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Welcome, welcome.

The time has come to select one courageous young man and woman for be honor of representing District 12 in the 74 annual Hunger Games.

It’s you first year, Prime. Your name’s only been in there once. They’re not gonna pick you.

Primrose Everdeen.

Prim!

I volunteer!

I volunteer as tribute.

You’d freeze to death first.

No, Because I didn’t light a fire.

Now that’s a good way to get killed.

What’s a good way to get killed? Oh! Joy.

Why don’t you join us?

I’m just saving a life-saving advice.

Like what? I wa. I was just asking bout how to find shelter.

Which would come in handy if in fact you are still alive.

How do you find shelter?

Pass the jam.

How do you find shelter?

Give me a chance to wake up sweetheart.

This mentoring is very taxing stuff.

can you pass the marmalade?

That is mahogany.

Look at you!

Just killed a placemat!

you really wanna know how to stay alive?

you get people to like you.

Oh!

not what you were expecting.

When you’re in the middle of the games, and you’re starving or freezing.

some water, a knife or even some matches can mean the difference between life and death.

and those things only come from sponsors.

and to get sponsors, you have to make people like you.

and right now, sweetheart?

you’re not off to a real good start.

so in this scene, we see the protagonist, Katniss Everdeen going to the Capitol of Panem (the main city of this fictional country) by train.

She’s accompanied by Peeta, the other tribute.

By the way, a “tribute” is how they call each competitor from the districts who is selected to participate in the hunger games.

here we also meet Haymitch, who participated and won the hunger games over 20 years ago, and it’s supposed to help them get ready for the competition now.

You’d freeze to death first.

No, Because I didn’t light a fire.

Now that’s a good way to get killed.

So, here, Haymitch and Peeta are discussing how to survive in the hunger games.

As we hear part of their conversation, Haymitch is warning Peeta about the risk of freezing to death– that is, dying because of freezing.

Other similar collocations with the words “to death” are also commonly used, like to starve to death, which means to die because of hunger

to light a fire is to start a fire.

Peeta means he would make a fire to stay warm. so Hemitch responds that lighting a fire in the hunger games is a good way to get killed.

You’d freeze to death first.

No, Because I didn’t light a fire.

Now that’s a good way to get killed.

What’s a good way to get killed?

Heymitch means this literally here because of lighting a fire would let people know where Peeta is.

However, this expression is sometimes also used in a sarcastic tone when warning somebody that what they are trying to do well actually cause something bad to happen.

check out this example

we’re out to dinner, okay?

We’re getting along, having a really nice time.

I was thinking she was really cool.

And, then, out of nowhere

she can order whatever she wants. The more, the better, alright?

just don’t order a garden salad, and then eat my food.

that’s a good way to lose some fingers!

what’s a good way to get killed?

Oh! Joy.

why don’t you join us?

I was just giving some life-saving advice.

so here, he makes use of a compound adjective to describe the word advice—

life-saving advice is advice that save lives. English is flexible in allowing you to manipulate words, and turn them into different parts of speech (noun, adjective, verb, etc).

for example, if an athlete breaks records, we could say he is a record-breaking athlete.

check out this other example

We should have some chocolate-covered strawberries.

Which of these alternative is grammatically incorrect?

The correct phrase would be a good-looking man.

I was just giving some life-saving advice.

Like what?

I wa– I was just asking about how to find shelter.

a shelter is location or structure that provides protection, normally from bad weather, danger, or attack.

The storm is coming up, Ani. You better get home quick!

Do you have shelter?

We’ll head back to our ship.

Is it far?

It’s on the outskirts.

you’ll never reach the outskirts in time.

Sandstorms are very, very dangerous.

Come on! I’ll take you to my place.

These are my friends, mom.

Hi there.

I’m Qui-Go Jinn.

Your son was kind enough to offer us shelter.

in this case, Peeta is referring to how to find a location where he can stay safe from the dangers of the hunger games.

I was just giving some life-saving advice.

like what?

