Let's Learn English: Topic: Describing New Things! 🏡🚗💻 (Lesson Only)

0:00 Well, hello and welcome to this

0:01 English lesson where I'm going to teach

0:04 you how to describe new things.

0:07 Now, this isn't because

0:08 I just bought a lot of new things.

0:10 I haven't actually bought anything new,

0:12 but I was thinking of buying a battery

0:16 pack to help, us when the power goes out.

0:19 And so as I was thinking of buying

0:21 something new, I was realizing there

0:24 were a lot of words I could teach you

0:26 about buying new things or things that

0:29 are like new, you know, they're used,

0:32 but they're in such good shape they seem

0:33 like they're new.

0:34 So once again, welcome to this English

0:37 lesson about describing new things.

0:39 I think you will enjoy it.

0:41 New, something that was made

0:44 or created not long ago.

0:46 So I know this is the easy

0:47 word in the lesson.

0:49 When you buy something that's new, you

0:51 buy it online or in a store and it's

0:54 something that was made somewhere

0:58 no one else has ever owned it before.

1:01 So they made it in the factory.

1:03 They made this MacBook Pro in the factory.

1:05 And then it went straight

1:06 from the factory, maybe to a warehouse,

1:09 and then from the warehouse to the store.

1:11 And then you went to the store

1:13 and bought it, or you ordered it

1:15 online and they sent it to you.

1:17 And it is new.

1:18 It is something that was made

1:19 or created not long ago.

1:21 And again, no one else has

1:23 owned it before you.

1:26 Brand new.

1:27 This is just a funny way

1:28 of saying something is new.

1:31 I don't know why we say this.

1:32 It's for emphasis.

1:34 Brand new is something completely

1:36 new and never used before.

1:38 So it may means the same as new.

1:41 I think this was invented

1:43 by salespeople who are selling things.

1:46 They want to be able to

1:47 emphasize that it's new.

1:49 So they say it's brand new.

1:50 It's a brand new car,

1:51 a brand new computer.

1:53 We also use this to distinguish.

1:55 If someone says, oh, I see you bought

1:58 a new car, I could respond and say,

2:00 yeah, it's brand new, meaning that I'm

2:02 the first person to ever own it.

2:04 So it's for emphasis.

2:05 Brand new, something completely new

2:07 and never used before, like new.

2:11 So when something is like new,

2:13 it's something that looks or

2:15 works almost as if it is new.

2:18 So you do need to realize

2:20 that if something is like new,

2:22 someone else has already used it.

2:25 So this Galaxy Watch is like new.

2:28 You can see right in the Facebook

2:29 marketplace, ad like new Samsung Galaxy Watch.

2:34 So it's something that looks or

2:35 works almost as if it is new.

2:38 If I bought this watch, I would expect

2:42 that there are no scratches on it.

2:44 I would expect that it

2:46 comes in the original box.

2:47 I would expect that it

2:49 looks shiny and perfect.

2:52 So like new.

2:54 Something that looks or works almost as

2:56 if it is new, but it is in fact used.

3:00 The latest, the most recent

3:02 or newest version of something.

3:05 So here we have the latest

3:07 phone from Google, I believe.

3:09 This is the Pixel 10 and this is the most

3:12 recent or newest version of their phone.

3:16 I think the iPhone 17 is the latest

3:18 version of the iPhone.

3:20 This is the latest version of Google's

3:23 smartphone which is called a Pixel.

3:26 You can see it's a little

3:27 bit pricey there.

3:28 Canadian dollars, 1099.

3:31 So anyways, this is the latest phone.

3:34 If you were to buy a Tesla,

3:35 maybe you're going to buy the latest

3:37 Tesla, the latest model.

3:39 But yes, latest, the most recent

3:43 or newest version of something.

3:46 By the way, I have my Pixel phone here.

3:49 This is a Pixel 9.

3:50 So it's not the latest anymore, it's

3:53 the one just before the latest one.

