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paying attention when they are in charge. And then we also
in charge of something when you're the leader and someone
where someone isn't paying attention to what they're
teacher. I would say they're a backseat driver. So when you're
not just when you're driving. Uh it can also be any situation
classroom when I was looking out the window. Um later the
driving. If someone is in charge of a company and things
Someone might say oh they were asleep at the wheel. If the
are asleep at the wheel it will cause an accident. But this
quite common in some of your countries. But in my area it
think it actually helps me. I don't I think I can I think I
traffic. You can kind of just keep going. You always in
to build what's called a roundabout. Roundabouts are
are stoplights at an intersection. Sometimes it's
roads cross we would call that an intersection. Usually there
little stop sign helping kids cross the road. An
go to town. There are crossing guards in different places in
road by themselves. But it's much safer when a crossing
you might see a crosswalk. Usually these are marked with
little light and usually there's a stoplight and the
out of the car and and stretch a little before I kept driving.
would then say the police pulled me over. You don't want
where you're going and you can drive forward. So just a quick
almost everywhere in the world. It's called double parking.
decide to pull over. That's when you're on the road and you
go on to the side of the road. This person decided to pull
to parallel park. Where I can just drive in and not have to
Sometimes when you back out of your driveway you have to look
then you back beside them. So when you start your cars are
parallel to each other. Um this is something that was very
parking spot. And you park I think it's called parallel
along and you see a pylon you know that you should be more
of your driveway it means you're driving out. Sometimes
driveway. But in this situation you can see this person has
out. Etcetera etcetera.
So if you are facing away from your house you can pull out of
decided to pull into their driveway. So they pull into
backwards. So this is the opposite then of to pull into.
house. So you pull into your driveway. If you're in your
you've decided to go into the driveway in front of your
your house and you are going in reverse. So if you are in a
you back out of the driveway it means that your car is facing
lose your license. You might even go to jail if you hurt
this and you get caught you will probably get a DUI which
do this. It is illegal in almost every country in the
run a red light. It means that you're driving along and you
you go through it we say that you are running a red light.
this you endanger the life of other people. If you do this it
little too quickly. Um this person it's not a good example.
leave very much space. Let me stop this video. It's going a
someone off if you watch the black truck right there. So
deal. So I couldn't find a good video of this. But when you cut
And if someone says did anyone get hurt? And you might say no
another car. But yes a fender bender. Um so often if you say
indeed. But definitely when you're out driving you want to
own fault though. I turned too sharp and I I kind of hit
along the front. The fender is the piece around the wheels on
to avoid getting into any kind of collision especially a head
a fender bender. If you look at the dent in this car the dent
head on collision or if you hit someone head on. It means the
happen and I could not find a video of this actually
kind of ran over the curb as well. You never want to have
car and then I ran over the pop bottle so past tense. So when
run over the other day? Someone threw a pop bottle out of the
he's going to run over the grass and he's going to run
can run over a pop can. You can accidentally run over animals
over the curb. In English when you say that someone runs over
an intersection is a place where maybe in the city roads
or streets run north south and east west. And wherever those
can go through that intersection faster now because
who's not the leader keeps telling you how to do your job
places where you don't have to stop if you don't see any
that says they're allowed to walk across a little person a
experience. Especially if you get hurt. Um so hopefully none
driving along and you see pylons you know that there's
have another phrase backseat driver. So if someone sits in
to beat the rush. They Want to leave before everyone else
sometimes call it a car crash or just a crash. A car accident
In Canada or at least in my part of Canada we have started
most likely to experience a traffic jam or to get stuck in
doing. So literal translation you fall asleep while driving.
people will cross the road. A crossing guard is someone who
teacher keeps telling me how to do it. And they're not the
these children want to cross the road. Kids can cross the
Canada move to the right and go around the roundabout and then
more traffic. So between seven and 9 AM is rush hour. It's
the back seat and tells you how to drive we call them a
people can walk across the road. Usually there's a light
was some Something new for some people. So some people weren't
town to help large groups of kids walk across the road so
behind you and you'll hear their siren and light. You'll
go wrong because they weren't running the company right.
