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  1. 0:00Well, hello and welcome to this
  2. 0:01English lesson about conveniences.
  3. 0:04Sometimes in English we even say
  4. 0:06modern conveniences, the things
  5. 0:08that help us go through our day
  6. 0:10that make our day easier.
  7. 0:13Modern conveniences
  8. 0:14could be something as simple
  9. 0:15as an a new appliance.
  10. 0:16I won't tell you which one,
  11. 0:18or something that your car
  12. 0:19does that it used to not do.
  13. 0:21So, welcome to this English lesson
  14. 0:23about conveniences
  15. 0:24I'm sure you will enjoy it
  16. 0:26and I'm sure you'll learn some new
  17. 0:27English words and phrases.
  18. 0:29You can use in your next
  19. 0:30English conversation.
  20. 0:32Backup camera.
  21. 0:33A backup camera is a camera
  22. 0:35that shows what is behind your
  23. 0:37vehicle when you back up.
  24. 0:39I have an example sentence
  25. 0:41for each of these.
  26. 0:42My backup camera makes
  27. 0:43parking much easier.
  28. 0:45So this is something that
  29. 0:47I didn't have a backup camera till
  30. 0:50two years ago.
  31. 0:51We bought our first used car,
  32. 0:53and it was 10 years old.
  33. 0:55But it had a backup camera,
  34. 0:57and I never thought backup cameras
  35. 0:59were something that I needed.
  36. 1:01I can use my mirrors, you know.
  37. 1:03I'm I've been driving for a very
  38. 1:05long time, 40 years almost.
  39. 1:07Yes, so I thought a backup
  40. 1:09camera was silly.
  41. 1:10And then when I bought that
  42. 1:12used car, and it had a backup
  43. 1:14camera, I wanted a backup camera
  44. 1:16on every vehicle.
  45. 1:17It is very, very handy.
  46. 1:19It is certainly a convenience.
  47. 1:22But I think it's almost moved into
  48. 1:23the realm of being a necessity.
  49. 1:26In fact, I think in Ontario,
  50. 1:28Canada, some vehicles are required
  51. 1:30to have backup cameras now.
  52. 1:31Trucks, RVs, like big motorhomes.
  53. 1:35But a backup camera, a camera
  54. 1:37that shows what is behind your
  55. 1:38vehicle when you back up.
  56. 1:40My backup camera makes
  57. 1:42parking much easier.
  58. 1:45Wireless charging,
  59. 1:46the ability to charge.
  60. 1:47I don't have my phone here.
  61. 1:48The ability to charge a device.
  62. 1:50Without plugging in a cable,
  63. 1:52I put my phone on the wireless
  64. 1:54charger before bed.
  65. 1:56So this is another thing where
  66. 1:58I used to plug my phone in,
  67. 2:00and now beside my computer, I
  68. 2:02have a little charging cradle.
  69. 2:04I have a little thing that I put my
  70. 2:05phone in, and it sits in there
  71. 2:07nicely, and I can see the screen.
  72. 2:10So like if Brent sends me
  73. 2:12a message, it would pop up,
  74. 2:13but it also charges wirelessly.
  75. 2:15I don't have to stick a cable in
  76. 2:17to the bottom.
  77. 2:17I don't have to plug a cable in.
  78. 2:19So wireless charging, the ability
  79. 2:21to charge a device
  80. 2:22without plugging in a cable.
  81. 2:24I put my phone on the wireless
  82. 2:26charger before bed.
  83. 2:29Digital wallet, an app that
  84. 2:30stores tickets, payment cards,
  85. 2:32and other digital items.
  86. 2:34I keep my Blue Jays tickets
  87. 2:36in my digital wallet.
  88. 2:37So I didn't know this as
  89. 2:39well until a few years ago.
  90. 2:41We hadn't gone to a Blue Jays game
  91. 2:43for many many years, and the last
  92. 2:46time we went, like 15 years ago.
  93. 2:49We used paper tickets.
  94. 2:50You got an actual ticket
  95. 2:52and you handed your ticket
  96. 2:53over and they ripped it
  97. 2:54and gave part back to you.
  98. 2:56And then I realized
  99. 2:58it's all digital now.
