Tesla CEO Elon Musk hosts SNL comedy debut and listens to surprise revelations [Learn English]

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Elon Musk, the world's richest man, was invited to host the well-known American comedy show "Saturday Night Live" for the first time last week.

The first global live broadcast on YouTube, attracting worldwide attention. With a weird style, he not only revealed that he had Asperger's disease at the beginning, but also laughed at his weird tweets and the incident of smoking marijuana, and joked about his son's strange name, and even said to the mother who appeared on stage that the gift for Mother's Day is He is touting Dogecoin. The five-minute monologue was awe-inspiring.

Claims to be the first host with Asperger's

1. It's an honor to be hosting Saturday Night Live. I mean that. Sometimes after I say something, I have to say, “I mean that.” So people really know that I mean it, that's because I don't always have a lot of intonation or variation in how I speak, which I'm told makes for great comedy .
I'm honored to host "Saturday Night Live," and I do mean that. Sometimes I have to say, "I mean that." So people really know what I mean, and it's because I don't have much intonation or variation in the way I speak, and I've been told that Can make great comedy.

• host verb v. host; noun n. host, program host; on the contrary, guests use guest
• intonation noun n. intonation, tone (English is a language that is biased towards stress and tone intonation, emphasizing the expression of stress, melody, rhythm, and emotion; Chinese is a language that is partial to tone, and the syllables of each word in the four tones tend to be equal in length, The rhythm is relatively unchanged)
• variationnounn . variation
• which relational pronoun n. This refers to the thing "without much intonation or inflection"
• comedy noun n. comedy

2. I'm actually making history tonight as the first person with Asperger ’s to host SNL. Or at least the first to admit it. So I won't make a lot of eye contact with the cast tonight.
I actually made history tonight because I was the first person with Asperger's to host Saturday Night Live. Or at least I'm the first to admit it. So I won't have much eye contact with the star lineup tonight.

• making history phrase n.
• Asperger syndrome noun n. Asperger's syndrome (a type of autism, the important feature is the difficulty of social and non-verbal communication, patients often have clumsy limbs and abnormal language expression and other conditions)
• admit verb n. admit
• eye contact noun n. make eye contact make eye contact; keep eye contact during an interview; if you want to avoid other people's eyes, you can say avoid eye contact
• cast noun n. all actors

In fact, Musk is not the first person on the show to suffer from Asperger's syndrome. Many celebrities at home and abroad are also considered to have Asperger's traits, such as: Mozart, Andersen, Newton, Einstein, Bill Gates, Jobs, Ke Wenzhe, Zhu Deyong, etc. In fact, it is unfair to label people with Asperger's disease as "selfish," "emotional," and "genius." If you are surrounded by people with Asperger's traits, try to let go of the existing labels, respect and understand their characteristics in thinking and behavior, and help them integrate into society and realize their potential.

Humanity should be the master of "multi-planetary space civilization"

As soon as the show opened, Musk shared his future vision with the audience, believing that humans could one day become one of the species on many planets in the universe.

3. First, I'd like to share with you my vision for the future. I believe in a renewable energy future. I believe that humanity must become a multi- planetary space-bearing civilization . Those seem like exciting goals, don't They? First, I want to share with you my vision for the future. I believe in the future of renewable energy. I think humanity has to become a multi-planet space civilization. These seem like exciting goals, don't they?

• renewable energy phrase n. renewable energy
• humanity noun n.
• planetary noun n. planetary
• civilizationnounn . civilization

Self-deprecating aliens who "speak amazingly"

Musk did not forget to laugh at himself that he should say more "serious" things on Twitter, not some "waste articles"

4. Now I think if I just posted that on Twitter, I'd be fine. But I also write things like “69 days after 4/20 again haha”. I don't know, I thought it was funny. That's why I wrote haha at the end.
Now, I think if I tweet about my vision for the future, that's fine. But I also write things like "It's April 20th and 69 more days, lol". I don't know, I thought it was funny, that's why I wrote "haha" at the end of the article.

April 20 is International Cannabis Day, dubbed "Elon Musk Day" because Musk was smoking marijuana on a podcast before, and his actual birthday is June 28, which is April 20. 69 days later, he tweeted on his birthday, joking about his marijuana use.

The maverick Musk also explained some of his eye-catching behaviors

5. Look, I know I sometimes say or post strange things, but that's just how my brain works. To anyone I've offended , I just want to say I reinvented electric cars, and I'm sending people to Mars in a rocket ship. Did you think I was also going to be a chill , normal dude?
He continued: "I know sometimes what I say or post is a little weird, but that's how my head works, and to anyone who has been offended by me, I just want to say that I reinvented the electric car and thought Sending humans to Mars with rockets, do you think I'll still be a normal guy to get along with?"