3:57 Up to date, having

3:59 the most recent features.

4:01 When you buy something that's new,

4:03 especially technology, you want

4:05 to buy something that's up to date.

4:07 You can buy an older phone, you can go

4:10 and buy a phone that's five years old

4:13 and you could probably still use it,

4:15 but it won't be up to date, it won't

4:18 have all of the most recent features.

4:21 If you go back far enough

4:23 and you buy a really old phone,

4:26 it might not work on the current

4:29 cellular network in your city.

4:32 It might not take very good

4:33 pictures because it doesn't

4:34 have an up to date camera.

4:36 So when something is up to date,

4:38 it has the most recent features.

4:40 This phone also is up to date

4:43 because the software is up to date.

4:45 So kind of two slightly different things.

4:50 Modern, using recent styles and design.

4:54 This is what I would consider a,

4:57 very modern new house.

5:00 This is the style of house that I'm

5:02 starting to see, being built in Canada.

5:06 So it's modern and it's using

5:08 recent styles and design.

5:11 You'll notice that it has some wood

5:13 on the outside and the roof is

5:15 flat and there are lots of windows.

5:17 This is very modern.

5:19 So this is a new, modern house

5:21 using recent styles and design.

5:25 I would love to own a house like that.

5:28 That would be very, very nice.

5:32 Fresh, recently made or created, not old.

5:36 Probably the most common way we use this

5:38 is when we're talking about paint.

5:41 When a room needs a little bit of flair.

5:45 When a room is starting to look

5:47 kind of old and dated, sometimes

5:49 it needs a fresh coat of paint.

5:52 That's probably where we

5:53 Use that word the most.

5:55 A, fresh coat of paint.

5:56 We also use it to talk about

5:59 like fruit and vegetables that are,

6:02 you know, ready to eat, they're fresh.

6:04 But when you're talking about things,

6:06 you could say, oh, it's a fresh coat

6:08 of paint, or I need to have

6:10 a fresh new look to that room.

6:13 So fresh, recently made or created, not

6:18 old, recent, something that was made not long ago.

6:23 So this is, I think the most

6:25 recent Tesla, the Model Y.

6:27 I think it's a more affordable Tesla.

6:31 But this is the most recent version.

6:32 So, when you talk about something

6:35 that is recent, it's something

6:37 that was made not long ago.

6:40 So you could say to someone,

6:42 oh, you're buying a laptop, Are you going

6:44 to buy the recent, MacBook Neo?

6:46 And they could say, oh yeah,

6:48 that's the most recent

6:49 MacBook right now, isn't it?

6:51 So recent, something that was made not long ago.

6:58 Current belonging to the present time.

7:02 So I know I am using a lot

7:03 of pictures of technology, but that

7:06 is just kind of how it goes.

7:09 Like most of the things that are

7:12 up to date, like new, the latest

7:13 thing, modern, and recent are

7:16 usually related to technology.

7:18 So this is a lesson about new things

7:21 and I'm definitely talking a lot about technology.

7:24 So current belonging to the present time.

7:27 This is the current, iPhone,

7:29 if you want to buy an iPhone.

7:31 The iPhone 17 to my knowledge

7:34 is the current model.

7:36 It is the current iPhone that you can

7:38 buy right now if you go to a store.

7:41 So current belonging to the present time.

7:45 Cutting edge, very modern and using

7:47 the newest ideas or technology.

7:50 When I bought this computer,

7:51 it was cutting edge.

7:53 It's not anymore.

7:54 When I bought the camera that I'm using,

7:56 which is a Canon R6, it was cutting edge.

7:59 But I think there's a Canon R6 Mark 2 now.

8:03 So it's no longer cutting edge.

8:05 Cutting edge is always the latest.

8:07 My phone is a Pixel 9, so it's not cutting

8:10 edge anymore because the Pixel 10 is out.

8:13 So cutting edge, very modern and using

8:16 the newest ideas, technology.

8:19 By the way, this guy has a gimbal,

8:20 it's probably very cutting edge.

8:22 Keeps his camera stable

8:24 while he's making a video.

8:26 State of the art using the most advanced

8:28 and modern technology available.

8:31 You might be wondering what's

8:32 the difference between cutting

8:34 edge and state of the art.

8:35 They are pretty much the same.

8:37 If you buy a Tesla, it has state

8:39 of the art self driving using the most

8:43 advanced and modern technology available.

8:45 My friend has a Tesla, it has full self

8:49 driving, but you do have to supervise it.

8:52 It's not legal yet in Canada

8:55 to have cars drive themselves,

8:57 at least for personal use.

8:59 So you do have to be

9:00 in the driver's seat watching.

9:02 But it is state of the art.

9:04 He can push a button and it uses the most

9:06 advanced and modern technology available

9:08 to drive him somewhere else.

9:12 High tech using advanced technology,

9:14 especially electronics or computers.

9:17 So this word is definitely used

9:20 when talking about electronics.

9:23 You could say that school is very high

9:24 tech, they have a lot of computers.

9:27 Or that video studio is very high tech.

9:30 They have all of the latest

9:32 cameras and up to date equipment.

9:35 So when you use the word high tech,

9:36 you're not talking about, a cup.

9:41 You're not talking about.

9:43 You could be talking about a car.

9:44 Some cars are very high tech.

9:46 They have very cool screens on the inside.

9:49 But high tech using advanced technology,

9:51 especially electronics or computers.

9:55 Improved, made better than before.

9:58 So some new things are simply

10:00 a newer version of something else.

10:04 So I would say when I bought my most

10:07 recent car, it has heated seats.

10:10 It's definitely, they've definitely

10:12 improved a lot of things

10:14 on cars since the last time

10:17 I bought a used car last year.

10:19 It's 10 years old, but it's definitely.

10:23 They definitely improved a lot.

10:25 It has a, backup camera, heated seats,

10:28 and the hatch is powered so you

10:31 can click a button and it opens.

10:33 So it's improved.

10:34 They've definitely improved a lot

10:35 of things on modern cars.

10:40 New and improved is sometimes used to help

10:44 convince you that something is

10:45 way better than the version before.

10:47 So recently changed to be better than before.

10:50 This phrase is often used in advertising.

10:52 This is for something

10:53 called Mac and cheese.

10:55 It's basically noodles with some

10:57 fake cheese sauce.

10:59 But it's new and improved

11:00 and you can't even tell.

11:02 So again, when something's improved, it's

11:05 just better than the version before.

11:07 When you say something is new

11:09 and improved, it's kind of like you're

11:11 emphasizing like it's brand new.

11:13 And it's way better than the version

11:17 that we used to sell.

11:21 Updated, change to include the most

11:23 recent information or features.

11:26 So this, this picture has two

11:29 different Ford escape vehicles.

11:31 The one on the far side is the 2009

11:34 version, but the one closest

11:36 to me is the updated version.

11:38 This is 2020 version.

11:40 You see, it actually changed from a,

11:42 truck to more of a hatchback.

11:45 That's how they decided

11:46 to update that vehicle.

11:48 So they changed it to include the most

11:50 recent information or features.

11:53 They also changed the style, how it

11:55 looked, how it drove, what engine it had.

11:58 It's definitely an updated version

12:01 of the one before.

12:02 So when something is updated,

12:04 it's changed to include the most

12:06 recent information or features.

12:09 I like the one closest to me better.

12:12 It's newer than my Ford Escape, but it's

12:14 still a pretty nice looking vehicle.

12:17 Upgraded, improved by adding

12:19 better parts or features.

12:21 So if I had a computer that I built myself

12:25 and it was too slow to play a game,

12:28 I could buy parts and I could upgrade it.

12:31 And then if a friend asked

12:33 me, is your computer fast enough

12:34 to play the game now?