  100. 2:59If you go to see a major sports
  101. 3:01event in North America, you
  102. 3:03have your ticket on your phone
  103. 3:06and you can take the ticket
  104. 3:07from one app on your phone and
  105. 3:09put it into your digital
  106. 3:10wallet.
  107. 3:10So on my phone, I have my bank
  108. 3:12card, my Visa card, tickets
  109. 3:15for an upcoming Raptors game.
  110. 3:18Those are all on my phone,
  111. 3:19in my digital wallet.
  112. 3:21So maybe you use an Apple
  113. 3:22phone or a Android phone.
  114. 3:24Both of those devices have
  115. 3:26a digital wallet where you can put
  116. 3:29tickets, payment cards,
  117. 3:30and other digital items.
  118. 3:33Facial recognition, technology that
  119. 3:36identifies someone by their face.
  120. 3:38My phone uses facial recognition
  121. 3:40to unlock the screen.
  122. 3:42So I don't actually turn this on.
  123. 3:44I like having a complex code.
  124. 3:46To unlock my phone, or I will
  125. 3:48use the fingerprint scanner.
  126. 3:51Oh, I don't have that
  127. 3:52in the list of vocabulary,
  128. 3:53but facial recognition.
  129. 3:55Some people have it where when
  130. 3:56they look at their phone,
  131. 3:58their phone analyzes their face
  132. 4:00and decides you are who you,
  133. 4:03you are the right person,
  134. 4:04and then the phone unlocks.
  135. 4:06So facial recognition
  136. 4:08technology that identifies
  137. 4:10someone by their face.
  138. 4:13And usually to unlock something,
  139. 4:15that's a common use for it.
  140. 4:18An AI assistant, a computer program
  141. 4:21that helps answer questions.
  142. 4:22Ooh, that's a little too big.
  143. 4:25And complete tasks.
  144. 4:26I used an AI assistant
  145. 4:27to book a flight to France.
  146. 4:29I was talking to my cousin
  147. 4:31a couple weeks ago, and he
  148. 4:32said he plans all of his
  149. 4:34business trips using AI now.
  150. 4:37He uses AI as his AI assistant,
  151. 4:40and he uses it to find the
  152. 4:41cheapest flights, to find the
  153. 4:43cheapest hotels, and then he, I
  154. 4:45think he still does the final
  155. 4:47booking himself, but you can, I
  156. 4:49think, go so far as to have it
  157. 4:51book it for you.
  158. 4:52So, ChatGPT, Gemini,
  159. 4:57Grok, is that another one?
  160. 4:59I know Meta has one as well.
  161. 5:01What else do people use?
  162. 5:02Claude, did I say that one already?
  163. 5:04There are a number of different
  164. 5:06AI agents or AI assistants
  165. 5:08that can help make your life
  166. 5:11easier.
  167. 5:13Self checkout, a machine.
  168. 5:15So I'm looking over
  169. 5:16at my screen here.
  170. 5:17Self checkout, a machine
  171. 5:18that lets customers scan
  172. 5:20and pay for their own items.
  173. 5:22This is very true.
  174. 5:24When I wrote this sentence,
  175. 5:25I am talking about me.
  176. 5:27I usually use the self checkout
  177. 5:29when I only have a few things.
  178. 5:31If I have a lot of things
  179. 5:32at the grocery store.
  180. 5:34I will go to a normal checkout,
  181. 5:36and I will put everything onto
  182. 5:37the belt, and then I'll have
  183. 5:39the cashier help me cash out.
  184. 5:42When I only have four or five
  185. 5:43things, or maybe even 10, I
  186. 5:45usually use the self checkout,
  187. 5:48so it lets me scan like beep,
  188. 5:51beep, beep all of my own stuff,
  189. 5:53and then I can use my payment
  190. 5:56card on my phone to pay for the
  191. 5:58items.
  192. 5:59So self checkout.
  193. 6:01A machine that lets customers
  194. 6:02scan and pay for their own items.
  195. 6:05I usually use the self-checkout
  196. 6:07when I only have a few things.
  197. 6:11An air fryer.
  198. 6:11I do not have one.
  199. 6:13Everyone keeps telling me
  200. 6:14I need to get one.
  201. 6:15An air fryer is a kitchen
  202. 6:17appliance that cooks food using
  203. 6:19circulating hot air,
  204. 6:20and I think it cooks it quickly.
  205. 6:23When use we use our air
  206. 6:24fryer to make crispy
  207. 6:25chicken wings and broccoli.
  208. 6:27This is a lie
  209. 6:28because I do not have.
  210. 6:30An air fryer, but someday
  211. 6:32maybe I'll get one.
  212. 6:34I know my sister has one.
  213. 6:35I think my other sister has one.
  214. 6:37My brother-in-law has one.
  215. 6:38Everyone I know who has
  216. 6:40an air fryer raves about it.
  217. 6:43In English, when you say someone
  218. 6:44raves about something, it means
  219. 6:46they talk positively about it.
  220. 6:48So, no, I think they're great
  221. 6:50for heating up food, for cooking
  222. 6:52food, for making French fries,
  223. 6:54and all that stuff.
  224. 6:56Someday.
  225. 6:57Someday maybe I will get one.
  226. 7:01Adaptive cruise control.
  227. 7:02So a few driving features
  228. 7:04that have appeared recently.
  229. 7:06I do not have a car.
  230. 7:07Oh, I have one car now
  231. 7:08with adaptive cruise.
  232. 7:10Yes, the Subaru has that.
  233. 7:12A system that automatically
  234. 7:13matches your speed
  235. 7:14to the vehicle in front of you.
  236. 7:17Adaptive cruise control
  237. 7:18slows my car down when the car
  238. 7:19in front of me slows down.
  239. 7:21So adaptive cruise
  240. 7:23means if I'm driving.
  241. 7:25Let's say I'm driving 100
  242. 7:26kilometers an hour and I have my
  243. 7:28cruise control on, so I don't need
  244. 7:30to have my foot on the gas pedal.
  245. 7:32The car just drives
  246. 7:33100 kilometers an hour.
  247. 7:35If the person in front of me is
  248. 7:38driving slower, as I get closer,
  249. 7:40my car will match the speed
  250. 7:42of the car in front of me.
  251. 7:44This is generally used for
  252. 7:46highway driving, and it actually
  253. 7:48makes highway driving
  254. 7:49a little bit less stressful.
  255. 7:51You're unlikely to
  256. 7:52rear-end anybody.
  257. 7:54If you have adaptive cruise
  258. 7:55on, when you rear-end someone,
  259. 7:56it means you hit them
  260. 7:58from behind with your car.
  261. 8:00Adaptive cruise control,
  262. 8:01a system that automatically
  263. 8:02matches your speed
  264. 8:03to the vehicle in front of you.
  265. 8:07Lane assist, a system that helps
  266. 8:09keep a vehicle in its lane.
  267. 8:11This has also made driving better.
  268. 8:13I do not have a car
  269. 8:14with lane assist,
  270. 8:17which is a little bit sad.
  271. 8:18I have adaptive cruise, but I
  272. 8:20don't have lane assist.
  273. 8:21With lane assist, if you slowly
  274. 8:23drift into the other
  275. 8:24lane, the car might actually
  276. 8:27correct itself, like the steering
  277. 8:29wheel might turn, or
  278. 8:30it may beep and tell you that you
  279. 8:33need to correct.
  280. 8:34So, my car's lane assist warns me
  281. 8:37when I drift toward the line.
  282. 8:40You know, I would write when
  283. 8:42I drift towards the line.
  284. 8:43I don't know why I use toward.
  285. 8:45They're probably both correct.
  286. 8:47Probably the one I would
  287. 8:48normally say is incorrect.
  288. 8:50I would say my my car's lane
  289. 8:52assist warns me when I
  290. 8:54drift towards the line.
  291. 8:55That would be informal
  292. 8:58speech.
  293. 8:59Blind spot detection, a system that
  294. 9:01warns drivers about vehicles
  295. 9:02they may not they might not see.
  296. 9:05The blind spot detection light came
  297. 9:07on when a car was beside me.
  298. 9:09When you drive,
  299. 9:11you have a blind spot.
  300. 9:13If you turn your head, you
  301. 9:15can see the blind spot.
  302. 9:16So, if you're on the highway
  303. 9:18driving, and you want to
  304. 9:20change lanes, you need to turn
  305. 9:22and check your blind spot,
  306. 9:25because there's a spot where there
  307. 9:26can be a car that you can't see.
