Just as the Chinese language learners know, reading is an effective method to improve the Chinese language skill. However, the students need to choose the proper reading materials to practice. Of course, it is a good thing that your Chinese language skill is improved after practicing reading. But the learners who have come to learn to speak Chinese in China can pay proper attention to learn some new useful words in reading process so that to expand their Chinese vocabulary. Several useful and frequently used words will be introduced in the following parts through reading the sentences.

First of all, several words such as 招惹、涉及、展示 and品尝are provided and the learners are supposed to choose the proper words to fill in the sentences with blanks to make it completed. Of course, the first and the most important thing is to have a general understanding to those words provided, which meanings respectively to offend, involve or relate to, show and taste. We can see that all words are verbs.

Let’s move the attention to the first sentence我照着菜谱做了几个湖南菜，你们（）一下看看味道怎么样, which is about food. Of course, the first word comes into your mind should be taste, which is proved to be proper when being filled into the blank to show how it tastes. When it comes to the sentence一进办公室小王就给大家（）了他新买的手机, which means to do something about the new bought cell phone to others as soon as stepping into the office. As long as you know the meaning of the left part, it seems easier to fill with 展示.

For the sentence 这起重大的经济案件（）了十几位高级官员, it intends to show the relationship between the economic case and the high level officials, reminding the students who learn Mandarin in China of the word involve or relate to indicate the relationship. Therefore, it should be涉及. Then, 招惹should be filled in 他没考好，情绪低落，家里人都不愿意（）他, meaning the family members do not want to offend him because of the poor performance makes him down.