我們應該讀报紙，不落後於時代。

We should read the newspaper so as not to lag behind the times.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我們 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
2 應該 yīnggāi ought to; should; must
=3 讀 dòu
  1. comma
  2. phrase marked by pause
=3 讀 dú
  1. to read out; to read aloud
  2. to read
  3. to attend (school); to study (a subject in school)
  4. to pronounce
4 报 bào
  1. to report; to inform; to announce
  2. to respond; to reply
  3. to sign up for; to register for (abbr. for 報名 bàomíng)
  4. to reward; to recompense
  5. to take revenge; to retaliate
  6. newspaper
  7. periodical; journal
  8. bulletin
  9. telegram
5 紙 zhǐ classifier for documents, letters etc

classifiers: 張, 沓
6 不 bù
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
7 落後 luòhòu
  1. to fall behind
  2. to lag (in technology etc)
  3. backward
  4. to retrogress
=8 於 yú
  1. (of time or place) in; at; on
  2. (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for
  3. (indicating a source) from; out of
  4. (used in comparison) than
  5. (used in the passive voice) by
=8 於 Yū
  1. surname Yu
  2. Taiwan pr. Yú
=8 於 wū
  1. (literary) Oh!
  2. Ah!
=9 時代 Shídài Time, US weekly news magazine
=9 時代 shídài
  1. age
  2. era
  3. epoch
  4. period (in one's life)

classifier: 個