1995年，一名二十四岁的学生在仅两天后便从斯坦福退学。

In 1995, a twenty-four-year-old student dropped out of Stanford after two days.

埃隆说：“我不能只是坐着，看着互联网的兴起。”

Elon said, "I can't just sit here and watch the internet happen."

兄弟俩只有两千美元，租了一间小办公室，就住在里面。

With two thousand dollars, the brothers rented a tiny office and lived in it.

因为办公室没有淋浴，他就在当地的基督教青年会洗澡。

He showered at the local YMCA because the office had no shower.

1999年，康柏以三亿零七百万美元收购了Zip2。

In 1999, Compaq bought Zip2 for three hundred seven million dollars.

二十七岁时，埃隆手中突然有了两千两百万美元现金。

At twenty-seven, Elon suddenly held twenty-two million dollars in cash.