CNN news 2010-06-23 加文本

it在这里是形式主语，真正的主语是后面的不定式，to look at...

2.So kind of become intimately involved in that company, in that stock, you want to know and perhaps if it's something that a real tangible product or service, something you're actually going to use.

kind of稍微, 有点儿, 有几分

例句：I'm feeling kind of tired.
      我感到有点累。