VOA慢速英语:Religion Gets Largest Share of Charity in US

短语讲解：

1. Giving USA has been reporting on charitable donations since nineteen fifty-six.

report on报道…, 就…作报告
例句：At the end of every term a schoolmaster reports on each of his pupils.
每学期结束时, 教员都要报告每位学生的情况。

2. Organizations like Charity Navigator and the American Institute of Philanthropy look at how charities spend the money they receive.

look at看, 注视
例句：My work hasn't been looked at for a week.
我干了一个星期的工作也没人看一眼。

3. For example, donors can learn how much a group spends on services, compared to how much it spends on itself in administrative costs.

spend on把…花在…
例句：He doesn't spend much time on his homework.
他花在作业上的时间不多。
compare to与…相比
例句：The writer was compared to Shakespeare.
把这个作家与莎士比亚进行了比较。

4. On average, these charities said they received forty-one percent of all their donations in the last few weeks of the year.

on average平均起来
例句：On average we receive five letters each day.
我们平均每天收到五封信。