Describe a famous person

Describe a famous person you are interested in.

Who he/she is

How you knew about this person

What he/she was like before becoming famous

Why you are interested in him/her

1: Who he/she is

扩展思路：职业 社会身份

Useful expressions：

a world-famous entrepreneur 一个世界著名的企业家

set up a series of successful corporations 成立了一系列成功的公司

extraordinary businessman 杰出的商人

deep thinker 深刻的思考者

Sample:

The person I want to talk about is Elon Musk, a world-famous entrepreneur who set up a series of successful corporations including Paypal, Space X and Tesla Motors. He is not only an extraordinary businessman, but also a brilliant engineer and a deep thinker.

2: How you knew about this person

扩展思路：描述第一次了解这位名人的情况

Useful expressions：

build a factory producing electric cars 修建了一个生产电动车的工厂

gigafactory 超级工厂

complete construction 完成建设

beyond everyone’s expectation 超越了所有人的期待

Sample:

I still remember the first time I got to know about him was 3 years ago. At that time, he was planning to build a factory producing electric cars in Shanghai, which is also the company’s first gigafactory outside of the United States. What impressed me a lot was that it took only about 9 months to complete construction, that was beyond everyone’s expectation.

3: What he/she was like before becoming famous

扩展思路：描述这位名人成名之前的情况

Useful expressions：

acquire fame and fortune 收获名利

programming 编程

pursue a PhD 攻读博士

his move was timed perfectly with the Internet boom他的举动正值互联网热潮

drop out of Stanford 从斯坦福退学

Sample:

Before he acquired fame and fortune, he was an intelligent young man crazy about computers, programming and all kinds of inventions. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, Musk headed to Stanford University to pursue a PhD in energy physics. However, his move was timed perfectly with the Internet boom, and he dropped out of Stanford after just two days to become a part of it, launching his first company in 1995.

4: Why you are interested in him/her

扩展思路：你对这位名人感兴趣的原因

Useful expressions：

be inquisitive about 对……好奇

break the stereotype of entrepreneurs 打破对企业家的刻板印象

solve problems for the future of humanity 为人类的未来解决问题

positive social value 积极的社会价值观

devote themselves to making the world a better place 致力于将世界变得更好

Sample:

The reason why I am inquisitive about Musk is that he is not like any other businessmen that I have known before. The way he thinks and the way he deals with challenges break the stereotype of entrepreneurs. He said that for him it was never about money, but solving problems for the future of humanity. Such positive social value motivates a lot of young people to devote themselves to making the world a better place.