Day 2
Chapter 3 Canada
gumption
gump?tion /?ɡ?mp??n/ noun [uncountable]
the ability and determination to decide what needs to be done and to do it
At least she had the gumption to phone me.
原文參考：
I was not in the habit of getting out-of-the-blue requests,” he said. “I was perfectly prepared to have lunch with a couple of kids that had that kind of gumption.
ascertain
as?cer?tain /??s??te?n? ??s?r-/ ●○○ verb [intransitive, transitive]
formal to find out something SYN establish
A postmortem was ordered to try to ascertain the cause of death.
ascertain whether/what/how etc
Tests were conducted to ascertain whether pollution levels have dropped.
ascertain that
Police had ascertained that the dead man knew his killer.
ascertain something from somebody/something
You should ascertain the level of insurance cover from the car rental company.
原文參考：
After one economics exam, Musk, Farooq, and some other students in class came back to the dorms and began comparing notes to try to ascertain how well they did on the test.
南非確實(shí)太安逸捂龄，物阜民豐，穩(wěn)定少有創(chuàng)造力。
加拿大部分暴露了馬斯克作為一個(gè)實(shí)干家的野心和執(zhí)行力番甩，很多事情并非一開始計(jì)劃得天衣無縫才執(zhí)行扑馁，卻總能在困境面前靈活處理聘芜。
另外很喜愛這段中歇拆，多角度展現(xiàn)的埃隆择浊，也會(huì)判斷失誤伤靠，即使升學(xué)以后不再遇到莫名的冷落和霸凌捣域，依然是所求不得，有缺陷有血肉的立體形象宴合。
