Let's Learn English at the Gas Station | English Video with Subtitles

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Learn English with Bob the Canadian


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Bob the Canadian here.
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Let’s learn English …. at the gas station!
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Hey Bob the Canadian here, if this is your first time watching these video please click
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the subscribe button below, and if you could at some point during this video give me a
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thumbs up that would be awesome.
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So I noticed when I got in my van today that I was out of gas, or almost out of gas.
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The gas gauge, the little dial that tells me how much gas I have left, was pretty low.
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In English we would describe this as, “Running out of gas.”
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We also describe it as, “Running on empty.”
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Yeah, you could say I was running on empty which means there’s just a tiny amount of
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gas left.
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I think I have enough gas to get to the gas station so that I can fill up my gas tank
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in my van.
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Hopefully I make it there.
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So a few sentences in English to describe this, you would say, “I need gas.”
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“My car needs gas.” or “My van needs gas.”
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“I need to fill up with gas.”
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“I need to fill up my gas tank.”
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So one of the first things to look for is the price of gas, and generally there’s
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a nice sign on the road outside of a gas station which will let you know how much gas is going
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to cost.
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At this gas station gas is currently $1.20 per litre.
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That’s actually not too bad for right now, so let’s go fill up.
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At the gas station you’re going to find gas pumps.
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Gas pumps generally pump three different kinds of gas, but they also pump diesel.
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Diesel is generally used for things like trucks and tractors.
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My particular van uses gas so we’re just going to fill this van up with gas.
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So one of the first things I need to do is I need to open up this little door and take
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off my gas cap.
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This is the gas cap.
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Then once I’ve got the gas cap off on the gas pump I need to select what type of gas
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I want to purchase.
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So I’m gonna take the gas nozzle out.
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It’s attached to the gas hose or just the hose and we’re just gonna put that into
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my vehicle, let me give you a look at that, so I’m ready to pump, I have my hand on
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the nozzle and I’m going to go here and I’m gonna select this grade of gasoline
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which is the lowest grade ‘cuz that’s all Bob the Canadian can afford.
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Up here you’ll see how many litres, might be in gallons depending on your country, how
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many litres are going to go in and how much it’s going to cost.
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So let’s pump this thing full.
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So you can see the numbers going up here.
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I’ve spent $21 dollars now.
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I’ve put just over 18 litres into my van.
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And I’m gonna pump, I’m gonna pump it full.
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I’m gonna fill’er up.
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So there’s two different ways of buying gas.
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The first way to buy gas is at a self serve gas station.
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A self serve gas station is where me as the driver of the vehicle pump the gas myself.
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Another way to buy gas is at a full serve gas station.
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A full serve gas station, a gas attendant will come out and they will pump the gas for
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you.
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So you would say to the gas attendant things like, “Please put $20 worth in.”
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or “Please fill it up.”
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So you could hear that little clunk sound that means we, we have successfully filled
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the gas tank up.
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The only thing left to do right now is I need to take out the gas nozzle and I’m gonna
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put it right back here in the gas pump.
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I’m also going to put my gas cap back on my vehicle and you hear that beeping sound?
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That beeping sound basically is saying, “You need to go inside and pay.”
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So let’s go do that.
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Let me get my wallet first!
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You can pay for gas by just putting your credit card or your bank card straight into the pump.
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You can also pay for gas by going into the store, and you saw the store earlier when
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I pulled in.
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We’re just gonna go in here and I’m gonna pay the attendant for the gas.
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“Good morning, how are you?”
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No, that’s it.
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Thank you very much.
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So there’s a couple other things you can do at a gas station.
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You can check your oil.
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Gas is what makes the car go, oil is what keeps the engine lubricated.
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So I could open up the hood of my van and I could check the oil.
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That’s another thing you could do at a gas station.
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I might also want to wash the windows.
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So if you look over here…
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Hmmm...
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Oh here they are.
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So if you look over here you can grab this and you can use this to wash your windows
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while you’re at the gas station if you needed to.
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At a gas station you can also pump up your tires.
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Way over there is small air pump, so if my tires were low on my vehicle I could drive
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over there and in Canada you have to put money in, it usually costs a loonie, a dollar.
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Super happy that I was able to fill up with gas because if you run out of gas, if your
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vehicle stops moving because there’s no more gas in it, you have to walk to a gas
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station.
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You have to ask if you can borrow a gas can, and then you have to walk all the way back
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to your vehicle.
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So generally it’s a good idea to fill up with gas before you run out of gas!
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Well, hey, thanks for joining me on this little trip to the gas station to get some gas.
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Bob the Canadian here.
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Learn English with Bob the Canadian.
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If you haven’t yet subscribed to this channel, please do so by clicking the red button below.
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And if you enjoyed this video please give me a thumbs up.
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I really appreciate it.
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Oh, and don’t forget, if you know someone who’s trying to learn English please share
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I really appreciate it.
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Bob the Canadian here.
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I hope you have a great day!
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