这个字怎么读 How Do You Read This in Chinese

我wǒ和hé朋友péngyou在zài一家yì jiā饭馆fànguǎn吃饭chīfàn，服务员fúwùyuán给gěi了le我们wǒmen一个yí ge菜单càidān。

My friend and I were eating at a restaurant, and the waiter gave us a menu.

我wǒ看kàn菜单càidān的de时候shíhou，看见kànjiàn一个yí ge字zì，我wǒ不bú认识rènshi，也yě不bù知道zhīdào怎么zěnme读dú。

While I was looking at the menu, I saw a character I didn't recognize, and didn't know how to read it either.

我wǒ问wèn朋友péngyou：“这个zhège字zì怎么zěnme读dú？”

I asked my friend: "How do you read this character?"

朋友péngyou说shuō：“这个zhège字zì读dú虾xiā，虾xiā很hěn好吃hǎochī。”

My friend said: "This character is read xiā — shrimp. Shrimp is delicious."

我wǒ念niàn了le一遍yí biàn，又yòu念niàn了le一遍yí biàn，终于zhōngyú会huì读dú了le。

I read it once, then read it again, and finally I could read it.

服务员fúwùyuán问wèn我们wǒmen要yào点diǎn什么shénme菜cài，我wǒ马上mǎshàng说shuō：“我wǒ要yào虾xiā。”

The waiter asked us what dish we wanted to order, and I said right away: "I want shrimp."

服务员fúwùyuán把bǎ虾xiā拿ná来lái的de时候shíhou，我wǒ看kàn着zhe菜单càidān，又yòu念niàn了le一yí次cì：“虾xiā！”

When the waiter brought the shrimp, I looked at the menu and read it once more: "Shrimp!"

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Key words 生词

读dúto read

怎么zěnmehow

认识rènshito know; to recognize

菜单càidānmenu

虾xiāshrimp

念niànto read aloud

这个字怎么读？(How do you read this character?)

怎么 + verb asks how to do something — here it asks how an unfamiliar character is pronounced.

这个字怎么读？— How do you read this character?

又 + verb（again, for a repeated action）

又 marks that an action happens again; here it shows the narrator practicing the reading a second time.

我念了一遍，又念了一遍，终于会读了。— I read it once, then again, and finally could read it.

把 + object + verb（the 把-construction）

把 moves the object in front of the verb to focus on what happens to it — here, the waiter brings the shrimp.

服务员把虾拿来的时候，我看着菜单，又念了一次：“虾！”— When the waiter brought the shrimp, I looked at the menu and read it once more: “Shrimp!”

1. What does the narrator ask about the unfamiliar character?

2. What food does the character turn out to name?

3. What does the narrator do when the shrimp arrives?