hi Bob the Canadian here I thought today
we would learn some English words and
phrases about vehicles my vans not
broken by the way but I thought it might
be fun just to go over a lot of
different terms and words that we use
when we talk about vehicles in English
because some of you will probably have a
vehicle and maybe you want to replace
that vehicle by buying a new one maybe
you need to get it fixed
maybe you're just giving someone a ride
and you need to be able to talk about
some of the different parts of the
vehicle so let's take some time to talk
about my van today so this is the front
of the vehicle and there's a few things
that you'll need to know to be able to
talk about the front of your vehicle in
English these are the headlights
these are the lights you turn on when
you're driving at night we also have the
signal light or the turn signal which
you use to indicate if you're turning
left or right down here we have the
license plate you can't quite see it
it's a little bit out of frame but the
license plate is the registration number
on a plate that you put on the front of
your vehicle so that the police and the
government know who owns the vehicle we
also have the hood so the hood is what
you open when you need to access the
motor or the engine of the vehicle and
over here we have the antenna the
antenna is connected to the radio inside
so that you can listen to music and to
radio stations you should know too that
when we refer to a vehicle we talk about
the driver's side and the passenger side
so this is the side the driver sits on
that's the side the passenger sits on
the reason this is important is because
if you go to get your vehicle repaired
you usually refer to which side the
problem is on by passenger side or
driver's side so often I'll say you know
the driver's side front tire is making a
funny noise or the passenger side rear
door isn't opening properly so driver's
side passenger side front and back are
how you refer to the different parts of
your vehicle so there's a couple more
things we need to look at at the front
of a vehicle this is the windshield it's
the window at the front of the vehicle
and these down here are the windshield
wipers that's what you turn on when
you're driving in rain or snow so we
have the windshield we have the
windshield wipers let's go and take a
look at the back so we're here at the
back of the vehicle by the way I think
this is a good day to teach you some
English about vehicles because it's one
of the first nice days here and there's
a lot of vehicles driving by this is the
back of the vehicle we have the
taillights or the brake lights these are
also the signal lights so these are the
lights that go on when you hit the
brakes to slow down we also have the
backup lights or the reverse lights so
that people know if you're backing up so
we have those obviously on the driver
side as well as the passenger side this
on a van is called a tailgate so you can
lift the tailgate up and down in order
to get in and out of the vehicle it also
has a rear window that you can look out
when you're driving so we have the
tailgate it also has a license plate on
the back as well so in Ontario Canada we
have license plates on the front and
back of our vehicles on my van in
particular down here there's what we
call a receiver so that you can put a
hitch on the van so I can put this down
here
and that allows me to hook up a trailer
you can see the ball there lets me hook
a trailer up to my van so this is the
back of the van you can see we have the
back seats in the van and each seat has
what we call a headrest you can barely
see this but this is the muffler right
here the muffler is the part of the
vehicle that makes the engine quieter
without mufflers vehicles are pretty
loud this is something that you often do
need to replace so many times your
vehicle will get a hole in the muffler
or the muffler system and it'll get
quite loud and you'll need to go to a
garage to get your muffler replaced you
can kind of hear the motorcycles going
by probably right now
I should have showed you sorry about
that but that's the back of the vehicle
let's take a look at the side of the
vehicle so here we are looking at the
side of my van and let's say let's talk
about a few parts of this to help you
learn a few more English words to talk
about vehicles number one we have the
wheels or the tires now the distinction
the difference between a tire and a
wheel isn't really that big but we would
call this entire thing the wheel this is
the back wheel this is the front wheel
we would call the rubber part of the
tire okay so a lot of times in Canada at
this time of year we go to the garage to
have our winter tires taken off and our
regular tires put on so these right now
are winter tires for driving in the snow
so we have the tire and we have the
hubcap the silver part we also have a
mirror the driver's side mirror for the
driver to be able to look backwards to
see behind them we also have the rear
tire which I already mentioned
we have of course the driver's side door
and what we would just call the back
sliding door or the back door of the
man's if you watch my other video about
going to the gas station you already
know that this is the gas cap and this
is where you put gas into a vehicle so
you would take the gas cap out put in
the gas nozzle and if you fill the
vehicle with gas that's the side we
should look at the inside
maybe next so this is the driver's side
of the van we have the steering wheel
this is what the driver uses to steer
the van and most vehicles in the center
is how you operate the horn so when I
push this the van makes a honking sound
so if I need to honk the horn I just
push right here we also have the turn
signal lever so if I want to turn left
or right this is for the turn signals
and I also have what we would call the
gear selector or the shifter so this is
where I would put the vehicle in Drive
if I wanted to move forward we also have
the dash and we have all of our gauges
here so I have a fuel gauge which maybe
you can't quite see a speedometer to see
how fast I'm going
this van also has a tachometer too that
tells me how fast the engine is turning
and we have a temperature gauge that
lets me know how hot the engine is
running so that is kind of a brief
glimpse at the inside of the van I'm
sitting in the driver's seat again so we
have the driver's side but this is also
the driver's seat if I am going to go
driving I would always put on my seat
belt and this van also has airbags so if
I got into an accident a bag would come
out to save me from getting injured
so driver's side of the van I should
make sure I take the seat belt off
before I try to get out yes sometimes I
forget that mitt do you ever do that you
try to get out in your seat belts too
long it hurts a little bit
so we also have a few petals in a
vehicle this is the parking brake pedal
but the two main pedals are the brake
pedal and the gas pedal so the brake
pedal makes you slow down and the gas
pedal or the accelerator makes you go
faster hopefully you know the difference
between those two so this is what we
would call the center console we have
the radio here we also have controls for
the heater and the air conditioner so if
I wanted cold air to come out the vents
in the dash
I would turn it this way and I would
push the button for air conditioning if
I wanted hot air to come out I would
turn it this way and hot air would come
out we also besides the radio have the
button to put on our hazard lights when
you put on your hazard lights all four
lights one on each corner flash
indicating that you're having a problem
with your vehicle and my favorite we
have a cup holder down here I'm not sure
if you can see it let me scoot forward
here's my cup holder that's where I put
my coffee in the morning if I'm late for
work and I have to drink my coffee on
the way to work so again this is called
the center console sorry I almost forgot
this is your rear view mirror that lets
the driver see backwards and up here we
have our interior lights so that you can
see in the vehicle at night if you need
to sometimes you want to be able to talk
about the engine in a vehicle so let me
open the hood and there's just a couple
of things that you'll want to know about
this area
we're not mechanics at least I'm not so
this is the dipstick you use this to
check how much oil is in your vehicle so
it's a way to make sure there's enough
oil in your vehicle
over here is where we would put in brake
fluid to make sure that the brake system
is working and over here is where you
would put in windshield washer fluid so
windshield washer fluid is what you can
squirt on the windows to clean them when
you're driving you don't need to know a
lot more than that as long as you have
enough coolant in your radiator your
vehicle will run fairly well and fairly
cool but that's about as much as I know
I know how to check the oil and I know
how to check a few different fluid
levels in a vehicle otherwise my
vehicles go to a mechanic and they take
care of it it's not pretty nice by the
way this is where you put oil in if the
dipstick says that your vehicle needs
some oil notice I teach English I'm not
a mechanic well hey thanks for taking a
look at my van with me I know there's
probably some English words that I
forgot to teach you but hopefully that
gives you enough information that if
you're driving a vehicle you would be
able to explain a few things to a
mechanic or at the very least you can
say to a friend which seat you want to
sit in if you go on a trip I'm Bob the
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Canadian hopefully you learned a little
bit about vehicles today and if you have
any questions put them in the comments