  308. 9:28So, when you have blind spot
  309. 9:30detection, the car
  310. 9:31will tell you if another
  311. 9:33car is in that location.
  312. 9:35So, blind spot detection, a system
  313. 9:37that warns drivers about vehicles.
  314. 9:39They might not see.
  315. 9:42Robotaxi, a self-driving taxi
  316. 9:44that transports passengers
  317. 9:46without a human driver.
  318. 9:47So there has been quite a bit
  319. 9:49of news lately, because the Tesla
  320. 9:51Corporation has started
  321. 9:53to deploy robotaxis, I think
  322. 9:55in Texas, in the state
  323. 9:57of Texas, and this is a car
  324. 10:01that functions as a taxi.
  325. 10:02So if you need a ride,
  326. 10:04you can take a robotaxi.
  327. 10:06And there is no driver.
  328. 10:08There's no human driver.
  329. 10:09The car is self-driving, and it
  330. 10:11will take you to your location.
  331. 10:13So, I think this is going to kind
  332. 10:15of change things around the world.
  333. 10:17I'm certain that taxis and Uber
  334. 10:20drivers are probably starting to
  335. 10:23worry a little bit because
  336. 10:24this technology will most likely
  337. 10:27replace humans.
  338. 10:28So we know that technology,
  339. 10:30when it gets better, will
  340. 10:31occasionally replace humans.
  341. 10:33For certain jobs, I think
  342. 10:35the taxi industry
  343. 10:37is probably going to change a lot
  344. 10:39over the next 10 years.
  345. 10:40So, Robotaxi, a self-driving
  346. 10:43taxi that transports passengers
  347. 10:44without a human driver.
  348. 10:46We took a Robotaxi to
  349. 10:47the restaurant instead of calling
  350. 10:48a regular taxi, and they're
  351. 10:51supposed to be cheaper.
  352. 10:52So we'll see.
  353. 10:53If you're an Uber
  354. 10:54driver, I'm sorry.
  355. 10:57You might need to find another job
  356. 10:58in five or 10 years.
  357. 11:00So we'll see.
  358. 11:02Self-driving car, a car that uses
  359. 11:04technology to drive with
  360. 11:05little or no human assistance.
  361. 11:08Self-driving cars are becoming
  362. 11:09more common in some places.
  363. 11:11So this is an interesting
  364. 11:12one because
  365. 11:15Tesla has a self-driving car now.
  366. 11:17It is legal to own one and use full
  367. 11:20self-driving in Canada as long
  368. 11:22as you are supervising the car.
  369. 11:25You must pay attention.
  370. 11:27You do not need to have your hands
  371. 11:28on the steering wheel.
  372. 11:29You can just sit, but you must be
  373. 11:32looking at the road, and the car
  374. 11:33will warn you if you don't.
  375. 11:36In the United States, self-driving
  376. 11:38is also legal, but I know
  377. 11:40there are some countries,
  378. 11:42particularly in Europe, where
  379. 11:43you cannot use this feature yet.
  380. 11:47So self-driving, a car that uses
  381. 11:50technology to drive with little
  382. 11:52or no human assistance.
  383. 11:56Tracking, an app or website
  384. 11:57that shows where a package is
  385. 11:59during delivery.
  386. 12:00I really like this feature.
  387. 12:02I checked the tracking to see
  388. 12:04when my order would arrive.
  389. 12:06When I order a package, especially
  390. 12:08if I order something expensive,
  391. 12:10or if I order something where
  392. 12:12I need, Walter just went like
  393. 12:15tearing behind the barn.
  394. 12:16Sorry to talk about my dog.
  395. 12:18Something where I need
  396. 12:19to be home when it arrives.
  397. 12:20It's nice to be able
  398. 12:21to use tracking.
  399. 12:23Or package tracking if you want
  400. 12:25to use the full name.
  401. 12:26So I checked the tracking to see
  402. 12:28when my order would arrive.
  403. 12:30This has been very helpful
  404. 12:31for Jen and I.
  405. 12:32Sometimes a delivery is coming
  406. 12:34for the farm, and we have
  407. 12:35to help unload it,
  408. 12:37or we need to have the tractor
  409. 12:39to get it off of the truck.
