Let's Learn English! Topic: Conveniences! ๐ค๐ฃ๏ธ๐ฆ (Lesson Only) โ Transcript
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- 0:00Well, hello and welcome to this
- 0:01English lesson about conveniences.
- 0:04Sometimes in English we even say
- 0:06modern conveniences, the things
- 0:08that help us go through our day
- 0:10that make our day easier.
- 0:13Modern conveniences
- 0:14could be something as simple
- 0:15as an a new appliance.
- 0:16I won't tell you which one,
- 0:18or something that your car
- 0:19does that it used to not do.
- 0:21So, welcome to this English lesson
- 0:23about conveniences
- 0:24I'm sure you will enjoy it
- 0:26and I'm sure you'll learn some new
- 0:27English words and phrases.
- 0:29You can use in your next
- 0:30English conversation.
- 0:32Backup camera.
- 0:33A backup camera is a camera
- 0:35that shows what is behind your
- 0:37vehicle when you back up.
- 0:39I have an example sentence
- 0:41for each of these.
- 0:42My backup camera makes
- 0:43parking much easier.
- 0:45So this is something that
- 0:47I didn't have a backup camera till
- 0:50two years ago.
- 0:51We bought our first used car,
- 0:53and it was 10 years old.
- 0:55But it had a backup camera,
- 0:57and I never thought backup cameras
- 0:59were something that I needed.
- 1:01I can use my mirrors, you know.
- 1:03I'm I've been driving for a very
- 1:05long time, 40 years almost.
- 1:07Yes, so I thought a backup
- 1:09camera was silly.
- 1:10And then when I bought that
- 1:12used car, and it had a backup
- 1:14camera, I wanted a backup camera
- 1:16on every vehicle.
- 1:17It is very, very handy.
- 1:19It is certainly a convenience.
- 1:22But I think it's almost moved into
- 1:23the realm of being a necessity.
- 1:26In fact, I think in Ontario,
- 1:28Canada, some vehicles are required
- 1:30to have backup cameras now.
- 1:31Trucks, RVs, like big motorhomes.
- 1:35But a backup camera, a camera
- 1:37that shows what is behind your
- 1:38vehicle when you back up.
- 1:40My backup camera makes
- 1:42parking much easier.
- 1:45Wireless charging,
- 1:46the ability to charge.
- 1:47I don't have my phone here.
- 1:48The ability to charge a device.
- 1:50Without plugging in a cable,
- 1:52I put my phone on the wireless
- 1:54charger before bed.
- 1:56So this is another thing where
- 1:58I used to plug my phone in,
- 2:00and now beside my computer, I
- 2:02have a little charging cradle.
- 2:04I have a little thing that I put my
- 2:05phone in, and it sits in there
- 2:07nicely, and I can see the screen.
- 2:10So like if Brent sends me
- 2:12a message, it would pop up,
- 2:13but it also charges wirelessly.
- 2:15I don't have to stick a cable in
- 2:17to the bottom.
- 2:17I don't have to plug a cable in.
- 2:19So wireless charging, the ability
- 2:21to charge a device
- 2:22without plugging in a cable.
- 2:24I put my phone on the wireless
- 2:26charger before bed.
- 2:29Digital wallet, an app that
- 2:30stores tickets, payment cards,
- 2:32and other digital items.
- 2:34I keep my Blue Jays tickets
- 2:36in my digital wallet.
- 2:37So I didn't know this as
- 2:39well until a few years ago.
- 2:41We hadn't gone to a Blue Jays game
- 2:43for many many years, and the last
- 2:46time we went, like 15 years ago.
- 2:49We used paper tickets.
- 2:50You got an actual ticket
- 2:52and you handed your ticket
- 2:53over and they ripped it
- 2:54and gave part back to you.
- 2:56And then I realized
- 2:58it's all digital now.
- 2:59If you go to see a major sports
- 3:01event in North America, you
- 3:03have your ticket on your phone
- 3:06and you can take the ticket
- 3:07from one app on your phone and
- 3:09put it into your digital
- 3:10wallet.
- 3:10So on my phone, I have my bank
- 3:12card, my Visa card, tickets
- 3:15for an upcoming Raptors game.
- 3:18Those are all on my phone,
- 3:19in my digital wallet.
