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hi everyone welcome to the first episode
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of learn English through story today
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we'll talk about the inspiring life of
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Elon Musk he is a man who started with
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Small Beginnings and turned his dreams
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reality Elon didn't just achieve success
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he changed the world this story is
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simple and easy to understand perfect
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for practicing your English
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begin Elon Musk was born on June 28th
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1971 in Petoria South
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Africa as a child he was quiet and
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curious while other kids played outside
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reading his favorite books were about
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science fiction which made him dream
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about Rockets robots and the
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future but elon's school life was hard
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bullied one day classmates pushed him
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down the stairs and he had to go to the
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hospital even though these experiences
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made him feel lonely they also made him
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stronger Elon learned how to stay
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focused on his dreams no matter what
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said when Elon was 10 years old his
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computer for most kids it would have
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toy but for Elon it was a challenge and
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a chance to learn something
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new he taught himself how to program by
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manual at 12 years old he created a
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video game called blaster and sold it
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$500 this was his first step into the
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world of technology and
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business as a teenager Elon dreamed of
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living in the United States the land of
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opportunity at 17 he left South Africa
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Canada then to the US to study at the
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University of Pennsylvania
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after graduation Elon started his first
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1990s zip 2 helped newspapers go online
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Guides it was a new idea and it became
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successful in 1999 Elon sold zip 2 for
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million he was only 2 7 years old and
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millionaire but instead of stopping
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there Elon wanted to do
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more he used the money to start a
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x.com this company became PayPal one of
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the first online payment
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systems in 2002 eBay bought PayPal for
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billion El now had enough money to
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retire but he wasn't interested in
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relaxing he wanted to make a
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difference with his Paypal earnings Elon
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SpaceX his goal was to make space travel
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cheaper and help humans explore other
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planets many people thought this idea
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was impossible and SpaceX faced a lot of
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failures the first three rocket launches
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didn't work and by 2008 the company was
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money but Elon didn't give
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up on the fourth try the rocket
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successfully launched into
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space it was a historic moment SpaceX
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became the first private company to send
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a rocket into Earth's orbit
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at the same time Elon joined Tesla
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Motors Tesla wanted to make electric
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cars but many people didn't believe it
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work Elon believed in the idea of clean
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energy and worked hard to prove the
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wrong in 2008 Tesla released its first
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car the Roadster an electric car that
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stylish later Tesla introduced the model
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S model 3 and other cars which made the
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company famous around the
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world today Tesla is a leader in clean
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energy creating electric cars solar
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Systems but elon's Vision didn't stop
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there he started other projects too
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with Solar City he wanted to bring clean
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homes with neuralink he began exploring
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how to connect the human brain to
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computers and with the boring company he
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started building tunnels to improve
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cities these projects all show elon's
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Big Goal to solve problems and make life
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better for people everywhere
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elon's personal life has also been full
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downs he has been married twice to
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actress Tula Riley and had a well-known
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relationship with musician
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Grimes he has 10 children and even
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created a special school for them called
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Astra the school teaches kids to think
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creatively and solve problems instead of
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facts elon's life is not without
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controversy his bold ideas and outspoken
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personality sometimes cause
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debates for example some people didn't
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like his decision to buy Twitter in
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2022 others criticize his
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tweets but Elon doesn't let criticism
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him he wants said if something is
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important enough you should try even if
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the risk of failure is
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high today elon's biggest dream is to
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Mars he believes Earth is fragile and we
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need a backup plan for
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Humanity with SpaceX He is building a
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spaceship called Starship which could
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Mars many think this dream is impossible
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but Elon keeps working toward
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it Elon musk's story teaches us an
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lesson no matter how big your dream is
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you can achieve it with hard work and
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determination Elon faced many failures
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up he reminds us that failure is not the
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end it's just another step towards
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success thank you for listening to the
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story of Elon Musk his life shows us the
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power of dreaming big and staying strong
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challenges if this story inspired you
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share it with someone who needs
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world until next time keep learning stay
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curious and always dream big
