听一分钟英文：Babysitting-照顾婴儿

I loved babysitting¹ when I was younger. It was a really easy way to make money. All I had to do was sit in my neighbour’s house and look after the kids. That was the easy bit, because the kids were usually asleep in bed. The parents would give me a lot of money for watching DVDs and eating snacks. When I was even younger, I liked it when my babysitter² came round. She would always play games with us and let us stay up late. She would send us to bed just before my parents came home. I know in some countries, babysitting isn’t so common. It isn’t part of the culture. I suppose that’s not such a bad thing. I read a lot in the papers³ nowadays⁴ about babysitters hitting the children because they don’t sleep. That’s really bad.

1 babysitting   

n.托婴服务v.临时受雇代外出的父母照料小孩( babysit的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• If you ever need help with the babysitting, I'd be glad to oblige. 如果你什么时候需要找人照看孩子，我很乐意帮忙。 来自辞典例句
• Do you think any of the cops outside would like to do a little babysitting? 你不知道这外面的警察就好像是在代人照看小孩吗？ 来自电影对白

2 babysitter   

n.临时照顾幼儿者

参考例句：

• I can't find a babysitter for tonight. 我找不到人今天晚上帮我看小孩。
• The babysitter was in charge of the kids while the parents were out. 保姆在父母不在家的时候，负责照顾孩子们。 来自辞典例句

3 papers   

n.文件，纸币，论文

参考例句：

• I want to check with my secretary before I sign the papers.在签署这些文件前，我要与我的秘书商议。
• The lawyer read all the papers relating to the case.律师阅读了与该案有关的全部文件。

4 nowadays   

n.现在，现时，当今；adv.时下，现今

参考例句：

• Nowadays it is very easy to earn a living.现今谋生很容易。
• Nowadays petrol costs too much.如今的汽油太贵了。