there is a roundabout. So this is something you should never
something. So when it's when there's inaction you might say
just to pull over and to relax a bit. Have a cup of tea. Enjoy
they can get safely to school. I think it's probably a nice
see this crossing guard has a stop sign in their hand and
English phrase is actually used for times when you're not
situations. Let's say I'm teaching a class and another
principal could say were you asleep at the wheel? So it's
They had road rage. So not a good emotion to have. If you
Sometimes on the news you'll hear that someone drove their
oh they were asleep at the wheel. Um if students let's say
Also used as a phrase to describe when someone isn't
I wasn't paying attention and students snuck out of my
put your hazard lights on those are the little flashing lights
we sometimes refer to that person as a backseat driver.
everyone a while to get used to it. I know roundabouts are
intersection. By the way you can see the white lines which
you get off on the proper road. Um we just received or got a
helps school aged children cross the road safely. You can
government decides if the government doesn't do
as nice in the middle of the winter. Because they do this
couldn't find one. But when you parallel park you are in the
just a stop sign. Um but an intersection is a place where
is a place where two roads or maybe more than two roads cross
sure how to use it properly. But a roundabout I like them. I
everyday. Crossing guards are out there every day. But yes a
sometimes when you are driving you need to pull over.
nice thing to do. Double parking is illegal. Even if you
roundabout in our local town a few years ago. So it took
Sometimes the police will pull you over. So notice you can
But I usually look for a parking spot where I don't have
But I would say the black vehicle has cut off I think
construction ahead. You should slow down. In Canada they are
over. Sometimes when you're driving the police will be
to parallel park. So I did eventually learn how to do it.
that that are usually amber or orange on the corners of your
in your mirrors and it's a little trickier. But when you
This is something you do when you park beside someone. So
down so that you don't hit something or don't do something
parking because you start by pulling up beside someone and
bumper. So when you tailgate it means you're driving you're
know that you need to stop. You know or stop or at least slow
backseat driver. But we also use this phrase in other
have a video for this one. It was very hard to find one. I
something you should never do. This is extremely dangerous.
difficult for me to learn. It's very hard for me to learn how
you either go straight or you decide to turn left or right.
always orange. Or mostly they're orange. They are always
to someone oh I got in a small accident on the way to work.
do. You should never fall asleep while driving. If you
see their lights and then you need to pull over. And you
vehicle. So do not double park. Never a nice thing to do. Uh
of the verb. So when I park my car I will often back in. And
over. Do you understand the difference? If I was tired, I
that would endanger other people. So if you're driving
are the crosswalk at this intersection. An intersection
light. So I changed it to a red light. I put a red. on it. You
or you could say it's where four roads meet or streets. Uh
someone. So when you back out when you are in a driveway and
easier way to do it. Um I like parking this way because then I
pull out a your driveway or when you pull out you can see
guard helps them. So usually in the morning and at night when I
driveway and you decide to leave you back out of your
you're driving your car and you park. They're already parked on
job in this fall and spring. But I think it's probably not
would pull over and I would just rest for a bit, maybe get
the side of the road. And then you park beside them. So not a
a parking spot. So you have a car you back your car into a
think about it. And this is something that is illegal
Uh when you pull pull into your driveway you're on the road and
cautious with your driving. Parallel parking. So I don't
you're driving you don't want to run over anything. You want
Where no one's really injured but your car gets a dent in it.
light will be red. So a crosswalk is a place where
construction happening somewhere. So when you're
don't have to think too much when I leave my house.
