Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos: The Silicon Valley space race

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)

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)

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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