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: