8 Ch08-习惯养成

Chapter 08 Sit properly. Sit comfortably, Sit crisscross.

Straighten your back. / Keep your back straight. Sit on your bottom. Sit all the way down. Don't just perch on the chair. This chair / desk is uncomfortable. This desk is uncomfortable. The chair is too high / low. The chair is too low. Mom, the desk / chair is too wobbly. Mom, the cheer is too wobbly. Stop shaking the desk. Don't put your head on your desk. Don't put your hand under your chin. Sit in a chair with your back up. Lean against the back of the chair. Why do you keep getting out of the chair? Mommy will push the chair in for you. Don't stand on the swivel chair. Don't spin on the chair. Don't sit on your knees. Don't lie down.

Don't shake your legs. It's more comfortable to sit like this. Your back might be bent later. If you sit like that, your waist will be bent. Make sure not to bend too much at your waist. I'm afraid you'll have a swayback. I don't want you to get bent over like an old lady. Hold your pencil right. Don't hold on it too hard. Hold it like Mommy. You hold the pencil too short / long. You hold the pencil too long, right? Write with your right hand. I use my left hand better. Your pencil's broken.

Mom, will you sharpen my pencil? The letters are too small / large. The letters are too large. You want them bigger. Try to write along the line. Your handwriting is sloppy. Make your letters the same size. Don't write too hard. Erase it with an eraser. Try to write again. Get it right, Honey. Write slowly. Should I write like this, Mom? How do you write this? You have to space the words.

The ending sound is misspelled. It's a capital K/ It's a lower case k. Go to the next line. Put a space between the words. I think you got the punctuation wrong. You spelled the word wrong. Check your spelling. I like your handwriting. Sit properly when writing. Mom, my fingers hurt. It's hard to write on unlined paper. Back off from the TV. Back off a little more. Don't watch TV while lying down. You're watching too close.

Turn off the TV. Be sure to turn it off after watching it. It's not good for your eyes to watch it like that. Are you sitting properly? You're lying down again. I'll turn off the TV if you sit like that. I'll turn off the TV if you don't move back. You promised to watch for 30 minutes! This will be the last thing you watch. Make sure you turn it off after this. Lean on the cushion behind you. Mom, the sofa's uncomfortable. Mom, will you get me a cushion? Mom, will you get me something to lean on? Don't press the remote on and on. Watch TV after finishing your homework. Finish what you need to do first.