city and you are driving along and you can back your car into
orange. So when you're driving along and you see pylons you
If I was speeding, the police might pull me over. In the city
to get pulled over. But sometimes you decide to pull
some kind of white lines. A crosswalk is a place where
then I will pull out when I'm ready to leave. It's just an
are pylons. When you see pylons you know there is most likely
when you're driving along the road you will see these. These
don't run a red light. Always a bad thing to do. And this is
into you drive into your driveway. And when you pull out
your driveway or you can pull out. You can use both versions
You should never run a red light. It is a bad idea. So
he's not really close enough to the video to the car in the
it's also part of the fender. So the bumper is the piece
skills. It was actually the original video. It was a green
their driveway. Park their car. Get out. Get their groceries
something if you run over something with your car it
review again. When you back out you go backwards. When you pull
driveway and you back out of the driveway you are going
Toronto. And he would leave at 4 AM to go to work to beat the
or people. I don't want to talk about that. But whenever you
means it goes under your car. You can run over garbage. You
much space between the two vehicles we would say that you
see a stoplight and it's red and you're supposed to stop. In
most likely be injured or it will be very very serious
the arena or stadium. And the game's not over. But they want
them. And you are not capable of driving safely. Don't ever
This is very very bad and it's called drunk driving. If you do
cut someone off. Cut off. Um and then this is not a great
video. But when you cut someone off it means you pass them and
other vehicle. So when you tailgate someone you follow
a minor fender bender. Minor means like not that big of a
Canada there are severe severe punishments for this. You will
example either. This is someone who is tailgating. When you
drive carefully. You want to drive cautiously and you want
it was just a fender bender. You might even say minor. Just
type of accident. If you are in a head on collision you will
world. And it is not a good thing to do. Um and if you do
really close to them. So it's different than bumper to
to be careful. But this guy he for some reason he is if you
someone with your car and you follow them too closely. Run a
tailgate someone it means you follow them and you're really
vehicles and one moves in front really really quickly without
is kind of on the bumper but also around the side of the car
happening. It's very very dangerous. But if you are in a
it's a Tesla isn't it? This is a Tesla. So when you have two
red light. So I had to edit this video a little bit. It was
morning and they'll try and leave work. You see this one
in your country driving while intoxicated. But certainly in
Canada when you see a red light you're supposed to stop. But if
happen. You do not want to get into a car accident. We
then you move in front of them really quickly and you don't
like the older gentleman rear rendered the younger gentlemen.
run over the curb you see how he went off the road and he
front of both cars hit each other. This technically isn't
watch him he will run over the grass. Right now as soon as you
car accident. But certainly a car accident is not a nice
leaves. And then this is the thing you don't want to have
word to say. Um I was in a fender bender once. It was my
quite lined up the toy cars. So generally a head on collision
gentlemen they have just been in a car accident. It looks
Um a car accident is not a nice thing. Thankfully cars are much
is when one car hits another car. You can see these two
called to beat the rush. Sometimes on a Friday people
is when someone coming from the other way hits you and the
will leave work. They'll come into work really early in the
quite a head on collision because the cars they're not
actually I don't know if you can see my elite video editing
means driving under the influence or it might be a DWI
We call it a fender bender. It rhymes. So it's kind of a fun
safer these days. I think because of airbags and because
means you leave early. Some people do this when they go and
moving along and the one vehicle is right behind the
on collision. Sometimes though you just get into what's called
means you are consuming beverages that have alcohol in
rush. And he would finish his school day at two o'clock and
when I rush through my lesson I talk really fast. Um so rush
traffic. Also probably three thirty and six o'clock at night
when noone is on the highway. In fact there's something
the side. And when you have an accident that's somewhat minor.
someone who lived here and taught at a high school in
the nice spring air and then get back on the highway after
and eventually you get angry. We call this road rage.
of you have any car accidents in the future or ever. So you
fronts of both cars hit. It is probably the most dangerous
of how cars are designed you're less likely to get injured in a
everyone's trying to get home again. Jen and I try to drive
when most people are driving on the highways. It's when you're
couple vehicles in a moment going the other way. These
we're going through or to the city. It's just better to drive
people probably left work early to beat the rush. I knew
vehicle there's only one vehicle going one way and a
When you hit a car from behind I don't have this word in the
you have calmed down. So a couple times a day we have
time. And people get off work around the same time. There's
leave to beat the rush. So when you try to beat the rush it
vocabulary list but it looks like he rear ended that person.
