Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos: The Silicon Valley space race

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Who is Elon Musk?

What is the mistake in the following statements?

1. Musk landed two rocket boosters horizontally on a Tuesday.

2. Musk has built a super-fast underground transport system for Los Angeles.

3. Musk's mother is South African.

4. Musk was a regular child.

5. You can play Musk's video game Blastar at Tesla.

6. Paypal was Musk's first company.

7. Musk still own Paypal.

8. The mission statement of SpaceX is to enable people to live in space.

9. Jeremy Clarkson likes Tesla cars.

10. Tesla has lost millions of dollars.

11. Musk has a respectful attitude toward shareholders.

12. Musk's ultimate goal is to destroy Mars by 2014.



Vocab focus

Listen and number the phrases in the order you hear them.






Part 1.


pinnacle (n)

introverted (adj)

futuristic (adj)

catapults (v)

feat (n)

revolutionise (v)

small-fry (n)

no wonder (n - adv)



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Part 2.

pet peeves (n phr)

extinction event (n phr)

scraped through (phr v)

disruptive (adj)

catalyst (n)

profitability (n)

baseless allegations (n phr)

rising costs (n phr)

cavalier (adj)




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What are your pet peeves?





Check 1

catapults (v)

feat (n)

pinnacle (n)

futuristic (adj)

no wonder (n - adv)

introverted (adj)

revolutionise (v)

small-fry (n)








Check 2

disruptive (adj)

catalyst (n)

rising costs (n phr)

pet peeves (n phr)

scraped through (phr v)

profitability (n)

baseless allegations (n phr)

cavalier (adj)

extinction event (n phr)












Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos: The Silicon Valley space race




Revolutionise
Foundations
Synonymous
Aspiration
Refurbished
Intercontinental
Adversary
Relaxed demeanour
Entrepreneur
Whatsoever
Exploration
Humanity
Dominant
Vindication
Unorthodox
Evident
Crucially
Immersed
Outlandish
Reverential
Supposedly
Seminal
Centrifugal
Envisages
Enticing
Consciousness
Reciprocal
Appetite
Symbolically-potent
Ongoing
Regardless
Fruition
Pie-in-the-sky
Terraforming
Competitiveness



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Synonym___
Aspira___
Refurbish___
Intercontinent__
Advers___
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Entrepren___
Whatso___
Explora____
Human___
Domina____
Vindica____
Unortho___
Evid___
Crucial___
Immers__
Outland____
Reveren___
Supposed___
Semin___
Centrifug__
Envisag__
Entic___
Conscious____
Recipro___
Appet___
Symbolically-pot___
Ongo___
Regard____
Frui___
Pie-in-the-____
Terraform____
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