新词:
1. outage: a period when a power supply or other service is not available or when equipment is closed down.
原文:the battery units could be used to help large customers get through the night or during unexpected outages
glut: an excessively abundant supply of something.
原文:It could capitalize on the glut in the solar cell market and avoid the large capital expenditures tied to building and running factories.
2.tack on:to add sth new to sth that is already complete, especially in a way that looks wrong or spoils the original thing
原文:utilities tend to tack on extra charges
造句:Do not tack the stuff on the wall.
复习:
1. indictment: a thing that serves to illustrate that a system or situation is bad and deserves to be condemned.
2. incremental: 增加的
3. butter up阿谀奉承 spruce up打扮整齐crank out制成
4. pledge: commit (a person or organization) by a solemn promise.
5. revamp改造,翻新,修补 fathom推测,领会morph变形 lard夹杂
唠叨两句:
这章讲了SolarCity,Musk涉猎了他当初刚从毕业所预言的三大领域Internet, renewable energy, and space。很厉害。不过这章我很好奇的是太阳能板(硅提炼制取的过程)的生产是极其污染环境的,而Musk是怎么解决的?