In 1984, bullies kicked a twelve-year-old boy down a flight of concrete stairs.

1984年，一群霸凌者把一个十二岁的男孩从水泥台阶上踢了下去。

They beat him until he blacked out.

他们把他打得昏了过去。

Elon later said, "I was raised by books. Books, and then my parents."

埃隆后来说：“是书把我养大的。先是书，然后才是父母。”

At twelve, he wrote a space game called Blastar and sold it.

十二岁时，他写了一款叫Blastar的太空游戏，并把它卖了出去。

His father told him, "You'll never be successful."

父亲对他说：“你永远不会成功。”

He got on the plane anyway.

他还是上了飞机。