  410. 12:41And so you can use tracking
  411. 12:42to see when it will arrive.
  412. 12:44And then there's a little
  413. 12:45map, and you can see like
  414. 12:46a little, like a little
  415. 12:48drawing of the truck.
  416. 12:49On the map, and it shows you
  417. 12:50how far away it is and how many
  418. 12:52stops there are between you
  419. 12:55and your package arriving.
  420. 12:58Remote car starter, a device that
  421. 13:00starts a vehicle from a distance.
  422. 13:02Very handy in the winter.
  423. 13:04I use my remote car starter
  424. 13:06on cold winter mornings.
  425. 13:08So, if you do not live in a cold
  426. 13:10climate, you might not know that
  427. 13:13it's nice to start your car.
  428. 13:155 or 10 minutes before you
  429. 13:17leave, so that the car is warm
  430. 13:19when you get in.
  431. 13:20If you have a remote car
  432. 13:21starter, you can just do that
  433. 13:23from your house.
  434. 13:23You can just click the button,
  435. 13:25and the vehicle will start.
  436. 13:26And hopefully, you left the heat
  437. 13:29turned on in the car so
  438. 13:30that it actually does warm up.
  439. 13:31But remote car starter,
  440. 13:33a device that starts a vehicle
  441. 13:34from a distance.
  442. 13:35I use my remote car starter on
  443. 13:37cold winter mornings, a very
  444. 13:40common time to use it.
  445. 13:42Keyless entry, a system that
  446. 13:44unlocks a vehicle or
  447. 13:46door without inserting a key.
  448. 13:47I love having keyless entry because
  449. 13:49I can leave my keys in my pocket.
  450. 13:51When I rented a car to go
  451. 13:53see Brent a few years ago,
  452. 13:54it had keyless entry.
  453. 13:56I just needed to walk up, and as
  454. 13:58long as the keys were in my
  455. 13:59pocket, I could open the door.
  456. 14:01It would automatically sense
  457. 14:03that I was there, and it
  458. 14:04would automatically unlock.
  459. 14:06So keyless entry.
  460. 14:07A system that unlocks a vehicle or
  461. 14:09door without inserting a key.
  462. 14:13A smartwatch, a watch that
  463. 14:15connects to a phone,
  464. 14:17and offers digital features.
  465. 14:19My smartwatch tells me
  466. 14:20when I get a message.
  467. 14:21My smartwatch actually shows
  468. 14:23the message on the screen.
  469. 14:25So this is something where
  470. 14:27almost all watches
  471. 14:28are smartwatches now.
  472. 14:30You can still buy
  473. 14:32a watch that isn't.
  474. 14:33But most people I know
  475. 14:35have an Apple Watch or a Fitbit,
  476. 14:39or a Garmin, which is a company
  477. 14:40for like if you're a runner, you
  478. 14:42might have a Garmin smartwatch,
  479. 14:45or any other brand of smartwatch.
  480. 14:47There are many.
  481. 14:48There's Samsung makes smartwatches
  482. 14:50as well, but it's a watch that
  483. 14:52itself is very smart.
  484. 14:54It's more like a mini
  485. 14:55computer, but it also
  486. 14:57connects to your phone.
  487. 14:59And becomes even smarter.
  488. 15:00So a watch that connects
  489. 15:01to a phone, and offers
  490. 15:04digital features.
  491. 15:06Smart speaker, a speaker that
  492. 15:07responds to voice commands.
  493. 15:09I asked my smart speaker
  494. 15:11to play some music.
  495. 15:12So you might say, "Hey Siri,"
  496. 15:14or "Hey Google," or "Alexa."
  497. 15:16There are a number of different
  498. 15:18types of smart speakers.
  499. 15:20And then we also have,
  500. 15:21if it has a screen, we might
  501. 15:23call it a smart home hub.
  502. 15:25Or a smart screen, but this
  503. 15:28would be what a smart speaker is:
  504. 15:29a little pod,
  505. 15:31or a little ball, or a little
  506. 15:34just a little device that responds
  507. 15:36to voice commands to play music.
  508. 15:38So like, hey Siri, can you play
  509. 15:42and she was by the talking heads?
