VOA慢速英语:Silicon Valley Group Turns Ideas Into Businesses

短语讲解：

1. And we had to figure out how to do a lot of things on our own.”

figure out 想出; 解决; 计算出
例句：Slow down, and figure out how to solve your problems.
慢慢来，找出解决问题的方法。

2. Somebody who works in a larger organization 9-to-5, building the same app, day after day, can come and build that thing that’s been keeping them up at night.

day after day 一天又一天地，日复一日地
例句：I waited for news, day after day, expecting to hear.
我日复一日地等着，期待能听到消息。

3. The top teams are brought to Silicon Valley, near San Francisco, where they present their idea to hundreds of possible investors.

hundreds of 好几百，许许多多
例句：Hundreds of office buildings and homes developed large cracks in walls and ceilings.
数百栋写字楼和住宅楼的墙壁和天花板上都出现了裂缝。