lǎoshī ràng wǒmen bǎ bàogào dǎyìn chūlái, zài fùyìn liǎng fèn gěi tóngxué.

The teacher asked us to print out the report and then make two photocopies for our classmates.

Breakdown of lǎoshī ràng wǒmen bǎ bàogào dǎyìn chūlái, zài fùyìn liǎng fèn gěi tóngxué.

• 老师lǎoshī: teacher
• 把bǎ: disposal marker
• 再zài: then
• 让ràng: to ask (someone to do something)

Questions & Answers about lǎoshī ràng wǒmen bǎ bàogào dǎyìn chūlái, zài fùyìn liǎng fèn gěi tóngxué.

Why is 让 used here? Does it mean let, make, or ask?

In this sentence, 让 means something like have someone do something, tell someone to do something, or ask someone to do something.

So:

老师让我们...
= The teacher told/asked us to...

The exact English translation depends on tone and context:

• let = allow
• make = force
• ask/tell/have = instruct

Here, 让 is most naturally understood as told/asked us to.

A very common pattern is:

A 让 B + verb phrase
= A has B do something

So:

老师让我们把报告打印出来
= The teacher told us to print out the report

What does 把 do in this sentence?

把 marks the object and brings it before the verb, usually when the speaker wants to show what happens to that object.

Here:

把报告打印出来
literally: take the report and print it out

The object 报告 comes before the verb phrase because the sentence focuses on what is done to the report.

Basic comparison:

• 我们打印报告。 = We print the report.
• 我们把报告打印出来。 = We print the report out.

The 把 pattern is very common when:

• the object is specific
• the action affects or changes the object
• there is a result/complement after the verb

This sentence fits that pattern well because 报告 is specific, and 打印出来 shows a clear result.