Learn the English Phrases "to be wired" and "to hot wire"

In this English lesson I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to be wired.

When we say someone is wired, it means they're a little bit nervous

or they're a little bit energetic.

We usually use this when we talk about the effects of coffee

on people or the effects of sugar on kids.

You might hear someone say something like this, Oh, I have a lot of energy today.

I'm really wired because I had three cups of coffee this morning.

So to be wired means that you can feel the effect of the caffeine on you.

Sometimes people have trouble sleeping at night because they're just too wired.

They've had too much coffee that day.

And sometimes little kids, when they have lots of sugar, they're just wired.

They run around and they have lots of energy because they've just eaten way too much sugar.

So to be wired simply means to have a higher level of energy

and maybe even a little bit of nervousness or anxiety as well.

There's a couple of different feelings you could be having when you're wired.

The other phrase I wanted to teach you today is the phrase to hot wire.

I don't really know anything about this phrase.

I don't know how to hot wire a vehicle, but I thought it was worth mentioning

because you might hear it

if you're watching a show about the police or something like that or a movie.

When you hot wire a vehicle, it means you start it by

just touching wires together instead of turning the key.

I think it's harder on modern day vehicles to hot wire them,

but I think on older vehicles, if you know what you're doing,

you can pull the wires out of the dash and put the right two wires

together or three and the car will start without keys.

So to review, to be wired, when you are wired, you are just feeling very energetic

because you've had something that has stimulated you like caffeine or sugar.

And when you hot wire a vehicle,

it means you start it illegally without keys.

But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video.

This comment is from Janith. Hi, Bob.

Sir, is there a difference between headlight and fog light?

And my response?

Headlights put a bright white light and are the main light on the front of a car.

Fog lights are lower on the front of the car and put out an orange or yellow light.

So great question.

It's too bad we don't have a vehicle to look at.

Oh, wait, we do.

So for me, I would call this the headlight.

This is what puts out the very bright light that you need to see at night.

And this would be what I would call a fog light.

I think this is also the signal light on my vehicle.

I think it does double duty.

I think it does both things.

Some people have special fog lights

that they mount on the front of their vehicle after they buy it.

We would call them aftermarket fog lights, but they're also lower down

and they're usually orange or yellow.

So, hey, many of you have been commenting about how you've been enjoying

the change of scenery with the videos - using the phrase from the last video.

I've been doing many of these short lessons in town, and I've been really enjoying that.

The reason I have been doing them in town is because my schedule changed.

So I teach in the morning now and then when I'm done teaching, I'm in town

and I usually bring my camera with me and I just go and find some place to shoot a video.

Today, though, I'm at home, a little bit of a different day today for me.

I had a different sort of schedule this morning, so I'm home now.

Let me check the time here.

Oh, I have 30 seconds to talk, but that's why there's been a bit of a change of scenery

for these videos or a change in the scenery behind me.

You could see that as well.

So here we are on the farm.

The reason I've been doing more in town is because it's fun to show you things in town.

Here it just looks the same all the time.

It's beautiful and eventually the snow will melt

and it will be spring and it will be beautiful on the farm again.

But for now, I think I'm just going to keep doing one or both videos in town each week

just so you get a good look at what a Canadian town looks like.

Anyway, thanks for watching.

I hope you're having a good day and I'll be back with another video...

When does this one come out?

This is a Friday video, isn't it?

Next Wednesday. I'll see you next Wednesday with another one. Bye.