Who is Elon Musk. What do you know about his life?

Do you think these facts from Elon

Musk's biography are true? Why?
Why not?

1. He catapulted his Tesla sports

car into space.
2. He runs an electric car
company.
3. He sells flame throwers.
4. He plots super-fast undeground
system for Los Angeles.
5. By the age of 10 he learnt
computer programming and sold a
video game he made to a
magazine for $500.

 Fun facts about Elon Mask

1) Musk has made appearances in Hollywood movies and sitcoms
Musk has made cameos in American sitcoms like The Big Bang Theory, Simpsons and South
Park. Not only that he also made an appearance in Marvel’s Iron Man 2 alongside Robert
Downey Jr. Musk is the “real-life Tony Stark”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGR5HP3KSBk&t=142s
 2) Musk’s annual salary at Tesla is $1
Yes, Elon Musk just draws an annual salary of $1 from Tesla while most of his fortune
comes from his share in stock. Although, there was a time when Elon couldn’t even make
ends meet as he lived off just $1 buying hot dogs and oranges in bulk.

 3) Musk is a big X-Men fan

The Tesla CEO is a big fan of the X-Men as he had once decided to name some of the
robots at his Tesla facility after mutant superheroes like Xavier, Storm, Wolverine,
Colossus and Iceman. Tesla wrote, “To us, these robots are like superheroes, so we
figured they deserved superhero names.”

Before watching the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7nZBJVI26A&feature=emb_title

Let's discuss.
1. When and how did Elon Musk learn computer
programming? Can you name any internet programs
created by Musk?
2. Why does Musk think that going to Mars is
important?
3. What has SpaceX accomplished?
4. What would you ask Musk if you met him in person?
5. What surprised you the most in the video?
6. So, who is Elon Musk?
 Let's discuss how likely the predictions below are.

1. By 2034 people will have a permanent

colony on Mars.
2. Wireless Internet connection will be
available at any point on our planet.
3. All forms of transport will eventually
become electric.
4. By the early 2030s, we will be able to
copy human consciousness to a computer.
5. People will have chips installed in their
brains to be controlled.
6. Robots overtake humans by 2100.
We are going to read an article about one of Elon's greatest ideas but first let's learn the words!
 Answer the questions

1. What are the potential advantages of

Neuralink?
2. Some scientists don't think that Neuralink is
something groundbreaking. Do you agree with
this opinion?
3. What do Russian people think about this
idea? Do you approve of this innovation?
4. What might be the negative consequences of
connection human brain to computer?
5. Do you agree with Elon's fans' comment: "If
we waited for peer reviews for the Tesla we
would still be waiting for the product. Make it
and they will come."