  510. 15:44And then that song
  511. 15:45would start playing.
  512. 15:46So I asked my smart speaker
  513. 15:48to play some music.
  514. 15:51Cloud storage, a service that
  515. 15:53stores files online so they can be
  516. 15:54accessed from different devices.
  517. 15:56I keep my photos in the cloud
  518. 15:58so I can access them anywhere.
  519. 16:00What's interesting about this
  520. 16:01one is I still talk about the
  521. 16:03cloud because I remember a
  522. 16:05time before my photos went up
  523. 16:08to the cloud and then I could
  524. 16:10access them on my computer
  525. 16:11instantly.
  526. 16:11Like take a picture with my phone,
  527. 16:14and I can sit at my computer
  528. 16:15and the photo is available
  529. 16:17instantly from the cloud.
  530. 16:20Most younger people don't talk
  531. 16:23about the cloud anymore because
  532. 16:25it's just how things are now.
  533. 16:28It's kind of a funny way to say
  534. 16:30it, but like it's like okay, I
  535. 16:31took a picture, it's on my phone,
  536. 16:33it's on like it's ubiquitous.
  537. 16:35Is that what it is?
  538. 16:36Things are everywhere now.
  539. 16:37I don't know if that was
  540. 16:38the right word, but cloud storage,
  541. 16:40a service that stores files
  542. 16:42online so they can be accessed
  543. 16:43from different devices.
  544. 16:46Robot lawnmower,
  545. 16:48a machine that cuts grass without
  546. 16:50the need for a human.
  547. 16:51I would like one of these.
  548. 16:53My neighbor's robot lawnmower
  549. 16:55cuts the grass at night.
  550. 16:57I did send an email to a
  551. 16:59company saying I wanted to do
  552. 17:01an English lesson about
  553. 17:03robots, and if they sent me a
  554. 17:05robot lawnmower, I would
  555. 17:06feature their product, and
  556. 17:07they didn't respond.
  557. 17:09I don't think they think
  558. 17:10my audience is going to buy a lot
  559. 17:12of robot lawnmowers.
  560. 17:13But that would be fun.
  561. 17:14It would be fun to do
  562. 17:15a lesson where I could teach
  563. 17:17the word autonomous,
  564. 17:18and robot lawnmower, and
  565. 17:21wireless charging, and GPS.
  566. 17:24There's a number of things I
  567. 17:25think I could teach, about that.
  568. 17:27So if you work at a company
  569. 17:28that makes robot
  570. 17:29lawnmowers, send me an email,
  571. 17:31bob at bobthecanadian.com,
  572. 17:34and we'll talk.
  573. 17:36Smart thermostat, a device that
  574. 17:38automatically controls
  575. 17:39heating and cooling
  576. 17:40based on human behavior.
  577. 17:42Or remotely, so I turned up
  578. 17:44the heat using my smart thermostat
  579. 17:47before coming home.
  580. 17:48There's two things a smart
  581. 17:50thermostat can do.
  582. 17:52As you turn the heat up and down,
  583. 17:55as you go through your week,
  584. 17:57it will start to learn your
  585. 17:58behavior, and also it will start
  586. 18:00to do it automatically.
  587. 18:02If you leave for work every
  588. 18:04morning at 7:30 and you
  589. 18:05turn the heat down,
  590. 18:07eventually the smart thermostat
  591. 18:08will just program that in.
  592. 18:10The other thing it will do is
  593. 18:11on your way home.
  594. 18:13Let's say you're leaving
  595. 18:14early from work.
  596. 18:16You could tell your house
  597. 18:18or apartment to warm up
  598. 18:20if it's the winter or to cool down
  599. 18:22a bit before you get home.
  600. 18:24So smart thermostat, a device that
  601. 18:26automatically controls
  602. 18:26heating and cooling based on human
  603. 18:29behavior or remotely.
  604. 18:32Food delivery, a service
  605. 18:33that brings you that
  606. 18:34brings prepared meals.
  607. 18:36To your location, we
  608. 18:38ordered food delivery because
  609. 18:39nobody wanted to cook.
  610. 18:41I have noticed that
  611. 18:42this is something that
  612. 18:45younger people I think
  613. 18:46do more than older people.