to beat the rush. Sometimes you'll see people on TV leaving
watch a sports game. They'll leave the game before it's over
see right now he is going to run over the grass and then he
have to watch this video clip for a bit. This guy is going to
when it's not rush hour if we need to go on the highway or if
Sometimes road rage results in someone committing a crime.
see something on the road ahead let's say there's what did I
are driving and you are getting angry it's probably a good idea
car and hit someone else's car because they were so angry.
English rush means to do something quickly. You know
hour is when everyone's trying to get to work and when
is rush hour again. It's when everyone is going home. So in
late for an appointment because she is stuck in traffic. Um No
someone almost hits you and you get angry. Maybe you're in
frustrating as well. Um Jen and I went on a trip last fall and
almost touching. Okay? So you could say oh I was late for
work yesterday because I was in bumper to bumper traffic for an
people experience when traffic is bad or when another driver
when we say it is bumper to bumper traffic we mean that are
It means exactly that. The traffic stops. And then the
I'm late because I was stuck in traffic. So you can see this
back of a car. The piece that if you were to hit another
traffic. You're stuck in traffic. You're in bumper to
traffic goes. It's very similar to being in a traffic jam. It's
bumper traffic for so long. You get more and more frustrated
the same thing. Um stop and go traffic can be very very
work at the same time in the morning or around the same
something called rush hour. Because a lot of people start
stop and go for sure. And then this is something that some
we the GPS said there was an accident ahead but we didn't
rubber or metal piece on the front and back of a car. So
vehicle you would hit bumpers. Okay. It's kind of the plastic
hour. It took forever to get to work. So it's very similar to
or angry. And it's called road rage. Road rage is when you get
angry. I know I mentioned the emotion of fear. But road rage
traffic jams isn't it? Uh we describe it as bumper to bumper
you know when to go and when to stop. Cuz you don't want to
for an hour. We also describe it's a lot of phrases for
get off the highway and we ended up in stop and go traffic
traffic. So the bumper is what you have on the front and the
does something that makes you a little bit frightened or afraid
we also use the phrase stuck in traffic. Sometimes when you go
to the city sometimes when I go to Toronto I end up in a
stop and go when you say that you are in stop and go traffic.
traffic goes and then the traffic stops. And then the
Maybe that would make you happy. We also use the term
I don't experience this very often. But sometimes when I go
You can see the lady in the car beside him is checking her
is really about anger. Maybe you're driving along and
of the highway is closed and everyone has to merge into one
cause another car accident. When you are in a traffic jam
to a meeting when I go to a meeting in the city sometimes
or listen to an English podcast when you're stuck in traffic.
have to pay attention when you are in a traffic jam so that
traffic goes and then the traffic stops and then the
might experience when you are driving. These are things that
one is happy when they're stuck in traffic. Okay maybe that
lane. Traffic jams can be very very frustrating. You really
gentleman here is not very happy. He is stuck in traffic.
I'll talk about a whole bunch of different things that you
traffic jam. A traffic jam is a situation where traffic is
either moving very slowly or traffic is not moving at all.
I'm going to talk about. Luckily I live in an area where
lesson about driving. Traffic jam. So this is the first thing
watch. Because she's probably going to be late for work or
that's not true. Maybe you can listen to your favourite music
a car at some point in your life. In this English lesson
when you are driving. So once again welcome to this English
I'm not sure if you own a car or if you sometimes rent a car
Well hello and welcome to this English lesson about driving.
Maybe there's an accident up ahead. Maybe one of the lanes
might happen on your way to work. They might happen on your
way to school. It might be something you see or notice
You.
their lives. If you don't drive a car I'm sure you've ridden in
but driving is something that most humans do at some point in