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Elon Musk: The Entrepreneur Who Keeps Challenging the Future|Learn Japanese N4–N3

Elon Musk ― 未来みらい挑戦ちょうせんつづける起業家きぎょうか

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Introduction

Elon Musk ― 未来みらい挑戦ちょうせんつづける起業家きぎょうか

動画どうがはなし

In this video, we will talk about Elon Musk.

電気自動車でんきじどうしゃあたら技術ぎじゅつかか有名ゆうめい

Elon Musk is a famous entrepreneur who has been involved in new technologies such as electric cars and rockets.

世界せかい人物じんぶつかれ人生じんせい最初さいしょ

He is well known around the world, but his life was not smooth from the beginning.

大人おとな何度なんどあたら

He loved computers from childhood and took on many new challenges as an adult.

失敗しっぱい

Of course, he also experienced many failures.

挑戦ちょうせんつづ

Even so, he kept taking on challenges without giving up.

今回こんかいかれ成長せいちょう世界せかい起業家きぎょうか

Let's see how he grew and became an entrepreneur known around the world.

Chapter 1

コンピューターがきな少年しょうねん

1971ねんみなみ

He was born in Pretoria, South Africa, in 1971.

ほん

He loved reading books from an early age.

とく興味きょうみ

He was especially interested in science and computers.

当時とうじいま時代じだい

At that time, personal computers were not as common as they are today.

自分じぶん勉強べんきょう

Even so, he taught himself programming.

12さいちいつく

At around age twelve, he created a small computer game.

雑誌ざっし会社かいしゃ

He sold the game to a computer magazine company.

自分じぶんかんがつくだれ使つか

Although he was still a child, he experienced creating something of his own and having someone else use it.

あたらつくつよ興味きょうみ

From then on, he had a strong interest in creating new things.

Chapter 2

みなみアフリカからアメリカへ

17さいそだみなみはな

At seventeen, he left South Africa, where he had grown up.

最初さいしょ

His first destination was Canada.

うつ大学だいがく経済学けいざいがくまな

He later moved to the United States and studied physics and economics at university.

世界せかいひろはじ

Around that time, the internet was beginning to spread around the world.

いまもの動画どうが普通ふつう

Today, shopping online and watching videos on the internet are ordinary parts of life.

1990年代ねんだいあたら

But in the 1990s, the internet was still a new technology.

かれ世界せかいおおかんが

He believed that the internet would greatly change the world.

大学だいがく卒業そつぎょう勉強べんきょうつづ自分じぶんはじえら

After graduating from university, he chose to start a business rather than continue his studies.

成功せいこう

He did not know whether he would succeed.

あたら世界せかい挑戦ちょうせん

Even so, he decided to take on the challenge of a new world.

Chapter 3

最初さいしょ成功せいこう

1995ねんおとうと一緒いっしょちい会社かいしゃはじ

In 1995, he started a small company with his brother.

使つかまちみせ地図ちず情報じょうほう紹介しょうかい

It was a service that used the internet to provide information about local businesses and maps.

いまみせ調しら

Today, we can quickly look up a business on a smartphone.

当時とうじ

At the time, however, this kind of service was still unusual.

最初さいしょかねひと十分じゅうぶん

At first, the company did not have enough money or people.

自分じぶん会社かいしゃ紹介しょうかい仕事しごと

While writing the software himself, he also introduced the service to companies.

すこ利用りよう会社かいしゃ事業じぎょうおお

Gradually, more companies began using it, and the business grew.

1999ねん会社かいしゃおお

In 1999, the company was bought by a large corporation.

20だいおおかね

He made a large amount of money while still in his twenties.

仕事しごと

But he did not stop working there.

つぎかんが簡単かんたんかねおく

Next, he wondered whether the internet could make sending money easier.

挑戦ちょうせんPayPal

This challenge eventually led to a service called PayPal.

2002ねん会社かいしゃeBay

In 2002, that company was bought by eBay.

ふたたおお成功せいこう

He achieved another major success.

つぎ

But the next thing he focused on was not the internet.

とお場所ばしょ

It was somewhere much farther away.

Space.

Chapter 4

ロケットへの挑戦ちょうせん

宇宙うちゅうつよ興味きょうみ

He had been deeply interested in space since childhood.

大人おとな人間にんげん生活せいかつかんが

As an adult, he began to dream that one day humans could live on Mars.

宇宙うちゅうおおかね

However, traveling to space costs a great deal of money.

やす宇宙うちゅう方法ほうほうつく

So he tried to create a less expensive way to reach space.

2002ねんSpaceXつくはじ

In 2002, he founded SpaceX and began developing rockets.

宇宙うちゅう簡単かんたん

But sending a rocket into space is not easy.

最初さいしょ失敗しっぱい

The first launch failed.

二回目にかいめ成功せいこう

The second attempt was unsuccessful as well.

三回目さんかいめ失敗しっぱい

The third attempt also failed.

