Hey everyone, welcome back to the channel and to another video where we learn English through movies.
One of my absolute favorites, to be honest.
So today we're going with an iconic classic movie that everyone watches around Christmas time.
Home Alone.
We haven't watched it yet this year.
I mean, my family, we actually decided to watch it on Christmas day.
All right, let's get to it.
So as usual, we'll first watch the scenes and then break them down.
What is the matter with you?
He started it.
He ate my pizza on purpose.
He knows I ate sausage and olives.
Look what you did, you little jerk.
Okay, I'm gonna stop this scene right here because I just have to get it off my chest.
I really, really do not like this scene.
I'm a mom of an eight-year-old boy.
If somebody called my child a jerk, they would be out of my house.
That second like this is ridiculous.
He's a child and i was so like.
Even when i was little.
I was so appalled, and even more so right now that i'm a mom watching this scene.
He's a child.
He didn't do anything wrong.
He was provoked.
Clearly, everybody could see that.
How could she as a mom not see that?
This is beyond me.
This scene actually makes me so mad.
Okay, now that I got it off my chest, we can continue.
Everyone in this family hates me.
Then maybe you should ask Santa for a new family.
I don't want a new family.
I don't want any family.
Families suck.
Just stay up there.
I don't want to see you again for the rest of the night.
I don't want to see you again for the rest of my whole life.
And I don't want to see anybody else either.
I hope you don't mean that.
You'd feel pretty sad if you woke up tomorrow morning and you didn't have a family.
No, I wouldn't.
What?
She said HR.
My favorite scene in this movie.
Yay, chaos.
There are 15 people in this house.
You're the only one who has to make trouble.
I'm the only one getting dumped on.
You're the only one acting up.
Now get upstairs.
Be a good little fella now and open the door.
What?
What happened?
Incredible acting.
I took a shower washing every body part with actual soap, including all of my major crevices, including in between my toes and in my belly button, which I never did before, but sort of enjoyed.
I washed my hair with the don't form of the shampoo and used cream rinse for that just washed shine.
I can't seem to find my toothbrush, so I'll pick one up when I go out today.
Other than that, I'm in good shape.
Hi.
Hi.
Are you Mr. McAllister?
Yeah.
The Mr. McAllister who lives here?
Yes.
I'd like a word with you, sir.
Am I under arrest or something?
No, no, no, no, no.
It's Christmas time.
There's always a lot of burglaries around the holidays.
So we're just checking the neighborhood to see if everyone's taking the proper precautions.
All right, so let's start.
We'll start with the first scene where Kevin's uncle called him a jerk.
What is the matter with you?
He started it.
He ate my pizza on purpose.
He knows I ate sausage and olives and onions.
Look what you did, you little jerk.
So.
Jerk is an informal word used to describe a person who is rude, mean, or inconsiderate.
It's not a swear word per se, but it's not polite, so you usually use it in casual conversations and not in formal situations.
When would you use this word?
So you would usually call someone a jerk when they behave badly, just like in this situation in the movie, or when they don't care about other people's feelings or they act selfish or disrespectful.
So one important tone note here.
It is mildly insulting, but not extremely offensive.
It's Okay to use it with friends, but not okay to use it at work or with strangers.
And you can also use it jokingly with people you know well.
What is the matter with you?
He started it.
He ate my pizza on purpose.
He knows I ate sausage and olives.
To do something on purpose.
You might know this one, you might not know this one.
So to do something on purpose means that you meant to do it.
So it wasn't an accident.
You knew what you were doing and you chose to do it.
Kevin said that his brother ate his pizza on purpose.
He knew that Kevin liked that pizza.
He knew what he was doing and he chose to do it.
Anyways, simple way to think about it.
On purpose is intentional.
Not on purpose is by accident.
So a couple of everyday examples, he broke the cup on purpose because he was angry.
Or you can say this to someone, I didn't ignore you on purpose.
I just didn't see your message.
And very often it's used to defend yourself or accuse someone in something.
Just stay up there.
I don't want to see you again for the rest of the night.
I don't want to see you again for the rest of my whole life.
And I don't want to see anybody else either.
I hope you don't mean that.
Now here's an interesting pronunciation moment here.
So he said either, but you can also say either.
So there's two ways to pronounce this word.
Both are correct completely.
Either either is just kinda your preference and maybe it's like a regional thing.
In some states.
In the United States they might use either more and in others they might use either more.
You'd feel pretty sad if you woke up tomorrow morning and you didn't have a family.
