Usages of dú
她 经常 上午 去 图书馆 读 文章。tā jīngcháng shàngwǔ qù túshūguǎn dú wénzhāng.
She often goes to the library in the morning to read articles.
老师 让 我们 回家 读 一些 文章， 然后 在 课上 自由 讨论。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 在 家 还是 在 公园， 她 都 喜欢 安静 地 读 书。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 的 理想 是 当 作家， 所以 很 喜欢 读 小说。Tā de lǐxiǎng shì dāng zuòjiā, suǒyǐ hěn xǐhuan dú xiǎoshuō.
Her ideal is to be a writer, so she really likes reading novels.
老师 在 黑板 上 写 了 几 个 生词， 我们 先 读， 再 写 句子。lǎoshī zài hēibǎn shàng xiě le jǐ gè shēngcí, wǒmen xiān dú, zài xiě jùzi.
The teacher wrote a few new words on the blackboard; we read them first, then write sentences.
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