三回続さんかいつづ目的もくてき場所ばしょ

Three times in a row, the rocket failed to reach its intended destination.

会社かいしゃかねすこ

The company was also running out of money.

つぎ失敗しっぱい開発かいはつつづむずか

If the next attempt failed, continuing development would become difficult.

2008ねん四回目よんかいめおこな

Then, in 2008, they made a fourth launch attempt.

そら地球ちきゅうまわ到達とうたつ

The rocket rose into the sky and finally reached orbit around Earth.

三度さんど失敗しっぱいはじ成功せいこう

After three failures, they succeeded for the first time.

成功せいこう会社かいしゃつぎ段階だんかいすす

This success allowed the company to move on to the next stage.

Chapter 5

電気自動車でんきじどうしゃというあたらしい挑戦ちょうせん

宇宙うちゅう挑戦ちょうせんおなひとおお仕事しごと

Around the same time as his space challenge, he was also working on another major project.

電気自動車でんきじどうしゃ

Electric cars.

現在げんざい電気でんきはしくるままち

Today, electric cars are becoming more common on city streets.

2000年代ねんだいはじ

But in the early 2000s, they were not yet common.

はし距離きょりみじか値段ねだんたかかんがひとおお

Many people thought they could not travel far and were too expensive.

かれTesla参加さんか電気自動車でんきじどうしゃ開発かいはつすす

He joined Tesla and advanced the development of electric cars.

目標もくひょうくるまつく

The goal was not simply to build an environmentally friendly car.

はやくるまおもくるまつく

He wanted to build a fast, stylish car that people would truly want to drive.

2008ねん世界せかいおお

But in 2008, a major financial crisis struck the world.

宇宙うちゅう仕事しごと自動車じどうしゃ仕事しごと大変たいへん時期じき

Both the space business and the car business were going through difficult times.

両方りょうほうつづ

Even so, he continued both.

Teslaあたらくるま発売はつばいすこあつ

Later, Tesla released new cars and gradually gained popularity.

電気自動車でんきじどうしゃたい人々ひとびと

People's image of electric cars also began to change.

Chapter 6

できないことを、できることに

宇宙うちゅう分野ぶんやあたらかんがかた挑戦ちょうせん

He also challenged conventional thinking in the field of space.

一度使いちどつかおお普通ふつう

Until then, it was normal to throw away much of a rocket after a single use.

毎回まいかいかね

But that made every launch very expensive.

地球ちきゅうもど一度使いちどつかかんが

So he wondered whether a rocket could return to Earth and be used again.

最初さいしょ

This idea did not work from the beginning either.

何度なんど実験じっけん失敗しっぱい

The experiments failed many times.

つづ一部いちぶ地上ちじょうもど成功せいこう

Even so, the team kept improving the system and succeeded in returning part of a rocket to the ground.

ふたた使つか宇宙うちゅうかね

If rockets could be reused, the cost of traveling to space might be reduced.

いまおなかんが

He does not think that things should stay the same simply because they have always been that way.

方法ほうほうかんが

He looks for a better way.

かれ仕事しごとかんがかた

This way of thinking can often be seen in his work.

現在げんざい宇宙うちゅう分野ぶんやあたら技術ぎじゅつかか

Today, he remains involved in new technologies in fields such as space and artificial intelligence.

計画けいかく成功せいこう

Of course, not all of his plans have succeeded.

発言はつげん仕事しごとすすかた

He has also been criticized for his statements and the way he works.

たか評価ひょうかひと反対はんたいひと

Some people rate him highly, while others oppose him.

あたら挑戦ちょうせんつづ

Even so, he continues taking on new challenges.

Summary

この動画どうがのまとめ

今回こんかい人生じんせい

We have looked at the life of Elon Musk.

みなみ少年しょうねん興味きょうみ自分じぶんつく

A boy born in South Africa became interested in computers and created his own game.

はな世界せかい最初さいしょ成功せいこう経験けいけん

He later left his homeland and experienced his first success in the world of the internet.

宇宙うちゅう電気自動車でんきじどうしゃあたら分野ぶんやすす

Instead of stopping there, he moved into new fields such as space and electric cars.

とく

His rocket launches are especially memorable.

三回失敗さんかいしっぱい

Even after three failures, he did not quit.

四回目よんかいめ挑戦ちょうせん成功せいこう

He tried a fourth time and finally succeeded.

なん挑戦ちょうせん成功せいこう

Of course, taking on a challenge does not always lead to success.

失敗しっぱい

Sometimes we fail.

かんがつづあたらつく大切たいせつ

Even so, continuing to ask how something can be done may be important for creating something new.

宇宙うちゅう人工知能じんこうちのう技術ぎじゅつわたし生活せいかつ

How will technologies such as space travel and artificial intelligence change our lives in the future?

未来みらい注目ちゅうもく

We will continue watching that future with interest.