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VOA慢速英语:Top 5 Crowdfunding Projects Ever

2015-10-08来源:VOA

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短语讲解：

1. Not all crowdfunding is used to raise money for profit.

be used to 习惯于，适用于
例句：It is said that the plant can be used to treat hepatitis.
据说那种植物可用来治肝炎。

2. According to Time magazine, Kickstarter has had over 200,000 projects.

according to 根据，按照
例句：But simple I according to my skill.
很简单，我将按我的技能行事。

3. Pebble Time raised over $1 million in less than an hour and $8.5 million by the end of the first 24 hours of the project.

by the end of 到…为止
例句：By the end of the game, the stadium was almost vacant.
到比赛结束的时候,体育馆几乎空了。

4. Pebble Time raised over $20 million and is the most successful Kickstarter project so far.

so far 到目前为止
例句：It is merely a hypothesis; so far.
到目前为止，这仅仅是一种假设。