VOA慢速英语:Mobile Games to Push Industry above 11 Billion by 2014

短语讲解：

1. This increase in mobile device usage has also led to the growth of the mobile gaming industry.

lead to （道路）通向; 导致
例句：A little exaggeration can lead to serious consequences.
一丝一毫的夸大都可能导致严重的后果。

2. The event is called E3 for short.

for short 简称， 缩写
例句：My name is Alexander,"Al" for short. 
我叫亚历山大,简称艾尔。 

3. So gaming, from the mobile-app perspective, is a pretty serious thing and there's some pretty serious revenues associated with it," said Sanchez.

associate with 与…交往， 联系
例句： I only associate with good decent fellows. 
我只和正派的好人交往。 

4. And you see a lot of cross-pollination and hybridization across Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, EA, and Activation etc.

a lot of 许多的; 诸多
例句：A lot of what's changing now is subtle.
许多变化都非常微妙。

5. Many of the gaming companies depend on loyal gamers for fresh ideas.

depend on 依赖; 相信
例句：Both should depend on abstractions.
他们都应该依赖于抽象。