  614. 18:48I think I'm too cheap
  615. 18:50and I'm too stuck in my ways
  616. 18:52to use food delivery.
  617. 18:54I was someone who ordered pizza
  618. 18:56delivery when I was in university,
  619. 18:58but I can't get my head wrapped
  620. 19:00around paying extra money.
  621. 19:02To have someone bring me
  622. 19:03a hamburger from McDonald's,
  623. 19:05I think I would just
  624. 19:05drive there myself.
  625. 19:06But a handy service, you just
  626. 19:09use an app, and then 30
  627. 19:11minutes later, 40 minutes later,
  628. 19:12food shows up at your door.
  629. 19:14So food delivery, a service
  630. 19:16that brings prepared meals
  631. 19:17to your location.
  632. 19:19Grocery delivery, a service
  633. 19:21that brings groceries
  634. 19:22directly to your home.
  635. 19:24Grocery delivery saves me
  636. 19:25a trip to the supermarket.
  637. 19:27I have not used grocery delivery,
  638. 19:29but I hear it's amazing.
  639. 19:31You just go on your computer or
  640. 19:32you go on your phone and you say
  641. 19:34milk, lettuce, tomatoes,
  642. 19:38bread, eggs, and then you hit
  643. 19:41the button and then it says your
  644. 19:43delivery will arrive at 4 p.m.
  645. 19:44or whenever.
  646. 19:45So pretty cool.
  647. 19:47Grocery delivery, a service
  648. 19:49that brings groceries
  649. 19:50directly to your home.
  650. 19:51Grocery delivery saves me
  651. 19:53a trip to the supermarket.
  652. 19:54So I wanted to talk
  653. 19:55about this sentence.
  654. 19:57I purposely use the phrase
  655. 19:58"saves me a trip."
  656. 20:00It means you don't have to do that.
  657. 20:04If you have an electric vehicle, it
  658. 20:05saves you a lot of trips
  659. 20:06to the gas station
  660. 20:07because you never have to go.
  661. 20:09If someone goes and gets
  662. 20:12milk for you, it saves you a trip
  663. 20:14to the grocery store.
  664. 20:15It means you don't have
  665. 20:16to do, that drive.
  666. 20:18Meal kit, a package delivered
  667. 20:20to your home containing
  668. 20:21measured ingredients and recipes
  669. 20:23for cooking meals.
  670. 20:25We tried a few meal kits because we
  671. 20:27wanted to learn some new recipes.
  672. 20:30I have not tried this modern
  673. 20:32convenience, but what happens
  674. 20:33is you get a box, and you open
  675. 20:36the box, and it has everything
  676. 20:37inside that you need in the
  677. 20:39right quantities to make a
  678. 20:42certain meal.
  679. 20:43So let's say you want, I don't
  680. 20:45know, chicken cordon bleu,
  681. 20:48which is like chicken with ham
  682. 20:49and cheese or something like that.
  683. 20:51If you get a meal kit, they will
  684. 20:53send you exactly the right amount
  685. 20:54of everything,
  686. 20:56so that you can make that meal,
  687. 20:58including a little recipe card
  688. 21:01telling you how to make it.
  689. 21:03Some people, because meal kits
  690. 21:04are a bit expensive, they
  691. 21:06simply buy them to learn the
  692. 21:08recipes, and then they usually
  693. 21:10buy the ingredients later
  694. 21:12themselves if they want to do
  695. 21:13it again, because it's not a
  696. 21:15cheap way to get food.
  697. 21:16It's just convenient.
  698. 21:19Subscription delivery, a service
  699. 21:20that automatically delivers
  700. 21:21products on a regular schedule.
  701. 21:24He has a subscription that sends
  702. 21:25him new razors every month.
  703. 21:27I know someone that uses protein
  704. 21:29powder to make protein shakes,
  705. 21:30and they have a subscription
  706. 21:32to get protein powder every month.
  707. 21:34If there's something you use
  708. 21:35regularly, you can get
  709. 21:37a subscription delivery, and it
  710. 21:38will simply it will simply arrive
  711. 21:40once a week or once a month.
  712. 21:42And then you do not have to
  713. 21:44order it all the time.
  714. 21:45Let me see where I am here.
