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Luckin Coffee, which is growing rapidly thanks to a focus on cheaper drinks, priced its initial public offering on the Nasdaq at $17 a share. 

That was at the high end of its range and it values Luckin Coffee (LK) at more than $4 billion.

Luckin Coffee has quickly taken China by storm. 

The company, which was founded in October 2017, already has nearly 2,400 stores in 28 cities. That makes it second only to Starbucks in China.

▍语言点

thanks to: 由于；因为（because of）

· We’ve reached our goal of $50,000 thanks to the generosity of the public.

由于公众的慷慨大方，我们凑齐了五万美元的目标。

focus on: 聚焦，聚集

· bring sth. into focus: 把……作为关注的焦点

These issues have recently come into sharp focus.

这些问题最近已成为人们关注的焦点。

Nasdaq: 美国全国证券交易商协会自动报价表（National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations）

range /reɪn(d)ʒ, rendʒ/: n. 范围；区间

· Most of the fund's purchases are in the 250p-300p trading range.

该基金的大部分购买都在250 -300便士的交易区间内。

take sth. by storm: 大获成功    

· Her performance has taken the critics by storm.

她的表演完全征服了评论界。

second only to: 仅次于

· Cancer is second only to heart disease as a cause of death.

癌症是仅次于心脏病的第二大死因。

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