Shadowing Practice: HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3 Trailer 1 - 3 (2018) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Are you overworked and stressed out?
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Then you need a monster vacation.
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Welcome aboard.
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Gremlin Air.
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Maybe I beg of you.
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Tell me where we're going.
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I've taken care of everything.
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Ladies and gentlemen, for your safety, please unbuckle your seatbelts.
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In the likely event we experience the sudden drop in cabin pressure, oxygen will be provided.
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Can I stow that for you, sir?
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All right, thanks.
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Quarky!
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That would be Luke.
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I'm gonna go check on you -know -who.
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I'll be right back.
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I have to go to the bathroom.
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Hey, where are you?
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Almost there.
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Tinkles?
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Tinkles?
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Get back, everybody!
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Why are we on a plane?
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We can fly, you know.
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You've been so stressed out lately.
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It's time for you to relax.
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Hey.
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Now isn't that better?
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Oh, yes. So relax.
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Okay, folks, you're free to move around the cabin as we have started our set.
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Any big plans for the weekend, Adnell?
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Oh, you know, the usual.
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Gotta take the kids to soccer.
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What can I help you with, Lord of Darkness?
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I'm looking for a date.
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The date is Friday, July 13th.
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No, no. I want to meet someone.
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Understood.
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You want to eat dim sum.
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Don't you get it?
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I want to go on a date.
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I'm.. lonely.
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I understand.
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You want baloney.
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too many eyes too few eyes not into tentacles dad maybe
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you're stressed out from working too hard you need a vacation from running everyone else's vacation
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and i know just how to fix
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it maybe where are we going a crew surprise oh no no no no no dad
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come on there's so much to do you could go scuba diving
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Try some exotic food
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Or just enjoy the view
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Okay, dad, thank you
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Maybe you'll find your own fireworks on the cruise.
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It's not the love boat
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Frank You must be the one and only Dracula There's something about an accent that makes a man sound so intelligent.
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You nailed it, honey.
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Best summer vacation ever!
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You were right, great -grandfather Van Helsing.
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Monsters are disgusting.
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They have no idea what's about to happen to them.
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It's all going according to plan.
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There is something about that woman I don't trust.
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The food here is to die for.
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Must have been garlic in the guacamole.
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Isn't that deadly for you? Was that you?
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Oh, no, Blabby's gonna puke.
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Aww.
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For over a century, the hotel has been his life.
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But next summer, if anyone needs a vacation,
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it's drac a cruise surprise oh no no no no no no dad okay
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check it out drac there's so much to do olympic side swimming pool i got this
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All you can eat, Mavayne!
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Full service spa!
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Yeah, so impressive.
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It's like a hotel on the water. Who is that?
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Ooh, ooh, ooh, yummy.
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Okay, Dad.
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Thank you!
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Oh no, Blobby's gonna puke!
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What?
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I'm running to my right now!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3 Trailer 1 - 3”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: vacation, dad, stressed, date. This video has 80 sentences and 489 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:09. The speaker talks slowly, about 95 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 14 of its 80 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| vacation noun | /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ | An extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure. |
| relax verb | /ɹɪˈlæks/ | To make something loose. |
| cruise noun | /kɹuz/ | A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure. |
| cabin noun | /ˈkæbɪn/ | A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those… |
| soccer noun | /ˈsɑk.ɚ/ | Association football. |
| impressive adjective | /ɪmˈpɹɛsɪv/ | Making, or tending to make, a positive impression; having power to impress. |
| lately adverb | /ˈleɪt.li/ | Recently; not long ago; of late; not long since. |
| sudden adjective | /ˈsʌd.ən/ | Occurring quickly with little or no warning or expectation; instantly. |
| honey noun | /ˈhʌni/ | A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans. |
| intelligent adjective | /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/ | Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright. |
| lonely adjective | /ˈloʊnli/ | Unhappy due to feeling isolated from contact with other people. |
| oxygen noun | /ˈɑksɪd͡ʒən/ | The chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994. It is a colorless and odorless gas. Sometimes called elemental… |
| grandfather noun | /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑðɚ/ | A father of someone's parent. |
| disgusting adjective | /dɪsˈɡʌstɪŋ/ | Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful. |
| folk noun | /foʊk/ | People, persons. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stress out verb | To become stressed. |
| get back verb | Return to where one came from. |
| move around verb | To relocate to new homes repeatedly; to not live in any one place for long. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Are you overworked and stressed out?
- Tell me where we're going.
- Can I stow that for you, sir?
- Why are we on a plane?
- Don't you get it?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've taken · You've been · have started |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | we're going · I'm looking · are we going |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | gonna go · gonna puke |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | will be · I'll be · you'll find |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 19 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: intelligent /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/, guacamole /ˌɡwɑ.kəˈmol.i/
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 vacation, relax, cruise.
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.