2025-09-15
13 分钟Hello and welcome to the English Like A Native Podcast.
My name is Anna and you're listening to week 35, day one of your English Fiver Day, second season.
With this series, you are indulging in a habit that will help you to improve your listening skills,
grow in confidence and little by little, start to feel more like yourself.
when communicating in English.
We cover so much vocabulary.
It is explained and then brought together in a story.
So hopefully you're educated and entertained.
So let's begin this episode as we always do with a snapshot.
Maria arrived in London to work as an au pair for the Thompson family.
where she would receive room and board plus a small monthly stipend in exchange for caring for their two children.
At first, she experienced terrible culture shock.
Everything from the food to social customs felt completely foreign to her.
Gradually though, She began to connect with the children and they helped her feel more at home.
Okay, let's dive into the vocabulary starting with the noun O-pair.
O-pair.
Two words, O, we spell A-U, pair, P-A-I-R, an O-pair.
An au pair is a young person usually from another country who lives with a family and helps with childcare and housework in exchange for room,
food and some money.
So for example, the family hired an au pair from France to look after the children.