In this picture, what is a father showing his little boy how to use?
I saw this sentence in an oral English training book. But it seems quite strange to me. I just wonder if it is common to say like that? And if not, what should I say instead?
The Chinese meaning is 这张照片中，父亲在给孩子展示什么东西的使用方法？
Thank you very much!

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It's OK. It's an unusual sort of question to ask in 'the real world', but it's not uncommon to come across this kind of thing in textbooks.

The only thing that strikes me as a little odd is the mismatch between the indefinite  'a father' and 'his son'. If I had to make a correction, I might change it to 'the father...'

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