Usages of wénzhāng
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.
她 觉得 这 个 问题 跟 健康 有 关系， 也 跟 每个 人 的 兴趣 有 关系， 所以 这 个 年轻 记者 想 写 一些 文章。tā juéde zhè gè wèntí gēn jiànkāng yǒu guānxi, yě gēn měige rén de xìngqù yǒu guānxi, suǒyǐ zhè gè niánqīng jìzhě xiǎng xiě yìxiē wénzhāng.
She thinks this question is related to health and also to each person’s interests, so this young reporter wants to write some articles.
这 篇 文章 很 有意思。zhè piān wénzhāng hěn yǒuyìsi.
This article is very interesting.
这 篇 文章 内容 不 长， 但是 重点 很 清楚。Zhè piān wénzhāng nèiróng bù cháng, dànshì zhòngdiǎn hěn qīngchu.
This article isn’t long, but its main points are very clear.
这 篇 文章 很 短， 我 一会儿 就 看完 了。zhè piān wénzhāng hěn duǎn, wǒ yíhuìr jiù kànwán le.
This article is very short; I finished reading it in a little while.
请 你 把 这 篇 文章 打印出来， 我 想 认真 看 一 下。qǐng nǐ bǎ zhè piān wénzhāng dǎyìnchūlái, wǒ xiǎng rènzhēn kàn yí xià.
Please print out this article; I want to read it carefully for a moment.
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