12:35 I could say, oh yeah, it's upgraded.

12:36 I put it in a new video

12:38 card and some more ram.

12:39 I upgraded it.

12:41 It is upgraded.

12:42 So a couple different ways

12:43 to use that word.

12:45 You can talk about new things too.

12:47 Like, oh, I bought

12:48 an upgraded washing machine.

12:49 I bought an upgraded dishwasher.

12:51 It's better than the version before.

12:55 Improved by adding better

12:56 parts or features.

12:59 This is what I look like

13:00 when I work on computers.

13:01 I always have my reading glasses

13:02 on and I'm like here, let's

13:04 get this, this isn't me.

13:06 I wish I had.

13:07 That's very nice hair.

13:08 But anyways, that's what I look like.

13:09 I always need my reading glasses so I

13:12 can see when I'm working on something.

13:15 First of its kind.

13:17 The first of something

13:18 that has never existed before.

13:21 So they're used to.

13:24 There used to not be any drones.

13:26 There was a time in my life

13:28 where no one had a drone.

13:30 And then my friend's dad bought a drone.

13:33 He bought one of the first of its kind.

13:36 So I think this is a DGI DJI Phantom.

13:39 I'm not sure, but it was

13:40 the first of its kind.

13:41 I had never seen one before

13:43 and it was so cool.

13:44 And this is a number of years ago,

13:47 but when he said, oh, my dad

13:49 bought a drone, I was like, oh,

13:50 that's the first of its kind.

13:52 The first drone that average citizens,

13:56 average people could buy and use.

13:58 The first of its kind newly

14:01 released, made available to the public

14:03 for the first time recently.

14:06 So this is often used

14:07 in advertising as well.

14:09 If you read below, it says, as

14:13 of April 2026, the newly released Samsung

14:16 tablet lineup is headlined by the Premium

14:19 Galaxy Tab S11 series.

14:21 So in the actual writing

14:23 in the ad they are using the phrase

14:25 newly released, made public.

14:27 Sorry, sorry.

14:29 Made available to the public

14:30 for the first time recently.

14:33 I don't have a tablet, but if I was

14:36 to buy one, this newly released

14:38 Samsung looks pretty impressive.

14:39 Is that an 11 inch screen?

14:42 That's quite big, isn't it?

14:43 Okay, maybe I don't Want a tablet?

14:45 I'll just use my phone.

14:46 I think that'll work fine.

14:49 Recently launched, introduced to the public not long ago.

14:53 So again, I found a little bit

14:55 of information on the Internet

14:56 where the phrase is used.

14:58 Samsung just launched a new Micro RGB tv.

15:02 So I know it doesn't say

15:03 recently launched, but you

15:05 can see the word launched.

15:06 Samsung just recently launched a new Micro RGB tv.

15:12 Just when you buy a TV that you

15:14 think is state of the art or up to

15:17 date or high tech or cutting edge,

15:19 they usually come out with a new

15:22 model and then your other one isn't

15:24 anymore.

15:25 Is it up to date anymore?

15:27 Anyways, recently launched, introduced to the public not long ago.

15:33 Never been used, not used

15:35 at any time before.

15:36 So this washing machine is

15:38 on sale on Facebook Marketplace.

15:40 Brand new, never used.

15:43 So I know it doesn't have

15:44 the word been in it.

15:45 Never been used.

15:46 You can just say never used as well.

15:48 But this is a common way to sell something

15:52 that you bought and decided you didn't

15:56 want it and you're now selling it.

15:58 So technically, it's used.

16:01 Like it's secondhand.

16:03 It's used, it's not brand new,

16:05 but you never actually used it.

16:08 So you can say never been used.

16:10 You could actually in English say,

16:13 I have a used washing machine.

16:15 But it's never been used.

16:16 I know that sounds kind of funny.

16:18 You're basically saying it's not brand new.

16:20 I bought it.

16:21 It sat in my garage for a year.

16:23 It's never been used.