No, I wouldn't.
Now let's talk grammar a little bit.
So we have this sentence.
You'd feel pretty sad if you woke up tomorrow morning and didn't have a family.
So this is a second conditional sentence.
So we use the second conditional to talk about imaginary situations, something that is not true right now, and to talk about how you would feel if it happened.
So let's break it into parts.
You'd feel pretty sad.
You'd is a contraction.
So this is actually you would.
We can contract it and say you'd.
And we use this apostrophe D in speaking and casual writing.
So what shows this is hypothetical, not real.
Then we have if you woke up tomorrow morning.
So if introduces the imaginary situation.
And then we have woke up in the past tense, although it's about the future.
And this is very normal in conditional sentences.
And then we have and didn't have a family.
So didn't have is in the past simple tense again, and this shows the situation is unreal.
Imagine now one important note to remember about conditional sentences, even though she talks about tomorrow.
Here we don't say if you will wake up, we don't use will with if, and we don't say if you won't have a family.
So again, we don't use the future tense with if in conditionals.
We have a formula, so this is if plus past tense and then would plus base verb.
This is like saying in simple words, imagine the situation.
It's not real, but if it happened, this is how you would feel.
And usually when the teachers give examples of the second conditional or when you search for them online, they start with the if clause first.
So that's why it might be a little bit confusing.
You'd feel pretty sad if you woke up tomorrow morning and you didn't have a family.
No, I wouldn't.
And Kevin replies, no, I wouldn't, which means I would not.
He disagrees.
And his reply keeps the same conditional structure.
And in English, we often avoid repeating the information if it's already clear.
So he just said no, I wouldn't, instead of saying no, I wouldn't feel pretty sad if I woke up tomorrow morning and didn't have a family.
This is like a full answer.
So in this scene, if you noticed, this man, the driver says she said eight sharp.
So eight sharp means eight o'clock exactly on the dot.
Okay, this famous phrase, we slept in.
So to sleep in means to sleep later than usual.
This means that you don't wake up at your normal time.
You can say something like, I don't have to go to work tomorrow, so I'm gonna sleep.
Or you can say, I accidentally slept in and missed my alarm.
One important little note here, sleeping in is not the same as just sleeping late at night.
It's about waking up later, not going to bed later.
Sleeping in only describes the result, waking up late, not the intention.
You can sleep in on purpose or on accident.
Both are correct.
There are 15 people in this house.
You're the only one who has to make trouble.
I'm the only one getting dumped on.
You're the only one acting up.
Now get upstairs.
So to make trouble means to cause problems on purpose, usually by behaving badly, breaking rules or stirring things up.
It's not about a big crime.
It's usually small and annoying problems.
You can hear something like this from teachers very often.
He's always making trouble in class.
Now people who learn English, non-native speakers like you and me often say something like do trouble instead of make trouble, create troubles in plural or make a trouble.
All of this is incorrect.
We either say make trouble, no article there, no the trouble, or our trouble.
Uh, we can say cause trouble again, not in plural but just in singular cause trouble.
Or we can say create problems.
A trouble is almost never used.
We don't use it with the article A because trouble is usually an uncountable noun in English.
Also, sometimes people who learn english use it when they mean get into trouble and this is a big one.
So they can say something like i made trouble with my teacher.
And this is not correct what they really mean I got into trouble with my teacher.
So what is the difference here?
Make trouble means you cause problems.
But get into trouble means that you receive consequences.
And sometimes learners use make trouble when the situation is bad. very small.
They can say something like, I made trouble because I was late.
And this sounds too dramatic.
A more natural thing to say would be I caused a small issue, there was a misunderstanding or there was a problem.
There are 15 people in this house.
You're the only one who has to make trouble.
I'm the only one getting dumped on.
You're the only one acting up.
Now get upstairs.
This is a good scene because there's a lot of good vocabulary here.
So for example, Kevin says very casually, I always get dumped on, right?
So to be dumped on means to be treated unfairly, blamed for things or given extra work or problems when you don't deserve it.
It's like other people throw their stress, anger, or responsibilities onto you.
You're the only one acting up.
Now get upstairs.
Now, to act up means to behave badly, make trouble, or not work properly.
So there are two common uses.
When kids or animals behave badly, you can say something like the kids were acting up in class.
Or my dog always acts up when guests come over.
And the second one is when a machine or a body part isn't working right.
So you can say something like my phone is acting up or my back is acting up today.
