Elon Musk·Canada

Words:

Maye had family scattered all across Canada, and Musk began reaching out to them

  • reach out to sb: to show sb that you are interested in them and/or want to help them
    仿句:The company needs to find a new way to reaching out to itselve

Musk called a second cousin out of the blue from the bus station and hitched a ride to his house

  • out of the blue: unexpectedly; without warming
    His decision about leaving came out of the blue

Musk found a note on the dorm room door, notifying him that he'd been stood up

  • stand sb up: to deliberately not meet sb you have arranged to meet, especially sb you are having a romantic relationship with

Justine had already fallen in love with an older man and then ditched him to go to college

  • ditch: v. ~sb/sth. to get rid of sth/sb because you no longer want or need it/them
    He ditched his girlfriend
  • dump sb 也有与某人结束恋爱关系的意思

几个小词组:

  • run-of-the-mill: adj. ordinary, with no special or interesting features
  • Johnny-come-lately: n. (尤指自负的)新人,新手
  • spot-on: adj. exactly right
  • matter-of-fact: adj. 不动感情的,据实的

Summary:

Somebody had to stay sober during these parties, I was paying my own way through college and could make an entire month's rent in one night. Adeo was in charge of doing cool shit around the house, and I would run the party 看完这里超佩服他,作为一个目标明确的人就是这样一种存在,不会因为各种因素影响自己的行为,就连在追妹子时,也不忘成绩要拔尖。看到这一段想起木心写过的一句话“富可敌国等到大毒枭,他们不吸海洛因,衣冠楚楚,文质彬彬,会蔼然对你说:年轻人,珍惜青春、生命,只有一次生命

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