- 3:21So maybe you use an Apple
- 3:22phone or a Android phone.
- 3:24Both of those devices have
- 3:26a digital wallet where you can put
- 3:29tickets, payment cards,
- 3:30and other digital items.
- 3:33Facial recognition, technology that
- 3:36identifies someone by their face.
- 3:38My phone uses facial recognition
- 3:40to unlock the screen.
- 3:42So I don't actually turn this on.
- 3:44I like having a complex code.
- 3:46To unlock my phone, or I will
- 3:48use the fingerprint scanner.
- 3:51Oh, I don't have that
- 3:52in the list of vocabulary,
- 3:53but facial recognition.
- 3:55Some people have it where when
- 3:56they look at their phone,
- 3:58their phone analyzes their face
- 4:00and decides you are who you,
- 4:03you are the right person,
- 4:04and then the phone unlocks.
- 4:06So facial recognition
- 4:08technology that identifies
- 4:10someone by their face.
- 4:13And usually to unlock something,
- 4:15that's a common use for it.
- 4:18An AI assistant, a computer program
- 4:21that helps answer questions.
- 4:22Ooh, that's a little too big.
- 4:25And complete tasks.
- 4:26I used an AI assistant
- 4:27to book a flight to France.
- 4:29I was talking to my cousin
- 4:31a couple weeks ago, and he
- 4:32said he plans all of his
- 4:34business trips using AI now.
- 4:37He uses AI as his AI assistant,
- 4:40and he uses it to find the
- 4:41cheapest flights, to find the
- 4:43cheapest hotels, and then he, I
- 4:45think he still does the final
- 4:47booking himself, but you can, I
- 4:49think, go so far as to have it
- 4:51book it for you.
- 4:52So, ChatGPT, Gemini,
- 4:57Grok, is that another one?
- 4:59I know Meta has one as well.
- 5:01What else do people use?
- 5:02Claude, did I say that one already?
- 5:04There are a number of different
- 5:06AI agents or AI assistants
- 5:08that can help make your life
- 5:11easier.
- 5:13Self checkout, a machine.
- 5:15So I'm looking over
- 5:16at my screen here.
- 5:17Self checkout, a machine
- 5:18that lets customers scan
- 5:20and pay for their own items.
- 5:22This is very true.
- 5:24When I wrote this sentence,
- 5:25I am talking about me.
- 5:27I usually use the self checkout
- 5:29when I only have a few things.
- 5:31If I have a lot of things
- 5:32at the grocery store.
- 5:34I will go to a normal checkout,
- 5:36and I will put everything onto
- 5:37the belt, and then I'll have
- 5:39the cashier help me cash out.
- 5:42When I only have four or five
- 5:43things, or maybe even 10, I
- 5:45usually use the self checkout,
- 5:48so it lets me scan like beep,
- 5:51beep, beep all of my own stuff,
- 5:53and then I can use my payment
- 5:56card on my phone to pay for the
- 5:58items.
- 5:59So self checkout.
- 6:01A machine that lets customers
- 6:02scan and pay for their own items.
- 6:05I usually use the self-checkout
- 6:07when I only have a few things.
- 6:11An air fryer.
- 6:11I do not have one.
- 6:13Everyone keeps telling me
- 6:14I need to get one.
- 6:15An air fryer is a kitchen
- 6:17appliance that cooks food using
- 6:19circulating hot air,
- 6:20and I think it cooks it quickly.
- 6:23When use we use our air
- 6:24fryer to make crispy
- 6:25chicken wings and broccoli.
- 6:27This is a lie
- 6:28because I do not have.
- 6:30An air fryer, but someday
- 6:32maybe I'll get one.
- 6:34I know my sister has one.
- 6:35I think my other sister has one.
- 6:37My brother-in-law has one.
- 6:38Everyone I know who has
- 6:40an air fryer raves about it.
- 6:43In English, when you say someone
- 6:44raves about something, it means
- 6:46they talk positively about it.
- 6:48So, no, I think they're great
- 6:50for heating up food, for cooking
- 6:52food, for making French fries,
- 6:54and all that stuff.
- 6:56Someday.
- 6:57Someday maybe I will get one.
- 7:01Adaptive cruise control.
- 7:02So a few driving features
- 7:04that have appeared recently.
- 7:06I do not have a car.
- 7:07Oh, I have one car now
- 7:08with adaptive cruise.
- 7:10Yes, the Subaru has that.
- 7:12A system that automatically
- 7:13matches your speed
- 7:14to the vehicle in front of you.
- 7:17Adaptive cruise control
- 7:18slows my car down when the car
- 7:19in front of me slows down.
- 7:21So adaptive cruise
- 7:23means if I'm driving.
- 7:25Let's say I'm driving 100
- 7:26kilometers an hour and I have my
- 7:28cruise control on, so I don't need
- 7:30to have my foot on the gas pedal.
- 7:32The car just drives
- 7:33100 kilometers an hour.
- 7:35If the person in front of me is
- 7:38driving slower, as I get closer,
- 7:40my car will match the speed
- 7:42of the car in front of me.
- 7:44This is generally used for
- 7:46highway driving, and it actually
- 7:48makes highway driving
- 7:49a little bit less stressful.
- 7:51You're unlikely to
- 7:52rear-end anybody.
- 7:54If you have adaptive cruise
- 7:55on, when you rear-end someone,
- 7:56it means you hit them
- 7:58from behind with your car.
- 8:00Adaptive cruise control,
- 8:01a system that automatically
- 8:02matches your speed
- 8:03to the vehicle in front of you.
- 8:07Lane assist, a system that helps
- 8:09keep a vehicle in its lane.
- 8:11This has also made driving better.
- 8:13I do not have a car
- 8:14with lane assist,
- 8:17which is a little bit sad.
- 8:18I have adaptive cruise, but I
- 8:20don't have lane assist.
- 8:21With lane assist, if you slowly
- 8:23drift into the other
- 8:24lane, the car might actually
- 8:27correct itself, like the steering
- 8:29wheel might turn, or
- 8:30it may beep and tell you that you
- 8:33need to correct.
- 8:34So, my car's lane assist warns me
- 8:37when I drift toward the line.
- 8:40You know, I would write when
- 8:42I drift towards the line.
- 8:43I don't know why I use toward.
- 8:45They're probably both correct.
- 8:47Probably the one I would
- 8:48normally say is incorrect.
- 8:50I would say my my car's lane
- 8:52assist warns me when I
- 8:54drift towards the line.
- 8:55That would be informal
- 8:58speech.
- 8:59Blind spot detection, a system that
- 9:01warns drivers about vehicles
- 9:02they may not they might not see.
- 9:05The blind spot detection light came
- 9:07on when a car was beside me.
- 9:09When you drive,
- 9:11you have a blind spot.
- 9:13If you turn your head, you
- 9:15can see the blind spot.
- 9:16So, if you're on the highway
- 9:18driving, and you want to
- 9:20change lanes, you need to turn
- 9:22and check your blind spot,
- 9:25because there's a spot where there
- 9:26can be a car that you can't see.
- 9:28So, when you have blind spot
- 9:30detection, the car
- 9:31will tell you if another
- 9:33car is in that location.
- 9:35So, blind spot detection, a system
- 9:37that warns drivers about vehicles.
- 9:39They might not see.
- 9:42Robotaxi, a self-driving taxi
- 9:44that transports passengers
- 9:46without a human driver.
- 9:47So there has been quite a bit
- 9:49of news lately, because the Tesla
- 9:51Corporation has started
- 9:53to deploy robotaxis, I think
- 9:55in Texas, in the state
- 9:57of Texas, and this is a car
- 10:01that functions as a taxi.
- 10:02So if you need a ride,
- 10:04you can take a robotaxi.
- 10:06And there is no driver.
- 10:08There's no human driver.
- 10:09The car is self-driving, and it
- 10:11will take you to your location.
- 10:13So, I think this is going to kind
- 10:15of change things around the world.
- 10:17I'm certain that taxis and Uber
- 10:20drivers are probably starting to
- 10:23worry a little bit because
- 10:24this technology will most likely
- 10:27replace humans.
- 10:28So we know that technology,
- 10:30when it gets better, will
- 10:31occasionally replace humans.
- 10:33For certain jobs, I think
- 10:35the taxi industry
- 10:37is probably going to change a lot
- 10:39over the next 10 years.
- 10:40So, Robotaxi, a self-driving
- 10:43taxi that transports passengers
- 10:44without a human driver.
- 10:46We took a Robotaxi to
- 10:47the restaurant instead of calling
- 10:48a regular taxi, and they're
- 10:51supposed to be cheaper.
- 10:52So we'll see.
- 10:53If you're an Uber
- 10:54driver, I'm sorry.
- 10:57You might need to find another job
- 10:58in five or 10 years.
- 11:00So we'll see.
- 11:02Self-driving car, a car that uses
- 11:04technology to drive with
- 11:05little or no human assistance.
- 11:08Self-driving cars are becoming
- 11:09more common in some places.
- 11:11So this is an interesting
- 11:12one because
- 11:15Tesla has a self-driving car now.
- 11:17It is legal to own one and use full
- 11:20self-driving in Canada as long
- 11:22as you are supervising the car.
- 11:25You must pay attention.
- 11:27You do not need to have your hands
- 11:28on the steering wheel.
- 11:29You can just sit, but you must be
- 11:32looking at the road, and the car
- 11:33will warn you if you don't.
- 11:36In the United States, self-driving
- 11:38is also legal, but I know
- 11:40there are some countries,
- 11:42particularly in Europe, where
- 11:43you cannot use this feature yet.
- 11:47So self-driving, a car that uses
- 11:50technology to drive with little
- 11:52or no human assistance.
- 11:56Tracking, an app or website
- 11:57that shows where a package is
- 11:59during delivery.
- 12:00I really like this feature.
- 12:02I checked the tracking to see
- 12:04when my order would arrive.
- 12:06When I order a package, especially
- 12:08if I order something expensive,
- 12:10or if I order something where
- 12:12I need, Walter just went like
- 12:15tearing behind the barn.
- 12:16Sorry to talk about my dog.
- 12:18Something where I need
- 12:19to be home when it arrives.
- 12:20It's nice to be able
- 12:21to use tracking.
- 12:23Or package tracking if you want
- 12:25to use the full name.
- 12:26So I checked the tracking to see
- 12:28when my order would arrive.
- 12:30This has been very helpful
- 12:31for Jen and I.
- 12:32Sometimes a delivery is coming
- 12:34for the farm, and we have
- 12:35to help unload it,
- 12:37or we need to have the tractor
- 12:39to get it off of the truck.
- 12:41And so you can use tracking
- 12:42to see when it will arrive.
- 12:44And then there's a little
- 12:45map, and you can see like
- 12:46a little, like a little
- 12:48drawing of the truck.
- 12:49On the map, and it shows you
- 12:50how far away it is and how many
- 12:52stops there are between you
- 12:55and your package arriving.
- 12:58Remote car starter, a device that
- 13:00starts a vehicle from a distance.
- 13:02Very handy in the winter.
- 13:04I use my remote car starter
- 13:06on cold winter mornings.
- 13:08So, if you do not live in a cold
- 13:10climate, you might not know that
- 13:13it's nice to start your car.
- 13:155 or 10 minutes before you
- 13:17leave, so that the car is warm
- 13:19when you get in.
- 13:20If you have a remote car
- 13:21starter, you can just do that
- 13:23from your house.
- 13:23You can just click the button,
- 13:25and the vehicle will start.
- 13:26And hopefully, you left the heat
- 13:29turned on in the car so
- 13:30that it actually does warm up.
- 13:31But remote car starter,
- 13:33a device that starts a vehicle
- 13:34from a distance.
- 13:35I use my remote car starter on
- 13:37cold winter mornings, a very
- 13:40common time to use it.
- 13:42Keyless entry, a system that
- 13:44unlocks a vehicle or
- 13:46door without inserting a key.
- 13:47I love having keyless entry because
- 13:49I can leave my keys in my pocket.
- 13:51When I rented a car to go
- 13:53see Brent a few years ago,
- 13:54it had keyless entry.
- 13:56I just needed to walk up, and as
- 13:58long as the keys were in my
- 13:59pocket, I could open the door.
- 14:01It would automatically sense
- 14:03that I was there, and it
- 14:04would automatically unlock.
- 14:06So keyless entry.
- 14:07A system that unlocks a vehicle or
- 14:09door without inserting a key.
- 14:13A smartwatch, a watch that
- 14:15connects to a phone,
- 14:17and offers digital features.
- 14:19My smartwatch tells me
- 14:20when I get a message.
- 14:21My smartwatch actually shows
- 14:23the message on the screen.
- 14:25So this is something where
- 14:27almost all watches
- 14:28are smartwatches now.
- 14:30You can still buy
- 14:32a watch that isn't.
- 14:33But most people I know
- 14:35have an Apple Watch or a Fitbit,
- 14:39or a Garmin, which is a company
- 14:40for like if you're a runner, you
- 14:42might have a Garmin smartwatch,
- 14:45or any other brand of smartwatch.
- 14:47There are many.
- 14:48There's Samsung makes smartwatches
- 14:50as well, but it's a watch that
- 14:52itself is very smart.
- 14:54It's more like a mini
- 14:55computer, but it also
- 14:57connects to your phone.
- 14:59And becomes even smarter.
- 15:00So a watch that connects
- 15:01to a phone, and offers
- 15:04digital features.
- 15:06Smart speaker, a speaker that
- 15:07responds to voice commands.
- 15:09I asked my smart speaker
- 15:11to play some music.
- 15:12So you might say, "Hey Siri,"
- 15:14or "Hey Google," or "Alexa."
- 15:16There are a number of different
- 15:18types of smart speakers.
- 15:20And then we also have,
- 15:21if it has a screen, we might
- 15:23call it a smart home hub.
- 15:25Or a smart screen, but this
- 15:28would be what a smart speaker is:
- 15:29a little pod,
- 15:31or a little ball, or a little
- 15:34just a little device that responds
- 15:36to voice commands to play music.
- 15:38So like, hey Siri, can you play
- 15:42and she was by the talking heads?
- 15:44And then that song
- 15:45would start playing.
- 15:46So I asked my smart speaker
- 15:48to play some music.
- 15:51Cloud storage, a service that
- 15:53stores files online so they can be
- 15:54accessed from different devices.
- 15:56I keep my photos in the cloud
- 15:58so I can access them anywhere.
- 16:00What's interesting about this
- 16:01one is I still talk about the
- 16:03cloud because I remember a
- 16:05time before my photos went up
- 16:08to the cloud and then I could
- 16:10access them on my computer
- 16:11instantly.
- 16:11Like take a picture with my phone,
- 16:14and I can sit at my computer
- 16:15and the photo is available
- 16:17instantly from the cloud.
- 16:20Most younger people don't talk
- 16:23about the cloud anymore because
- 16:25it's just how things are now.
- 16:28It's kind of a funny way to say
- 16:30it, but like it's like okay, I
- 16:31took a picture, it's on my phone,
- 16:33it's on like it's ubiquitous.
- 16:35Is that what it is?
- 16:36Things are everywhere now.
- 16:37I don't know if that was
- 16:38the right word, but cloud storage,
- 16:40a service that stores files
- 16:42online so they can be accessed
- 16:43from different devices.
- 16:46Robot lawnmower,
- 16:48a machine that cuts grass without
- 16:50the need for a human.
- 16:51I would like one of these.
- 16:53My neighbor's robot lawnmower
- 16:55cuts the grass at night.
- 16:57I did send an email to a
- 16:59company saying I wanted to do
- 17:01an English lesson about
- 17:03robots, and if they sent me a
- 17:05robot lawnmower, I would
- 17:06feature their product, and
- 17:07they didn't respond.
- 17:09I don't think they think
- 17:10my audience is going to buy a lot
- 17:12of robot lawnmowers.
- 17:13But that would be fun.
- 17:14It would be fun to do
- 17:15a lesson where I could teach
- 17:17the word autonomous,
- 17:18and robot lawnmower, and
- 17:21wireless charging, and GPS.
- 17:24There's a number of things I
- 17:25think I could teach, about that.
- 17:27So if you work at a company
- 17:28that makes robot
- 17:29lawnmowers, send me an email,
- 17:31bob at bobthecanadian.com,
- 17:34and we'll talk.
- 17:36Smart thermostat, a device that
- 17:38automatically controls
- 17:39heating and cooling
- 17:40based on human behavior.
- 17:42Or remotely, so I turned up
- 17:44the heat using my smart thermostat
- 17:47before coming home.
- 17:48There's two things a smart
- 17:50thermostat can do.
- 17:52As you turn the heat up and down,
- 17:55as you go through your week,
- 17:57it will start to learn your
- 17:58behavior, and also it will start
- 18:00to do it automatically.
- 18:02If you leave for work every
- 18:04morning at 7:30 and you
- 18:05turn the heat down,
- 18:07eventually the smart thermostat
- 18:08will just program that in.
- 18:10The other thing it will do is
- 18:11on your way home.
- 18:13Let's say you're leaving
- 18:14early from work.
- 18:16You could tell your house
- 18:18or apartment to warm up
- 18:20if it's the winter or to cool down
- 18:22a bit before you get home.
- 18:24So smart thermostat, a device that
- 18:26automatically controls
- 18:26heating and cooling based on human
- 18:29behavior or remotely.
- 18:32Food delivery, a service
- 18:33that brings you that
- 18:34brings prepared meals.
- 18:36To your location, we
- 18:38ordered food delivery because
- 18:39nobody wanted to cook.
- 18:41I have noticed that
- 18:42this is something that
- 18:45younger people I think
- 18:46do more than older people.
- 18:48I think I'm too cheap
- 18:50and I'm too stuck in my ways
- 18:52to use food delivery.
- 18:54I was someone who ordered pizza
- 18:56delivery when I was in university,
- 18:58but I can't get my head wrapped
- 19:00around paying extra money.
- 19:02To have someone bring me
- 19:03a hamburger from McDonald's,
- 19:05I think I would just
- 19:05drive there myself.
- 19:06But a handy service, you just
- 19:09use an app, and then 30
- 19:11minutes later, 40 minutes later,
- 19:12food shows up at your door.
- 19:14So food delivery, a service
- 19:16that brings prepared meals
- 19:17to your location.
- 19:19Grocery delivery, a service
- 19:21that brings groceries
- 19:22directly to your home.
- 19:24Grocery delivery saves me
- 19:25a trip to the supermarket.
- 19:27I have not used grocery delivery,
- 19:29but I hear it's amazing.
- 19:31You just go on your computer or
- 19:32you go on your phone and you say
- 19:34milk, lettuce, tomatoes,
- 19:38bread, eggs, and then you hit
- 19:41the button and then it says your
- 19:43delivery will arrive at 4 p.m.
- 19:44or whenever.
- 19:45So pretty cool.
- 19:47Grocery delivery, a service
- 19:49that brings groceries
- 19:50directly to your home.
- 19:51Grocery delivery saves me
- 19:53a trip to the supermarket.
- 19:54So I wanted to talk
- 19:55about this sentence.
- 19:57I purposely use the phrase
- 19:58"saves me a trip."
- 20:00It means you don't have to do that.
- 20:04If you have an electric vehicle, it
- 20:05saves you a lot of trips
- 20:06to the gas station
- 20:07because you never have to go.
- 20:09If someone goes and gets
- 20:12milk for you, it saves you a trip
- 20:14to the grocery store.
- 20:15It means you don't have
- 20:16to do, that drive.
- 20:18Meal kit, a package delivered
- 20:20to your home containing
- 20:21measured ingredients and recipes
- 20:23for cooking meals.
- 20:25We tried a few meal kits because we
- 20:27wanted to learn some new recipes.
- 20:30I have not tried this modern
- 20:32convenience, but what happens
- 20:33is you get a box, and you open
- 20:36the box, and it has everything
- 20:37inside that you need in the
- 20:39right quantities to make a
- 20:42certain meal.
- 20:43So let's say you want, I don't
- 20:45know, chicken cordon bleu,
- 20:48which is like chicken with ham
- 20:49and cheese or something like that.
- 20:51If you get a meal kit, they will
- 20:53send you exactly the right amount
- 20:54of everything,
- 20:56so that you can make that meal,
- 20:58including a little recipe card
- 21:01telling you how to make it.
- 21:03Some people, because meal kits
- 21:04are a bit expensive, they
- 21:06simply buy them to learn the
- 21:08recipes, and then they usually
- 21:10buy the ingredients later
- 21:12themselves if they want to do
- 21:13it again, because it's not a
- 21:15cheap way to get food.
- 21:16It's just convenient.
- 21:19Subscription delivery, a service
- 21:20that automatically delivers
- 21:21products on a regular schedule.
- 21:24He has a subscription that sends
- 21:25him new razors every month.
- 21:27I know someone that uses protein
- 21:29powder to make protein shakes,
- 21:30and they have a subscription
- 21:32to get protein powder every month.
- 21:34If there's something you use
- 21:35regularly, you can get
- 21:37a subscription delivery, and it
- 21:38will simply it will simply arrive
- 21:40once a week or once a month.
- 21:42And then you do not have to
- 21:44order it all the time.
- 21:45Let me see where I am here.
- 21:47Mobile ordering or mobile ordering.
- 21:49We pronounce the word two ways.
- 21:51Placing an order using
- 21:52an app on a smartphone.
- 21:54I used mobile ordering so my coffee
- 21:56would be ready when I arrived.
- 21:58I use this quite often
- 22:00when I do go to Tim Hortons.
- 22:03If Jen and I are going
- 22:04to get breakfast from Tim Hortons,
- 22:06maybe two cups of tea
- 22:08and two breakfast sandwiches,
- 22:09I'll order it on the app.
- 22:11And I'll say have it ready in
- 22:1320 minutes because that's how
- 22:14long it takes to drive there.
- 22:16And then when we arrive, we
- 22:17don't have to order it and wait.
- 22:19They'll have it all
- 22:20made and ready for us.
- 22:22You can do the same with McDonald's
- 22:23and all of the other
- 22:24fast food places to my knowledge.
- 22:27Mobile ordering, placing an order
- 22:29using an app on a smartphone.
- 22:32Self-order kiosk, a touchscreen
- 22:34machine that lets customers
- 22:36place their own orders.
- 22:37I ordered my lunch
- 22:38using the self-order kiosk.
- 22:41Some people just call it
- 22:42self-order, like just use
- 22:43the self-order, like and they
- 22:45don't say the word kiosk.
- 22:47Or use the self-order screen
- 22:49or order it on the screen.
- 22:50There's a number of ways to say
- 22:52it, but most fast food restaurants
- 22:54are going in this direction.
- 22:56When you walk in, they will
- 22:57have a screen and you can use that
- 22:59screen to order what you
- 23:01want to eat instead of using
- 23:05The regular, like instead
- 23:07of using a person, instead
- 23:08of ordering from a person,
- 23:11same-day delivery, a service
- 23:12that delivers an order
- 23:13on the day it is placed.
- 23:15I ordered a new phone charger
- 23:16and got same-day delivery.
- 23:18So interestingly enough,
- 23:21I live in the middle of nowhere.
- 23:24I often say I live in the middle
- 23:25of nowhere, but I
- 23:27actually live close to an Amazon
- 23:30distribution center.
- 23:32It's about 30 minutes
- 23:33from my house.
- 23:34You remember how in Ontario we use
- 23:36time to talk about distance.
- 23:38And so sometimes when I
- 23:40order things, if I
- 23:42order it in the morning, it
- 23:43will arrive by 4 p.m.
- 23:44It's rare, but there are
- 23:46certain things where it does
- 23:47actually arrive the same day.
- 23:49So same-day delivery,
- 23:51a service that delivers an order
- 23:52on the day it is placed.
- 23:56Online appointment.
- 23:58A meeting or consultation
- 23:59held over the internet,
- 24:00and the example sentence:
- 24:01"I had an online appointment
- 24:03with my doctor this morning."
- 24:04So this is very, very nice,
- 24:07especially for older people
- 24:09who have trouble getting out,
- 24:11or maybe don't have a car.
- 24:13They can meet with
- 24:14their doctor online.
- 24:15This is becoming more
- 24:17and more popular in many
- 24:18places in the world.
- 24:19It's very efficient.
- 24:20It's very easy.
- 24:22You don't always have
- 24:23to go see a doctor
- 24:24to describe your symptoms.
- 24:27So sometimes just having an online
- 24:29appointment is just as effective.
- 24:31Now I do have an appointment
- 24:32next week.
- 24:33I have to go to the dentist.
- 24:34They need to clean my teeth
- 24:36and check for cavities.
- 24:38You can't do that online,
- 24:40but if you are just meeting
- 24:42initially with a doctor, an online
- 24:45appointment can be a very
- 24:46convenient way to do that.
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