1、高中英语高三二轮复习：新题型时文读写人物介绍马斯克 “世界新首富”马斯克 2021 年 1 月 7 日，“硅谷霸道总裁”、特斯拉 CEO 埃隆马斯克（Elon Musk）超越亚马 逊创始人杰夫贝索斯（Jeff Bezos）成为新任世界首富。根据富豪榜的最新数据，马斯克个 人资产升至 1950 亿美元（约合人民币 1,2609 亿）。 主题一 人物介绍 原文阅读 How Elon Musk Became Elon Musk Elon Musk just became the richest person in the world, with a net worth of more than $1
2、85 billion. Thursdays increase in Teslas share price pushed Musk past Jeff Bezos, who had been the richest person since 2017 and is currently worth about $184 billion. Musks wealth surge (剧增) over the past year marks the fastest rise to the top of the rich list in history. Elon Musk is the co-founde
3、r of PayPal (PYPL), Tesla Motors (TSLA), and SolarCity (SCTY), and is the founder of SpaceX. His surprising success has given rise tocomparisons of Musk and Steve Jobs, Howard Hughes, Henry Ford, and Bill Gates. During an often difficult childhood, Musk developed a continuous work ethic (职业 道德) (he
4、is known to work as many as 80 to 100 hours per week) and a tenacious (顽 强的) single-minded vision. He is the oldest of three children in an ambitious family. After his parents divorced when he was a child, Musk lived mostly with his father. He read many books and was also a crazy fan of comics. Self
5、-described as a bookworm andsomething of a smart aleck (自作聪明的人), he was bullied (欺负) in school and withdrew to his books at the expense of his social life. At the age of 10, Musk was introduced to computers. He quickly learned how to program. At that time, Musk, along with his brother, planned to op
6、en a video game arcade (街机游戏) near their school. Finally, their parents nixed the plan. But apparently the only thing stopping them was the need for a city permit which had to be applied for by an adult. Musks intellectual genius did him few favors as a child. He found few friends in the tough-minde
7、d Afrikaner (荷兰裔南非白人的) culture he encountered in school. “I had a terrible upbringing. I had a lot of adversity (逆境) growing up. One thing Iworry about with my kids is that they dont face enough adversity.” Musk started school a year early; he attended the English-speaking Waterkloof House Preparato
8、ry School, and later graduated from Pretoria Boys High School. The years were lonely and cruel, from his descriptions. If there was a point of bright escape for Musk, it was technology. When he was only 10, he became familiar with programming via the Commodore VIC-20, an inexpensive home computer. B
9、efore long, he had become skilled enough to create Blastara video game in the style of Space-Invaders. He sold the basic code for the game to a magazine called PC and Office Technology for $500. It can be considered as the start of his legendary career. 文章信息 【文章标题】 How Elon Musk Became Elon Musk（埃隆马
10、斯克是如何成为埃隆马斯克的） 【主题语境】人 与 社 会 历 史 、 社 会 与 文 化 对 社 会 突 出 贡 献 的 人 物 话题图式累积 Elon Musk 埃隆马斯克 埃隆马斯克出生于 1971 年，企业家、慈善家，出生于南非，毕业于宾夕法尼亚大学， 以 SpaceX 的创办者及特斯拉汽车和 PayPal 的联合创办人而闻名，是 2019 年霍金科学传 播奖获得者，现任 SpaceX CEO 兼 CTO，被誉为“硅谷钢铁侠”。2021 年 1 月 8 日，最新彭 博亿万富翁指数显示，埃隆马斯克资产高达 1950 亿美元，成为全球新首富。 Jeff Bezos 杰夫贝佐斯 杰夫贝佐斯，企
11、业家，出生于美国新墨西哥州，毕业于普林斯顿大学，互联网巨头亚马 逊公司创始人、董事长兼 CEO，华盛顿邮报大股东之一。他于 1995 年创办亚马逊公司并于 两年后带领公司成功上市。2018 年首登世界首富之位。 语篇结构解读 语言知识挖掘 （一）重点词汇 1. increase n. 常用含义：增加 反义词：decrease 2. wealth n. 常用含义：财富 3. mark v. 常用含义：标志 4. ambitious adj. 常用含义：有雄心的 5. apparent adj. 常用含义：明显的 近义词：evident, obvious （二）熟词生义 （三）地道表达 1. gi
12、ve rise to 常用含义：引起，使发生 实际应用： Thought cannot give rise to matter. 思想不能产生物质。 2. something of 常用含义：在某种意义上；有几分；在某种程度上；有点儿 实际应用： She is something of an artist. 她有几分艺术家的味道。 3. at the age of 常用含义：在岁 实际应用： Hed dropped out of high school at the age of 16. 他 16 岁的时候就从中学退学了。 4. apply for 常用含义：申请 实际应用： I am applying for a job as a clerk. 我正在申请一个做职员的工作。 5. worry about 常用含义：焦虑；担心 实际应用： Dont worry about me. Ill be all right. 别为我担忧，我会没事的。 6. graduate from 常用含义：毕业于，从毕业 实际应用： He graduated from Stanford with a degree in Law. 他从斯坦福毕业，获得法学学 位。