I wa– I was just asking about how to find shelter.

in school, you probably learned to say this proposition as “too”.

However, it is pretty rare for native to emphasize it in this way.

in fact, we usually reduce proposition, and we have already seen several examples of this in the beginning of the scene.

The first way we can reduce it is to a simple “tuh”.

you’d freeze to death first.

this happens when the word preceding to ends in a consonant sound, like the Z in freeze.

Let’s see another example

I’m really not in the for a lecture.

I’ll apologize to Effie later.

However, it to is preceded by a vowel sound, the sound warps

Now, that’s a good way to get killed.

I was just asking about how to find shelter.

Now, what happened to the word “to” in these examples?

if you watch our videos often, this was probably easy for you.

that T becomes an American T, in other words, it transforms to a soft D sound.

Furthermore, the “to” usually links to the previous word.

Well, that’s a good way-duh get a killed.

I was just asking about how to find shelter.

let’s check out a couple more examples

that’s not true, is it?

Maybe– yeah.

He loves you.

Well, why didn’t you tell me to do that.

Alright, look.

I just think it’s time for you to settle down.

From now on, this apartment is empty to me.

I wa— I was just asking about how to find shelter.

which would come in handy if in fact you were still alive.

if we say that something comes in handy. it means it is useful in a specific situation.

Example, the hidden extra key will come in handy if you lock yourself out.

Haymitch is sarcastically saying that finding shelter would be useful if you actually managed to stay alive.

which would come in handy if in fact you were still alive.

did you hear how the pronounces the word fact?

Natives sometimes reduce the sound of words ending with the letters ct by cutting the T sound.

Listen to this other example—

You realize that your actions reflect badly on all of us?

it’s more often done in the plural form of words, when they end in cts

do you think maybe the president is bluffing?

he’s not bluffing.

Not with what’s going on in the districts.

he threatened to kill my family!

Well, I have family too!

Okay? People that I need to protect!

what about them?!

how do you find shelter?

Pass the jam.

how do you find shelter?

Give me a chance to wake up, sweetheart.

Normally, sweetheart is a word used to address somebody you love, either in a romantic tone or not.

in this case, Haymitch provokes Katniss and uses it humorously; he’s not trying to show any affection for her.

see this other similar example

Jack

It would never have worked out between us.

Keep telling yourself that, darling.

Give me a chance to wake up, sweetheart.

This mentoring is very taxing stuff.

in the movie, haymitch responsible for helping the two participants from District 12 and act as their mentor.

A person’s mentor is someone who give them help and advice over a period of time, especially help and advice related to their job.

So, mentoring refers to the activity of a mentor.

in informal English, it’s common to hear the word stuff being used instead of thing or things, and to refer to generally anything.

This green stuff is gonna smoke like crazy, so, as soon as you light it, move on to the next fire.

Light this one last, and I’ll meet you back over there.

Right.

And, then, I’ll destroy their stuff they’re chasing us.

He says that the work of mentoring is very taxing stuff.

This mentoring is very taxing stuff.

what do you think the word taxing means?

so by calling this mentoring work “very taxing stuff,” he’s saying that it is a very demanding or exhaustive activity.

for example, a taxing task or problem is one that requires a lot of mental or physical effort.

Like how traditional methods of learning English are taxing, but here on this channel, we may get fun and natural.

which is exactly why you should subscribe to not miss any engaging lessons like this one.

Can you pass the marmalade?

That is mahogany.

Marmalade is a spread made from oranges or lemons that is similar to jam, and normally eaten on bread or toast at breakfast.

Mahogany is a type of wood that is considered very expensive (or rare) when compared to other kinds of wood.

Effie, this other character, gets upset after seeing Katniss and to knife into the table, and tell her that the table is made of mahogany.

we can imply that she was upset by Katniss’s lack of care for something Effie is responsible for.

That is mahogany. Look at you!

Just killed a placemat.

look at you is an expression that can be used in two different ways.

