公众人物毕业演讲第41期:特斯拉教父伊隆马斯克南加大(1)

 　　Let me take this second to introduce our commencement speaker

　　请允许我介绍我们的毕业典礼演讲嘉宾

　　It truly is a privilege to have Elon Musk¹ join us today

　　我们很荣幸地请到了伊隆马斯克

　　It doesn't need much of an introduction

　　我应该不需要太多地介绍这位客人

　　but let me tell you a little bit about them

　　我只简单介绍一下

　　He grew up in South Africa

　　他在南非长大

　　got his degrees from Wharton

　　毕业于沃顿商学院

　　came to California

　　来到加州

　　started a company

　　开了一家公司

　　merged² into a company

　　被合并到另一家公司

　　sold a company called PayPal

　　之后他又出售了PayPal公司

　　Some of you might use it

　　你们有人可能在用PayPal

　　He then has gone on become the CEO of Tesla Motors and the CEO of SpaceX

　　然后 他成为了特斯拉汽车公司和SpaceX的CEO

　　And in his mind, he has a lot of some brilliant ideas I know

　　他脑袋里肯定有不少新奇的想法

　　It's truly an honored privilege to have him join us today

　　很荣幸今天能够请来这位贵客

　　Mr. Elon Musk

　　有请伊隆马斯克先生

1 musk   

n.麝香, 能发出麝香的各种各样的植物，香猫

参考例句：

• Musk is used for perfume and stimulant.麝香可以用作香料和兴奋剂。
• She scented her clothes with musk.她用麝香使衣服充满了香味。

2 merged   

（使）混合( merge的过去式和过去分词 )； 相融； 融入； 渐渐消失在某物中

参考例句：

• Turf wars are inevitable when two departments are merged. 两个部门合并时总免不了争争权限。
• The small shops were merged into a large market. 那些小商店合并成为一个大商场。