English Listening Practice - Five a Day #40.4

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  Hello and welcome to the English Like A Native podcast.

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  My name is Anna and you're listening to week 40,

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  day four of your English Five A Day, the second season.

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  I do hope that you're well today and feeling happy and I'm so pleased that you chose to tune in and make me a part of your routine,

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  whatever it is that you're doing today.

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  So, let me try to fill your head with the words and sounds of English.

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  Starting with a snapshot of what's to come.

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  The pensioner, though getting on in years,

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  crouched down beside the railings when he saw a frightened kitten stuck halfway,

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  unable to slip through.

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  With gentle hands he freed it.

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  and held it close until it stopped shaking.

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  A few passes by, smiled, impressed that someone his age could still crouch down so easily.

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  All right, let's deep dive now.

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  And first, we're going to look at the noun pensioner.

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  P-N-S-I-O-N-E-R, pensioner.

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  A pensioner is an older person who has stopped working and receives money from the government or a private pension.

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  A pensioner.

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  For example, he became a pensioner after retiring at 65.

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  It's crazy, isn't it?

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