Hair, nails and ears Lesson 77 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 23 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: the lesson at school .
0 Hair, nails and ears look after themselves in many ways, but they need a little sensible care and a few safety rules. 1 Long loose hair can catch in moving machines or a flame, so it is tied back near them; and cutting hair does not make it grow back thicker, the cut end only looks blunter. 2 Dirt and germs collect under nails, so nails are kept short and clean; fingernails are cut following their curve and toenails straight across, so they do not grow into the skin. 3 Ears clean themselves: wax slowly moves out by itself, so we wash only the outside, and never push cotton buds or anything else inside. 4 A boy in Vancouver gets water in his ear after swimming; he tilts his head to that side, hops a little, lets it drain and dries the outside with his towel. 5 Long hair is tied back near machines, fire and in science class, because loose hair can catch in moving parts or a flame. 6 Cutting hair does not change how it grows; the cut end only looks blunter. 7 Nails are kept short and clean, and dirt is scrubbed from under them, because germs collect there. 8 Fingernails are cut following the curve and toenails straight across, with nail clippers or by an adult. 9 Toenails cut too short or curved can grow into the skin, which is called an ingrown toenail. 10 Biting nails puts germs in the mouth and hurts the skin around the nails. 11 A hangnail is clipped with clean clippers, because pulling it tears the skin and can cause infection. 12 A sore, red, swollen toe beside the nail may be an ingrown toenail, so you tell a parent. 13 Ears clean themselves, so only the outside is washed, and cotton buds are never pushed inside. 14 Cotton buds push wax deeper and can hurt the eardrum. 15 Things like beads and small toys are never put in the ears or nose, and if it happens you tell an adult at once. 16 Earache can be an infection, so you tell an adult. 17 Very loud sound for a long time, like music on full volume in earbuds all day, can damage hearing for good. 18 Water stuck in the ear is drained by tilting the head to that side, because water left there can cause swimmer's ear. 19 A girl in Toronto pushed a cotton bud deep into her ear; it pressed the wax further in and scratched the eardrum, and her ear hurt for days. 20 A boy in Bristol bit his nails until a fingertip became red, swollen and full of pus, and a doctor had to treat the infection. 21 Cotton buds pushed into the ear can damage the eardrum and push wax deeper, so doctors say not to put anything in the ear. 22 Biting nails and picking the skin around them can let germs in and cause painful infections. ← previous Washing your body and caring for your hairnext → Eyes, nose and using the toilet↑ back to Everyday This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/