It can be said to encourage somebody and make them feel good about an achievement, for example.

Oh! look at you! You look beautiful.

or as in the way Haymitch says it, used to make fun of somebody’s appearance or actions.

in this case, he’s making fun of Katniss’s attempt to intimidate him.

Look at you!

just killed a placemat.

check out this other example

Look at you!

The mighty Thor!

With all your strength!

And good does it do you now, huh?

just killed a placemat.

So he joking says she just killed a placemat.

A mat, or a placemat, is a small piece of cloth, card, or plastic which you put on a table to protect it from food or liquids that fall off of your plate while you’re eating.

Other similar terms can be seen, like for example a doormat, which is a small carpet put in front of the doors.

You really wanna know how to stay alive?

So Haymitch here does something which you probably see natives do all the time—

he asked the question without using the auxiliary verb before the subject.

he does not ask, “Do you really wanna know “

instead, he’s simply phrases it as an affirmative statement, but with the same intonation of a question.

This is usually done to make the sentence sound shorter and less formal.

Hey. You wanna see what I got you today?

It’s a mockingjay pin.

To protect you.

Hey! Lover boy.

You sure she want this way?

Yeah, I’m sure.

You better be.

You may also hear it when somebody is shocked or doesn’t quite believe something.

I just don’t wanna be another piece in their game, you know?

You mean you won’t kill anyone?

you really wanna know how to stay alive?

you get people to like you.

Oh! Not what you were expecting.

to get is one of those are verbs in English with several different meanings and applications.

and in this case, the phrase to get somebody to do something means to make somebody do something; to cause them to do something.

If I’m get them to you, can you get them to talk?

I’ll get them to sing.

we’re going after the mob’s likes savings.

Things will get ugly.

So Haymitch is saying that if she wants to stay alive in the hunger games, she should make people like her.

You really wanna know how to stay alive?

You get people to like you.

Oh! not what you were expecting.

when you’re in the middle of the games, and you’re starving or freezing, some water, a knife or even some matches can mean the difference between life and death.

A match, in this case, refers to a small wooden stick with the substance on one end that produces a flame when you rub it along the rough side of a matchbox.

some water, a knife or even some matches can mean the difference between life and death.

and those things only come from sponsors. and to get sponsors, you have to make people like you.

in this sense, a sponsor is a person or organization that provides funds or reasources for a project to be executed.

in the hunger games, and sponsors are the people who can help the participants during the competition

by sending useful objects their location in the arena.

in another context, a more common use of this word refers to a brand or company that pays some or all of the costs involved in staging a sporting or artistic event in return for advertising.

for example, soccer teams around the world economy wear uniforms showing their sponsor’s logos.

And to get sponsors, you have to make people like you.

and right now, sweetheart?

you’re not off to a real good start

if you are off, or get off to a good start, you start any particular activity correctly, or have a successful beginning.

on the other hand, if you get off to a bad start, which is also a common expression, you are not successful in the early stages of doing something

Boy, oh boy! This vacation is off to a wonderful start!

You’d freeze to death first.

No, Because I didn’t light a fire.

Now that’s a good way to get killed.

What’s a good way to get killed? Oh! Joy.

Why don’t you join us?

I’m just saving a life-saving advice.

Like what? I wa. I was just asking bout how to find shelter.

Which would come in handy if in fact you are still alive.

How do you find shelter?

Pass the jam.

How do you find shelter?

Give me a chance to wake up sweetheart.

This mentoring is very taxing stuff.

can you pass the marmalade?

That is mahogany.

Look at you!

Just killed a placemat!

you really wanna know how to stay alive?

you get people to like you.

Oh!

not what you were expecting.

When you’re in the middle of the games, and you’re starving or freezing.

some water, a knife or even some matches can mean the difference between life and death.

and those things only come from sponsors.

and to get sponsors, you have to make people like you.

and right now, sweetheart?

you’re not off to a real good start.

There it is. It’s huge. That’s incredible.