  715. 21:47Mobile ordering or mobile ordering.
  716. 21:49We pronounce the word two ways.
  717. 21:51Placing an order using
  718. 21:52an app on a smartphone.
  719. 21:54I used mobile ordering so my coffee
  720. 21:56would be ready when I arrived.
  721. 21:58I use this quite often
  722. 22:00when I do go to Tim Hortons.
  723. 22:03If Jen and I are going
  724. 22:04to get breakfast from Tim Hortons,
  725. 22:06maybe two cups of tea
  726. 22:08and two breakfast sandwiches,
  727. 22:09I'll order it on the app.
  728. 22:11And I'll say have it ready in
  729. 22:1320 minutes because that's how
  730. 22:14long it takes to drive there.
  731. 22:16And then when we arrive, we
  732. 22:17don't have to order it and wait.
  733. 22:19They'll have it all
  734. 22:20made and ready for us.
  735. 22:22You can do the same with McDonald's
  736. 22:23and all of the other
  737. 22:24fast food places to my knowledge.
  738. 22:27Mobile ordering, placing an order
  739. 22:29using an app on a smartphone.
  740. 22:32Self-order kiosk, a touchscreen
  741. 22:34machine that lets customers
  742. 22:36place their own orders.
  743. 22:37I ordered my lunch
  744. 22:38using the self-order kiosk.
  745. 22:41Some people just call it
  746. 22:42self-order, like just use
  747. 22:43the self-order, like and they
  748. 22:45don't say the word kiosk.
  749. 22:47Or use the self-order screen
  750. 22:49or order it on the screen.
  751. 22:50There's a number of ways to say
  752. 22:52it, but most fast food restaurants
  753. 22:54are going in this direction.
  754. 22:56When you walk in, they will
  755. 22:57have a screen and you can use that
  756. 22:59screen to order what you
  757. 23:01want to eat instead of using
  758. 23:05The regular, like instead
  759. 23:07of using a person, instead
  760. 23:08of ordering from a person,
  761. 23:11same-day delivery, a service
  762. 23:12that delivers an order
  763. 23:13on the day it is placed.
  764. 23:15I ordered a new phone charger
  765. 23:16and got same-day delivery.
  766. 23:18So interestingly enough,
  767. 23:21I live in the middle of nowhere.
  768. 23:24I often say I live in the middle
  769. 23:25of nowhere, but I
  770. 23:27actually live close to an Amazon
  771. 23:30distribution center.
  772. 23:32It's about 30 minutes
  773. 23:33from my house.
  774. 23:34You remember how in Ontario we use
  775. 23:36time to talk about distance.
  776. 23:38And so sometimes when I
  777. 23:40order things, if I
  778. 23:42order it in the morning, it
  779. 23:43will arrive by 4 p.m.
  780. 23:44It's rare, but there are
  781. 23:46certain things where it does
  782. 23:47actually arrive the same day.
  783. 23:49So same-day delivery,
  784. 23:51a service that delivers an order
  785. 23:52on the day it is placed.
  786. 23:56Online appointment.
  787. 23:58A meeting or consultation
  788. 23:59held over the internet,
  789. 24:00and the example sentence:
  790. 24:01"I had an online appointment
  791. 24:03with my doctor this morning."
  792. 24:04So this is very, very nice,
  793. 24:07especially for older people
  794. 24:09who have trouble getting out,
  795. 24:11or maybe don't have a car.
  796. 24:13They can meet with
  797. 24:14their doctor online.
  798. 24:15This is becoming more
  799. 24:17and more popular in many
  800. 24:18places in the world.
  801. 24:19It's very efficient.
  802. 24:20It's very easy.
  803. 24:22You don't always have
  804. 24:23to go see a doctor
  805. 24:24to describe your symptoms.
  806. 24:27So sometimes just having an online
  807. 24:29appointment is just as effective.
  808. 24:31Now I do have an appointment
  809. 24:32next week.
  810. 24:33I have to go to the dentist.
  811. 24:34They need to clean my teeth
  812. 24:36and check for cavities.
  813. 24:38You can't do that online,
  814. 24:40but if you are just meeting
  815. 24:42initially with a doctor, an online
  816. 24:45appointment can be a very
  817. 24:46convenient way to do that.

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