It's like when it hurts or is giving problems.
He says, good little fella.
So fella is an informal word for guy or man.
It's friendly, old fashioned, and very conversational.
So good little fella just means good little guy or good kid.
I take a shower, washing every body part with actual soap, including all of my major crevices, including in between my toes and in my belly button, which I never did before but sort of enjoyed.
I wash my hair with the don't form in the shampoo and use creamers for that just washed shine.
I can't seem to find my toothbrush, so I'll pick one up when I go out today.
Other than that, I'm in good shape.
Now this is a very funny and famous scene.
The word crevices is a very interesting word choice, especially for a child.
So crevices are small, narrow spaces or cracks, places that are a little hard to reach.
Basically, what Kevin means here is that he washed all the little hard to reach places like between his toes, behind the ears, his belly button and you know stuff like that.
And then he says, I sort of enjoyed it.
So when you say something like I sort of enjoyed it, you mean that you liked it a little, but not a lot.
It wasn't amazing, but it wasn't bad either.
You're kind of in the middle.
I wash my hair like they don't form in the shampoo.
New screamers, but I just want to shine.
Now also this is interesting used cream rinse for that just washed shine.
And it's hard to hear what he's saying because he's speaking like a child, not very clearly.
But what he's basically is saying I used a conditioner so my hair looks shiny and freshly washed.
So cream rinse is an older casual term for a conditioner.
Let's not forget that this movie aired 33 years ago, so yes, it was a long time ago.
Just wash shine means that clean, shiny look your hair has right after washing.
I can't seem to find my toothbrush, so i'll pick one up when i go out today.
Other than that, i'm in good shape.
I can't seem to find my toothbrush, so I'll pick one up when I go out today.
So this is a very interesting sentence and a lot to unpack here.
So I can't seem to find something.
I can't seem to find it is a super common and natural phrase.
So it means that you tried to find it.
Oh my goodness.
So you expected to find it, but for some reason you didn't.
The word seem adds this feeling of, I don't know why, but it's just not happening.
Then he says to pick one up.
And it's not like literally he wants to bend down and pick one up.
This is a very informal phrase, meaning to buy something quickly or casually.
It's not like it's gonna be a big shopping trip.
No, she's just gonna go and grab something.
You can say something like I'll pick up some milk, so I'll go into the store very quickly to just grab the milk, or I'll pick one up on my way home.
So it's gonna be a fast, brief trip to the store.
So basically he says, I'll buy a toothbrush.
And then he says, when I go out, so this means when I leave home.
He's not saying that he's going to be going to a party.
No, just stepping out to run errands.
I'd like a word with you, sir.
This is interesting.
To have a word with someone.
And it's a very common phrase.
And it means to talk to someone briefly about something important.
It doesn't mean a long conversation.
It's more like, hey, can we talk for a minute?
Often it's used when the topic is serious, private, or needs correction, but not always negative.
I'd like a word with you, sir.
Am I under arrest or something?
No, no, no, no, no.
Mr. McAllister says here, am I under arrest or something?
This is a very common phrase.
I believe a lot of you know it.
But if you don't, to be under arrest means that the police have officially taken control of you because they believe you broke the law.
It's Christmas time.
There's always a lot of burglaries around the holidays.
So we're just checking the neighborhood to see if everyone's taking the proper precautions.
A lot of burglaries.
So this means many break-ins, many cases of people breaking into houses or buildings to steal things.
This word burglary is very challenging.
You can practice saying it because it'll be very good for you.
Beneficial, burglary, burglary.
Yeah.
It might be super challenging for non-native speakers.
I remember when I was practicing, like a couple of years ago, what I'd do.
I would repeat one word that was challenging for me.
I don't even know, like hundreds of times.
So this word was on my list in particular, burglary, burglary.
Yeah, it took me quite some time to get it right.
There's also a good tongue twister.
You could say burglar alarm, burglar alarm, burglar alarm, to make it even more challenging and to work on your speaking skills and on the muscles in your mouth and your muscle memory.
And the last word for today, but a very interesting one and useful one, precaution.
So a precaution is something that you do in advance to prevent a problem or keep yourself safe.
You're basically saying, just in case, I'll do this.
So think of this word like this.
Precaution, safety step.
Okay, you guys, I hope you enjoyed this video.
I hope you found it useful.
Learn something new.
I hope it was entertaining for you.
And Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.
And I hope to see you in my next video.
Sending you lots of love and kisses and the best wishes.
Bye.
