Shadowing Practice: Home Alone - The Family Orders Pizza - Learn English Speaking with Video
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How are you kids doing, huh?
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Good?
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Lot of action around here today, huh?
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Going on vacation?
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Where you going?
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You hear me or what?
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Going on a trip?
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Where you going, kid?
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Okay, that's $122.50.
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Not for me, kid.
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I don't live here.
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Oh, you're just around for the holidays?
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I guess you could say that.
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Hey, pizza's here!
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That's $122.50.
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It's my brother's house.
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He'll take care of it.
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Hey, listen, uh...
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Frank, remember to use the red plastic...
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Hi.
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Hi.
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Are you Mr. McAllister?
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Yeah.
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The Mr. McAllister who lives here?
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Yes.
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Oh, good, because somebody owes me $122.50.
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I'd like a word with you, sir.
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Am I under arrest or something?
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No, no, no, no, no. It's Christmas time.
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There's always a lot of burglaries around the holidays.
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So we're just checking the neighborhood to see if everyone's taking the proper precautions.
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That's all.
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Oh, yeah, well, we have automatic timers for our lights, locks for our doors.
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That's about as well as anybody can do these days, right?
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Did you get some eggnog or something like that?
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Come on, Deb.
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Eggnog?
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Pizza!
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Listen, will you be leaving, uh...
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Pizza!
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Grab yourself a napkin and you're gonna have to pour your own drinks.
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Mom, does Santa Claus have to go through customs?
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What time do you have to go to bed?
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Early.
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We're leaving the house at 8 a.m on the button.
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I hope you're all drinking milk.
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I wanna get rid of it.
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Hey, don't you?
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Honey, the pizza boy needs $122.50 plus tip. For pizza?
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Ten pizzas times twelve bucks.
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Frank, you got the money, don't you?
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Come on.
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Traveler's checks.
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Forget it, Frank.
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We have cash.
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You probably get the kind of traveler's checks that don't work in France.
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Did anyone order me a plain cheese?
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Well, yeah, we did.
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But if you want any, somebody's gonna have to barf it all up, because it's gone.
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Fuller, go easy on the Pepsi.
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Get a plate.
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Oh!
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Oh!
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Oh!
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What do you mean?
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Passport!
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Watch it!
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Stop it!
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No, no, let's get these passports out of here.
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You moron!
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Get them, man!
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Come here.
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You all right?
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What is the matter with you?
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He started it.
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He ate my pizza on purpose.
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He knows I had sausage and olives and onions and...
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Look what you did, you little jerk.
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Kevin, get upstairs right now.
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Why?
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Kevin, you're such a disease.
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Sure.
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Kevin, upstairs.
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Say goodnight, Kevin.
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Goodnight, Kevin.
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Now it's for dinner.
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Brother's such a like we don't know.
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Wonderwars get treated like skunks.
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Oh, I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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This house is just crazy.
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Crazy.
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We've got all these extra kids running around.
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My brother-in-law drove in from Ohio today.
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It's just nuts.
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How come we need to bring more cheese pizzas?
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Nice tip.
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Thanks a lot.
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Thanks.
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Having a reunion or something?
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Oh, no. My husband's brother transferred to Paris last summer, and both of his kids are still going to school here, and I guess he missed the whole family.
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He's giving us all this trip to Paris for the holidays so we can be together.
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You're taking a trip to Paris?
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Yes.
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We hope to leave tomorrow morning.
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Excellent.
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If you'll excuse me, this one's a little out of sorts.
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I'll be right back.
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Don't worry about me.
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I spoke to your husband already.
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And don't worry about your home.
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It's in good hands.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Home Alone - The Family Orders Pizza”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: pizza, Kevin, kid, holidays, Frank. This video has 112 sentences and 571 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:56. The speaker talks at a steady 145 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 28 of its 112 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 14 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| eggnog noun | /ˈɛɡ.nɑɡ/ | A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy, or whisky; popular at Christmas. |
| upstairs adverb | /ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/ | Up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level. |
| passport noun | /ˈpæspɔɹt/ | An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person for whom it was issued. |
| burglary noun | /ˈbɝ.ɡlɚ.i/ | The crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal. |
| napkin noun | /ˈnæpˌkɪn/ | A serviette; a (usually rectangular) piece of cloth or paper used at the table for wiping the mouth and hands for cleanliness while eating. |
| precaution noun | /pɹiːˈkɔ.ʃən/ | Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent misfortune or to secure good. |
| timer noun | /ˈtaɪmɚ/ | A device used to measure amounts of time. |
| sausage noun | /ˈsɔsɪd͡ʒ/ | A food made of ground meat (or meat substitute) and seasoning, packed in a section of the animal's intestine, or in a similarly cylindrical shaped synthetic… |
| onion noun | /ˈʌn.jən/ | A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice. |
| reunion noun | /ɹiːˈjuːnjən/ | The process or act of reuniting. |
| buck noun | /ˈbʌk/ | A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret, salmonid, shad, skunk and kangaroo. |
| olive noun | /ˈɑ.lɪv/ | A tree of species Olea europaea cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it. |
| pour verb | /poɹ/ | To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it. |
| owe verb | /oʊ/ | To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. |
| run around verb | To be very busy doing many different things. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- You hear me or what?
- Am I under arrest or something?
- Did you get some eggnog or something like that?
- What time do you have to go to bed?
- Frank, you got the money, don't you?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Obligation: must / have to / need to saying that something is necessary | have to pour · have to go · have to barf |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | He'll take · will you · you'll excuse |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | we're just checking · We're leaving · You're taking |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | gonna have · are still going to school |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 24 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, you're, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like eggnog, upstairs, passport.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.