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Usages of dú

她tā　经常jīngcháng　上午shàngwǔ　去qù　图书馆túshūguǎn　读dú　文章wénzhāng。tā jīngcháng shàngwǔ qù túshūguǎn dú wénzhāng.
She often goes to the library in the morning to read articles.
老师lǎoshī　让ràng　我们wǒmen　回家huíjiā　读dú　一些yìxiē　文章wénzhāng，　然后ránhòu　在zài　课上kèshàng　自由zìyóu　讨论tǎolùn。lǎoshī ràng wǒmen huíjiā dú yìxiē wénzhāng, ránhòu zài kèshàng zìyóu tǎolùn.
The teacher asked us to go home and read some articles, then freely discuss them in class.
不管bùguǎn　在zài　家jiā　还是háishi　在zài　公园gōngyuán，　她tā　都dōu　喜欢xǐhuan　安静ānjìng　地de　读dú　书shū。bùguǎn zài jiā háishi zài gōngyuán, tā dōu xǐhuan ānjìng de dú shū.
No matter whether she’s at home or in the park, she likes quietly reading.
她Tā　的de　理想lǐxiǎng　是shì　当dāng　作家zuòjiā，　所以suǒyǐ　很hěn　喜欢xǐhuan　读dú　小说xiǎoshuō。Tā de lǐxiǎng shì dāng zuòjiā, suǒyǐ hěn xǐhuan dú xiǎoshuō.
Her ideal is to be a writer, so she really likes reading novels.

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