16:24 You can buy it for $500 today, cash.

16:28 Come, come and get it.

16:31 Unused, not used, or touched before.

16:34 So as I was doing my research,

16:36 I found this ad for an air fryer.

16:38 Unused air fryer.

16:40 And then it said $40.

16:41 And then I thought,

16:43 I don't have an air fryer.

16:44 Is $40 a good price?

16:46 I'm not planning to buy it.

16:48 But an unused air fryer for $40?

16:51 I should do some research because

16:53 maybe that's a good deal.

16:55 I also wonder though,

16:57 is the person telling the truth?

16:59 Is it actually unused?

17:01 The picture isn't zoomed in far

17:04 enough for me to see, but unused,

17:06 not used or touched before.

17:10 In perfect condition.

17:11 Used, but in excellent shape

17:12 with no damage or problems.

17:14 This is a ThinkPad X1 carbon

17:17 gen 8 in perfect condition.

17:19 You can see the text reflects

17:21 the phrase that I'm teaching.

17:23 This laptop is only $350.

17:26 I probably wouldn't buy this one though,

17:28 because I like to buy my laptops new.

17:31 But this one's in perfect condition.

17:33 It's used, but in excellent shape

17:35 with no damage or problems.

17:39 In the original packaging, still inside

17:41 the box or, package it came in.

17:44 I'm not sure.

17:44 I'm not sure if you know

17:45 what Ugg boots are.

17:47 Those are Ugg boots.

17:48 They are brand new in original packaging.

17:51 Woman size eight.

17:53 It should actually say women's

17:54 size eight, by the way.

17:56 But, when you say something's

17:58 in the original packaging or in original

18:01 packaging, it lets the person know that

18:05 likely new, they're just unused or never

18:08 been used to use the other phrases.

18:10 So in the original packaging, still

18:12 inside the box or package it came in.

18:16 Just out, recently made

18:18 available or released.

18:20 This is the MacBook Neo.

18:22 It's just out.

18:23 It just came out like I think a month ago.

18:26 I think you couldn't buy one

18:28 until the middle of March

18:29 or the beginning of March.

18:30 So it's just out.

18:31 This is a cheaper MacBook product.

18:35 I think in Canada they're only 6 or $700.

18:39 And it will, I think become very

18:40 popular with university students.

18:42 But it's just out.

18:44 It wasn't available until just, a few weeks ago.

18:47 So just out.

18:49 Recently made available or released.

18:53 Redesigned, changed in appearance

18:55 or structure to improve it.

18:57 I make this bigger.

18:58 Will the words go off the screen?

19:00 Yeah, but not too bad.

19:01 Key 2026 model year, redesigned car.

19:05 The heavily updated, tech focused Toyota 4Runner.

19:08 I think that's the Toyota 4Runner.

19:10 They made it look pretty tough, I think.

19:14 Tough like it looks like a real truck.

19:16 Now it's redesigned, changed

19:18 in appearance or structure to improve it.

19:22 That's a nice vehicle.

19:23 But I'm not looking to buy big vehicles.

19:28 I think the future would be one van

19:31 so we can bring flowers

19:32 to market and small car.

19:34 That's what we'll probably

19:35 drive for a while.

19:36 But if you want something that's

19:38 redesigned that looks pretty nice.

19:41 Just arrived, recently available

19:44 to purchase.

19:45 So when you go to a store,

19:47 in this clothing store, this rack

19:49 of clothing here just arrived.

19:52 So it probably wasn't there last week.

19:54 It's brand new.

19:56 It's probably like the new

19:58 fall lineup or something.

19:59 But it's just arrived.

20:00 It's recently available to purchase.

20:03 So, I like the rack that says discount.

20:07 I don't always like the rack

20:09 that says just arrived.

20:10 I like the rack that says

20:12 on sale, 50% off.

20:16 All sales final.

20:17 But just arrived, recently

20:19 available to purchase.

20:26 Sam.