dialogue 1
Jingjing: Good afternoon, Mark. I've just been ________ Elon Musk, the _______in the world.
Mark: Huh? I thought that was Jeff Bezos.
Jingjing: ______: Elon Musk became the _____ this month.
Mark: That's ___. He's pretty ____ too.
Jingjing: He got _________, which is impressive because he's a ________. He'll turn _____ this year.
Mark: Tell me how he_______. I only know about Tesla and SpaceX.
Jingjing: OK, do you know what _________?
Mark: You have to _____.
Jingjing: Well, he started a _____ called Zip2, an ______. He later ___ it for over ______ to Compaq Computers.
Mark: I've _____ heard of Zip2. But then he used the ____ to start Tesla, right?
Jingjing: Not that ____. He then started a _____ called X.com.
Mark: I've never heard of that_______. Did it go belly-up?
Jingjing: Quite the _____. Within a year, it ______ Paypal.
Mark: Wow, _____ started that? I used that when I was _____. I remember when Paypal was ____ by eBay.
Jingjing: Right. So, that sale made him a _____.
Mark: Nice! So, his ___ company was Tesla, right?
Jingjing: Wrong. He founded SpaceX in 2002, ____ than Tesla.
Mark: I had ___ that company was ____ for so long.
Jingjing: I'll tell you an _________
Mark: I'll be looking forward to it.
dialogue 2
Jingjing: Hi, again, Mark. Are you ready to _____ Elon Musk?
Mark: Sure. What was that ____ you were going to tell me?
Jingjing: Well, I forgot to tell you about his _______ schemes.
Mark: OK, let's _____ a bit. What did he do?
Jingjing: In college, he ___________
Mark: Ha ha. I guess all the _____ and drinks paid the ___ on that ____ as well.
Jingjing: Yeah, pretty ____, huh? Anyway, two days after he started his ______at Stanford, he ____ to start the business ____ I told you about last time.
Mark: Got it. So, let's _____to Tesla and SpaceX.
Jingjing: Sure. That's _____ next. Tesla's been _____for him, as you know.
Mark: Right. I'm more ____ in SpaceX.
Jingjing: Sure. So he ____ and developed ____ ones.
Mark: That I know. It's pretty ___, though.
Jingjing: Well, his first_______. He was _____on the project, and was afraid _______would tank.
Mark: Jeez, I didn't know he _____skid row.
Jingjing: He did. His ___ launch was successful; and ____ gave him _____ at the start of their contract.
Mark: Whew! What did he do ____?
Jingjing: He ____ and got a _____for his wife. He hadn't done any ____, and stores were almost all ____ for the holiday already.
Mark: Aww. That's the inspirational story, isn't it? I also heard he _____ into space. Is that true?
Jingjing: Yep, there's a Tesla Roadster ____ the sun, _____ Elon Musk.
new words and phrases
from dialogue 1
a self-made man:
go belly-up:
acquire / acquisition:
from dialogue 2
money-making scheme:
all in:
tank:
skid row: