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

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In this English lesson I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to be wired.
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When we say someone is wired, it means they're a little bit nervous
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or they're a little bit energetic.
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We usually use this when we talk about the effects of coffee
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on people or the effects of sugar on kids.
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You might hear someone say something like this, Oh, I have a lot of energy today.
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I'm really wired because I had three cups of coffee this morning.
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So to be wired means that you can feel the effect of the caffeine on you.
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Sometimes people have trouble sleeping at night because they're just too wired.
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They've had too much coffee that day.
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And sometimes little kids, when they have lots of sugar, they're just wired.
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They run around and they have lots of energy because they've just eaten way too much sugar.
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So to be wired simply means to have a higher level of energy
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and maybe even a little bit of nervousness or anxiety as well.
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There's a couple of different feelings you could be having when you're wired.
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The other phrase I wanted to teach you today is the phrase to hot wire.
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I don't really know anything about this phrase.
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I don't know how to hot wire a vehicle, but I thought it was worth mentioning
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because you might hear it
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if you're watching a show about the police or something like that or a movie.
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When you hot wire a vehicle, it means you start it by
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just touching wires together instead of turning the key.
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I think it's harder on modern day vehicles to hot wire them,
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but I think on older vehicles, if you know what you're doing,
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you can pull the wires out of the dash and put the right two wires
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together or three and the car will start without keys.
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So to review, to be wired, when you are wired, you are just feeling very energetic
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because you've had something that has stimulated you like caffeine or sugar.
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And when you hot wire a vehicle,
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it means you start it illegally without keys.
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But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video.
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This comment is from Janith. Hi, Bob.
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Sir, is there a difference between headlight and fog light?
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And my response?
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Headlights put a bright white light and are the main light on the front of a car.
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Fog lights are lower on the front of the car and put out an orange or yellow light.
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So great question.
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It's too bad we don't have a vehicle to look at.
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Oh, wait, we do.
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So for me, I would call this the headlight.
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This is what puts out the very bright light that you need to see at night.
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And this would be what I would call a fog light.
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I think this is also the signal light on my vehicle.
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I think it does double duty.
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I think it does both things.
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Some people have special fog lights
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that they mount on the front of their vehicle after they buy it.
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We would call them aftermarket fog lights, but they're also lower down
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and they're usually orange or yellow.
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So, hey, many of you have been commenting about how you've been enjoying
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the change of scenery with the videos - using the phrase from the last video.
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I've been doing many of these short lessons in town, and I've been really enjoying that.
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The reason I have been doing them in town is because my schedule changed.
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So I teach in the morning now and then when I'm done teaching, I'm in town
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and I usually bring my camera with me and I just go and find some place to shoot a video.
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Today, though, I'm at home, a little bit of a different day today for me.
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I had a different sort of schedule this morning, so I'm home now.
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Let me check the time here.
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Oh, I have 30 seconds to talk, but that's why there's been a bit of a change of scenery
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for these videos or a change in the scenery behind me.
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You could see that as well.
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So here we are on the farm.
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The reason I've been doing more in town is because it's fun to show you things in town.
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Here it just looks the same all the time.
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It's beautiful and eventually the snow will melt
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and it will be spring and it will be beautiful on the farm again.
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But for now, I think I'm just going to keep doing one or both videos in town each week
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just so you get a good look at what a Canadian town looks like.
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Anyway, thanks for watching.
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I hope you're having a good day and I'll be back with another video...
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When does this one come out?
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This is a Friday video, isn't it?
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Next Wednesday. I'll see you next Wednesday with another one. Bye.
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