，絕不放手。
這個女人最終被Elon Musk征服了，“電話總是響個不停，肯定是Elon Musk打來的，這個男人不喜歡被拒絕，你趕不走他，我認(rèn)為他就是終結(jié)者，他把目光鎖在某個物體上，說這應(yīng)該是我的。就這樣，我一點(diǎn)一點(diǎn)被他征服了。”
“He would call very insistently,”she said. ?“You always knew it was Elon because the phone would never stop ringing.The man does not take no for an answer.You can't blow him off.I do think of him as the Terminator.He locks his gaze on to something and says, 'It shall be mine.'Bit by bit, he won me over.”
在大學(xué)，Elon Musk交到了要好的朋友，看看他朋友對他的評價(jià)?！边@是一群卓越之人，顯然Elon 超越他們之上，在鐘形曲線之外?！?b>”一旦Elon 想了解某種事物，他會投入比別人多的多的精力，這是Elon 和其他人的不同之處。“
“This was a group of fairly high achievers, and Elon stood way outside of the bell curve,” When Elon gets into something, he develops just this different level of interset in it than other people.That is what differentiates Elon from the rest of humanity.“
在皇后大學(xué)呆了兩年，后來Elon Musk得到了一個獎學(xué)金機(jī)會，進(jìn)入到美國賓夕法尼亞大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)，主修經(jīng)濟(jì)和物理學(xué)。在這里，Elon Musk在自己感興趣的太陽能，新能源領(lǐng)域方面越發(fā)有個人獨(dú)到的見解，還撰寫了三篇優(yōu)秀的論文來闡述自己在太陽能，電池超級電容，以及將來可利用到汽車，飛機(jī)和火箭上的創(chuàng)新大膽的設(shè)想。
面臨大學(xué)畢業(yè)后的職業(yè)選擇，Elon Musk曾考慮進(jìn)入電子游戲行業(yè)，從兒童時(shí)代他就十分癡迷電子游戲，畢竟在這方面非常有能力，但是他卻說了這樣一段話"我真的很喜歡電腦游戲，但即使我做出來了很棒的電腦游戲，這又能給世界帶來多大的影響呢？“”這不會對世界帶來很大的影響，雖然我發(fā)自內(nèi)心的熱愛電腦游戲，但我不會把它當(dāng)作我的職業(yè)?！?/b>
"I really like computer games, but then if I made really great computer games , how much effct would that have on the world," he said "It wouldn't have a big effect.Even though I have an intrinsic love of video games, I couldn't bring myself to do that as ab caree."
Elon Musk明確的把自己的職業(yè)選擇定在太陽能源，互聯(lián)網(wǎng)，太空這三個領(lǐng)域。
寫到這里，我不禁想起我家蛋蛋，蛋蛋從小就很喜歡科學(xué)，隨著年紀(jì)增大，更清晰的把目標(biāo)鎖定自己喜歡的化學(xué)，有時(shí)候甚至有研究稀有的放射性金屬的傾向，他說過他職業(yè)的選擇要考慮兩個方面，一是他的興趣，他希望他的職業(yè)可以很好的和他的興趣契合，二是對人類社會貢獻(xiàn)的大小，他把這點(diǎn)作為他最大的追求，即使因此搭上性命也覺得值得。
我從沒給他上給過所謂的科學(xué)家的道德情操課，不知道他哪里來的那么大的抱負(fù)，也許是他越了解科學(xué)，越感嘆科學(xué)的奇妙，越感概科學(xué)帶給人類巨大的進(jìn)步吧。
想想現(xiàn)在的年輕人就業(yè)考慮的是什么呢？薪水，條件，地位，前景等等，有多少人會想到對世界，對社會的貢獻(xiàn)影響呢？
人的思維的格局也真的某種程度上決定了他的成功。往往有這種大格局的人，他不是在順應(yīng)某種流行潮流，他也不是為了發(fā)財(cái)，他對自己的未來有一個完整的計(jì)劃。
Elon Musk屬于科技精英，他某種意義上可以說是學(xué)者，但他的獨(dú)特之處在于他不是純粹的只做學(xué)問，而是他喜歡把那些對未來重要的，真正有價(jià)值的技術(shù)，以某種方式變?yōu)楝F(xiàn)實(shí)，這真的將會對世界產(chǎn)生深遠(yuǎn)的影響。“我不想被看作一個新手，我不喜歡跟風(fēng)和投機(jī)，我不是投資者。我喜歡把那些對未來重要的，真正有價(jià)值的技術(shù)，以某種方式變?yōu)楝F(xiàn)實(shí)”。
It is not some invented story after the fact.I don't want to seem like a Johnny-come -latedly or that I'a chasing a fad or just being opportunistic .I'm not an invetor.Ilike to make technologies real that I think are important for the future and useful in some dort of way.
