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VOA慢速英语:Growing a Farm With Crowd-Sourced Money

2012-05-29来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. Last year they used Kickstarter to raise more than six thousanddollars to increase their rice production.

more than 多于
例句:Rob likes apples more than bananas. 
罗勃对苹果比对香蕉还喜欢。

2. JOSH AND MEADOW BRILL: "Hi, I'm Josh, and I'm Meadow -- and wewant to grow you rice! [Dog bark]"

want to 想要
例句:When interviewing customers, you will want to understand: 
与顾客访谈时,你想了解如下问题。

3. He wanted to document the growth and development of his farm toteach others who are interested in organic farming, as a videoexplained.

interested in vt. 对...有兴趣,有志
例句:I' m not really interested in fishing. 
我不是真正对钓鱼有兴趣。 

4. VIDEO: "At the end of the season, we will compile it all into afilm documentary."

at  the end of 在...末端(到...尽头)
例句:At the end of the concert, the audience stood and clapped. 
音乐会结束时,观众起立鼓掌。 

5. JOSH BRILL: "One of the key things that Kickstarter allowed usto do was reach out -- having the video online and being able tolink with Facebook."

reach out 伸出
例句:The monkey reached out a hand through the bars and took thebanana.
猴子从栏杆里伸出手拿走了香蕉。
be able to 能够
例句:He is able to free Jim from the immediate evil of slavery. 
他能够把吉姆从奴隶制度的直接祸害中拯救出来。

6. When someone is willing to put up their money for your farm,that means something.

put up 建造
例句:They put up a tent by the fire.
他们在火堆旁搭起了一个帐篷。