• offend verb v. to offend, to hurt; to be offended at sth. to be annoyed at something
• reinvent verb v. reinvent
• chill adjective adj. Chilled, relaxed, here is a metaphor for approachable

Musk continues to laugh at himself for the stupid things he did, smoking marijuana on podcast

6. A lot of times, people are reduced to the dumbest thing they ever did. Like one time I smoked weed on Joe Rogan's podcast, and now all the time I hear Elon Musk all he ever does is smoke weed on a podcast. Like I go from podcast to podcast, lighting up joints. It happened once. It's like reducing OJ Simpson to a murderer.
A lot of times, people are dwarfed by the stupidest things they've ever done. Just like I was smoking weed on Joe Rogan's podcast once, now every time I hear "Elon Musk", I think he only smokes weed on the show, as if I "smoking" the show , I've only smoked it once, and it's like dismissing Simpson as just a murderer.

• reduce verb v. reduce, dwarf; reduce to
• dumb adj. dumb, stupid; comparative dumber superlative dumbest
• weed noun n. weed, tobacco, marijuana; marijuana, cannabis, pot marijuana

Musk was talking about the marijuana incident in September 2018, when he was caught smoking marijuana on a podcast hosted by Joe Rogan. He also made a shocking analogy, comparing himself to the sensational "Simpson case" in American history. OJ Simpson is a famous American football star and actor. In the case, Simpson was accused of two murders and experienced a long After a nine-month trial, he was eventually found not guilty.

Musk also laughed at his unique name for his son "X Æ A-12"

7. SNL is also great way to learn something new about the host. For example, this is my son's name [X Æ A-12 appears on screen]. It's pronounced cat running across keyboard .
"Saturday Night Live" is also a great way to find out what's new with the hosts, for example, my son's name "X Æ A-12 (on the show's screen)". Pronounced "the cat runs on the keyboard".

• pronounce verb v. pronounce
• keyboard noun n. keyboard

Musk and Canadian singer Grimes named the child "X Æ A-12". "X" stands for "unknown variable"; "Æ" is the elf letter "Ai", Æ is the ligature of A and E, pronounced like "Ash" in modern English, representing "love" and/or artificial intelligence; A-12 It refers to the A-12 reconnaissance aircraft built by Lockheed for the CIA, and it is also the predecessor of the SR-71 "Blackbird" reconnaissance aircraft that both liked.

Surprise guests show up and give Dogecoin as a Mother's Day gift

At the end of Musk's monologue on the show, he invited his mother Maye to appear on stage

8. Maye Musk: That's great Elon. Well, break a leg tonight. I love you very much. Elon Musk: I love you too, mom.
Maye Musk: And I'm excited for my Mother's Day gift. I just hope it's not Dogecoin . Elon Musk: It is.
Maye Musk: Great, Elon. I wish you the best of luck tonight. I very love you.
Elon Musk: Mom, I love you too.
Maye Musk: I'm looking forward to my Mother's Day gift. But hopefully not Dogecoin.
Elon Musk: Yep, that's it.

• break a leg (slang) to wish, wish...success Cambridge Dictionary definition: used for wishing someone good luck, especially before a performance
  Origin: Originated in the theater, performers were superstitious that "good luck" would actually bring them bad luck, so "broken leg" was used instead.
  Example: You have an exam tomorrow? Break a leg! Do you have an exam tomorrow? wish you success!
• Dogecoin noun n. Dogecoin, also known as Dogecoin, Wangwangcoin (is a cryptocurrency inherited from Litecoin, it can be said to be a derivative of Bitcoin, the biggest difference between Dogecoin and Bitcoin is that the purpose is not to be used for It was born from speculation in investment and wealth management, but it is an online currency for "tips" in the online world to express sharing and gratitude)

Musk, who calls himself the "Godfather of Dogecoin," praised Dogecoin on the show, calling it "the future of the currency world" and "dominating the world" in the future. SpaceX, which is owned by Musk, will accept customers using Dogecoin as a payment currency for the "DOGE-1 moon landing mission" next year. However, according to reports, while the "Godfather of Dogecoin" was on the show, the price of Dogecoin plummeted.

The above is Musk's monologue performance on "Saturday Night Live". Have you been frightened by his amazing revelations? Did you buy Dogecoin?

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