我家老公搞化學(xué)研究20多年，穿梭于各個大學(xué)，研究所，一直在做的都是概念上的東西，具體能應(yīng)用于現(xiàn)實(shí)他們并不涉及，只是課題，研究，發(fā)表論文。現(xiàn)在老公已經(jīng)開始慢慢有意往產(chǎn)業(yè)上傾斜，試圖尋找實(shí)驗(yàn)室和產(chǎn)業(yè)化之間的某種可能。這對老公來說可以說是一個人生的新篇章，祝他成功吧，也許我該推薦他看看這本書。呵呵。
單詞部分
1.come off as看起來是，被認(rèn)為是，帶給別人什么樣的印象\、感覺
Elon,though,clearly came off as the geekier,more awkward counterpoint to the charismatic, personable Kimbal...
I know I might come off as negative。
2 end up v.最終；結(jié)果；到頭來 If you end up doing something or end up in a particular state, you do that thing or get into that state even though you did not originally intend to.
Elon ended up enrolling at Queen's University in Kingston,Ontario,in 1989.
If you don't know what you want, you might end up getting something you don't want...
3.jump out v.極易引起注意 If you say that something jumps out at you, you mean that it is easy to notice it because it is different from other things of its type.
The enormity of his work ethic at that age and his intensity jumped out.
A phrase jumped out at me in a piece.
4.bump into v.偶然遇見；意外碰到 If you bump into someone you know, you meet them unexpectedly.
...where he pretended to have bumped into her by accident ...
I happened to bump into him in the hallway.
5.off and on? 不時(shí); 斷斷續(xù)續(xù)地; 間歇地; 時(shí)作時(shí)輟;not regularly;
During their university years, the two youngsters wer off ?and on, withe Musk having to work hard to keep the relationship going.
We lived together, off and on, for two years
6.hip adj.新潮的;趕時(shí)髦的 If you say that someone is hip, you mean that they are very modern and follow all the latest fashions, for example in clothes and ideas.
She was hip and dated the coolest guys and wasn't interested in Elon at all.
..a hip young character with tight-cropped blond hair and stylish glasses.
7.bell curve n.a curve resembling the outline of a flared bell, usually representing a normal distribution 鐘形曲線;
This was a group of farily high achievers, and Elon stood way outside of the bell curve.
8.straight-laced adjmores,moral outlook,dissociation of ideas,ideaistic,pudibund,restrained,ideational,ideal measure of value,square-toes
固守道德觀念的；拘謹(jǐn)?shù)?br>
Elon was the most straight-laced-dude you have ever met.
That crowd are real straight - laced
9.Johnny-come-lately adj(disapproving or humorous) a person who has only recently arrived in a place or started an activity, especially sb who is more confident than they should be(尤指自負(fù)的)新人,新手
I don't want to seem like a Johnny-come-lately or that I'm chasing a fad or just being opportunistic.
10.run-of-the -mill? adj.? (oftendisapproving)ordinary, with no special or interesting features? 平凡的；普通的；乏味的
...That he's different from the run-of-the -mill entrepreneur inSilicon Valley.
. I was just a very average run-of-the-mill kind of student.
11.sniff out? v.發(fā)現(xiàn);找到 If you sniff out something, you discover it after some searching.
He wasn't just sniffing out trends, and he wasn't consumed by the idea of getting rich.
...journalists who are trained to sniff out sensation or scandal.
