标题：What happened at Theranos is a dazzling story of deception
It is a story of jaw-dropping lying and greed so immense that billions of dollars fly by with every turn of the page.
jaw-dropping 大惊失色的，令人目瞪口呆的
immense 程度极大的
The subject is Theranos, the start-up that promised to revolutionize blood testing.
revolutionize v. 彻底改变，使发生变革 （revolution n.）
a 19-year-old Stanford University dropout---and who wore black turtlenecks in blatant imitation of Steve Jobs
dropout 辍学者 drop out of school
turtleneck 高领套头衫 = polo neck
blatant 明目张胆的，公然的
charmer 善于施展魅力的人 snake charmer 耍蛇人
She had come up with a blood test that could be taken with a teeny-weeny drop or two of blood from the finger.
No pain, much gain. No more searching for a vein.
come up with 想出，提出（计划、想法等）
teeny-weeny 很小的
vein 静脉，血管
And, as Carreyrou writes, when these employees suspected the device was not working---the results were being faked and the lives of patients were put at risk---they were fired, often escorted off the premises that very day by security personnel.
fake v. 捏造，伪造 to fake one's signature
escort v. 护送，陪同 under escort 在护送之下
premise n. （企业或机构使用的）房屋及土地建筑 business premises
personnel n. 全体人员，职员
All were dissuaded or pacified by Holmes, a zealot who apparently believed so fervently in her vision that truth was just a matter of time.
dissuade 劝（某人）不要做（或相信）dissuade sb from doing sth （persuade v.）
pacify v.安抚，使平静 to pacify a crying child, to pacify one's anger
zealot n.狂热者 a religious zealot
This is a Silicon Valley failing, which is why billions get invested on the promise of billions more being made---fake it till you make it, as the saying goes.
failing n. 缺点，缺陷
造句：We all have our failings.