"My students do not like reading books."

Translation: 我的学生不喜欢看书。

[RenatoExpert]

When should I use 在?

[1b4q4]

When you want to show that is current time (present continuos: -ing). Like "I am reading". 我 在 看书

[dummy-chan]

在 meams 'at' and 'is/are currently'

[IrisMariel7]

As far as I'm concerned 在 is used whenever an action is currently taking place.

[Anderson__Campos]

Quando voce quer passar o verbo para o gerundio, mas nesse caso a traduçao pro ingles fica um pouco tricky, pro portugues ficaria mais como "meus alunos nao gostam de ler"

[MichaelChe974573]

读书 is more corect than 看书 because
看书 could mean look at the book wihout reading it.
读书 could mean reading out loud or silently in your head without making sounds.

[FrenchByte]

Shouldn't 读书 be the main translation ?

[Jolyn641250]

看书and 读书can both be used

[_22S22_]

I agree, I'm guessing they are just trying to start with a easier word first :)

[Martiddy]

Why isn't 在 used in this case？

[JairoCaste19]

«kaishu» once more

[TassSinclair]

Agreed.

[ZDAj8]

Wrong translation: 学生 xue sheng is singular. So students should be 学生们 xue sheng men （plural ）

[EquanimousLingo]

It can also be plural

[Jamil923116]

讀書 > 看書

[calie499575]

Can you just say wo xue sheng?

[Jolyn641250]

you could but it's usually used in informal context

[JoseJcc137]

Isn't it My students don't like to read? I don't se the ing part

[SwordFishe1]

can i say 我的学生不喜 欢 在看书