Learn English with The Super Mario Bros Movie

Hey guys, welcome back to the channel. So, today we're going to be learning English with the Super Mario Bros. movie. If you grew up playing Mario games, you're probably going to love this one. If you haven't watched it, I highly recommend that you do. It's a fun animated movie full of action, humor, and everyday English. It's an action-packed adventure that follows Mario and Luigi as they enter the Mushroom Kingdom and team up with the unforgettable characters like Princess Peach, Toad, and Donkey Kong. As per usual, we'll watch short scenes together. Very short ones because that's the only way YouTube allows them, unfortunately, but it is what it is. And we'll break them down and I'll explain everything. And this is going to help you improve your English, work on your listening skills, and learn expressions that people actually use. So, with no further ado, let's get started and we'll start by watching all the scenes all together and then we'll break them down. I'm going to convince the Great Kong Army to help us. Together, we'll annihilate that monster. There you go. Excuse me. Excuse me, everybody! They're not going to be happy! Get! I said simmer down! No, Princess. I stole this star for us. I guess love really makes a guy come out of his shell. Peaches, listen, this is not the way I pictured it, but give me one more chance. Ew, no! So, the first word that we'll learn will be annihilate. I'm going to convince the Great Kong Army to help us. Together, we'll annihilate that monster. So, Princess Peach says, together, we'll annihilate that monster. So, the verb annihilate means to completely destroy or completely defeat someone or something. It's a very strong word, so it makes Peach sound very confident and determined. Peach isn't saying they just want to stop Bowser or scare him away. She's saying they want to defeat him completely so he won't be a threat anymore. Now, you won't hear annihilate very often in everyday conversations. It's much more common in action movies, fantasy stories, video games, or sometimes in sports when someone wins by a huge margin. In regular conversations, people are much more likely to say things like defeat, beat, destroy, or take down. But in movies, annihilate adds extra drama and makes the line sound more powerful. And here's a few examples. The superhero annihilated the villain, which means he completely defeated him. Our team annihilated the competition 8-0. This means they won by a huge margin. The fire annihilated the old building, which means it completely destroyed it. So, whenever you hear annihilate, think completely destroy, completely defeat. But it's a much stronger word than beat or defeat and even destroy. Now, here I want you to pay attention to the words coming through. Because it is a completely natural and very commonly used expression by native speakers in everyday life. They use it when they're moving through a crowd and they need people to make room for them. It's basically a quick way of saying, excuse me, please let me through. You'll hear it all the time in movies because it is short, loud, and gets people's attention. And again, it's also common in real life, especially in busy places like concerts, airports, sporting events, or stores. Emergency workers or waiters carrying trays or anyone trying to get through a crowd might say this. Here's a few examples. Coming through, I need to get to the front. Another one. Coming through, hot coffee. Coming through, watch your step. Just remember that coming through is more urgent than simply saying, excuse me. If you're just trying to politely get past one person, excuse me is usually the better choice. But if you're making your way through a crowd or need people to move quickly, coming through sounds completely natural. Another interesting word you can add to your vocabulary is imminently. It's used when something is about to happen and there's a strong feeling that it's just around the corner. But this isn't a word you'll hear very often in everyday conversations. It sounds a little formal, so it's more common in movies, TV shows, news reports, speeches, and official announcements. So nonetheless, it is very good to know, to be able to understand what people are talking about, but you don't have to use it. Here's a few examples. The storm is expected to arrive imminently. The train will be departing imminently. Help will be here imminently. In everyday English though, native speakers are much more likely to say something like soon, really soon, or any minute now, or at any moment instead of imminently. So it's a great word to recognize when you hear it, but you probably won't use it very often in casual conversations. You ruined my wedding. I was finally gonna be happy. Well, this is an interesting sentence. I was finally gonna be happy. Let's break it down and talk just a little bit about grammar here. So first of all, gonna is an informal pronunciation of going to. Native speakers use it all the time, all the time in casual conversations. But in formal writing, you should still write going to. The phrase was going to or was gonna is used to talk about something that was expected or planned in the past. So I was finally gonna be happy means I thought I was finally gonna be happy. Or I believed I was about to become happy. Here's a few examples. I was gonna call you, but I forgot. We were gonna leave early, but it started raining. She was gonna buy the dress, but it sold out. You'll hear was gonna or were gonna constantly in everyday English. They are very natural in spoken English. And they are much more common than saying was going to in casual conversations. Now here, we'll talk about this little expression, simmer down. So it simply means relax or calm down. It's a very informal expression that people use when someone is getting too excited, aloud, or emotional, or angry. The verb simmer literally means to cook something gently at a low temperature. So you can also use this word by itself figuratively. But when you tell someone to simmer down, you're comparing them to something that is boiling and telling them to cool off a little. And here's a few examples. Simmer down, there's no need to yell. Okay, everyone, simmer down. Let's get started. He needs to simmer down before he can talk. Simmer down is a very natural expression that native speakers still use today. Although, calm down is more common. It often has a playful or slightly humorous tone. But depending on how you say it, it also can sound a little sarcastic or even rude. So it is best to use it with friends or lighthearted situations and not informal conversations. I guess love really makes a guy come out of his shell. So let's talk about this expression, come out of your shell. It means to become more confident, more social, and less shy. So Bowser is talking about himself. And he's saying that because he's in love with Peach. He's doing things that he normally wouldn't do. Like opening up about his feelings and being more vulnerable. Think about a turtle hiding inside its shell. When it feels safe, it comes out. So we use the same idea to talk about people who are quiet or shy at first. But gradually become more comfortable around others. And there's also a funny hidden joke here. Because Bowser is a turtle-like character with an actual shell. So the writers are using this idiom in two ways at once. He's talking about opening up emotionally while also making a playful reference to his physical shell. This is a very common idiom and native speakers use it all the time in everyday English. And here's a few examples. At first, she was really quiet. But after a few weeks, she came out of her shell. He started making new friends and that really helped him come out of his shell. Or you can say something like this about someone who's being shy. Give him some time, he'll come out of his shell eventually. Here he's saying, not the way I pictured it. So the verb picture means to imagine something in your mind. So not the way I pictured it means not the way I imagined it to be. Native speakers use picture as a verb all the time. It's a very natural and common way to talk about imagining a situation or creating a mental image. You'll also hear the expression picture this very often. It's used when someone wants you to imagine a scene or situation before they tell a story. For example, picture this. You're relaxing on a beach with no phone and no work. Can you picture yourself living in another country? I always pictured my wedding being outdoors. This isn't how I pictured my first day at work. So whenever you hear picture used as a verb, just think imagine. In everyday English, the two words are often interchangeable. Though picture puts a little more emphasis on creating a mental image in your mind. Alrighty you guys, that'll be it for this video. I hope it was fun and useful. If it was, please let me know in the comments. And give this video a like and share it with your friends. And don't forget to subscribe if you haven't yet. And I'll see you in the next one. Thank you for watching again and bye!