Shadowing Practice: Kevin Ordered Hotel Plaza Scene - Home Alone 2 (1992) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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39 cümleler
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Howdy -do, this is Peter McAllister, The Father.
2
I'd like a hotel room, please, with an extra -large bed, a TV, and one of those little refrigerators you have to open with a key.
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Credit card?
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You got it.
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Plaza Hotel Reservations, may I help you?
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Howdy -do, this is Peter McAllister, The Father.
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Yes, sir.
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I'd like a hotel room, please, with an extra -large bed, a TV, And one of those little refrigerators you have to open with a key.
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Yes, sir.
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You'll need a major credit card upon checking.
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Credit card?
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You got it.
13
Thank you.
14
Enjoy your stay.
15
Yes, 2 at 8, Henry.
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Mr. Yamamoto.
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Hold on a second.
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Pull your back, Henry.
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Hi. Can I help you?
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Reservation for McAllister.
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A reservation for yourself?
22
Ma 'am, my feet are hardly touched on the ground.
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I'm barely able to look over this counter.
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How can I make a reservation for a hotel room?
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Think about it.
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A kid going into a hotel, making a reservation?
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I don't think so.
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I'm confused.
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I'm traveling with my dad.
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He's on business.
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He's at a meeting.
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I hate meetings.
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Plus, I'm not allowed to go in.
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I can only sit in the lobby.
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That's boring.
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So my dad dropped me off here, gave me his credit card, and said whoever was checking people in to let me in the hotel room so I won't get into mischief.
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And, ma 'am, sometimes I do get into mischief.
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We all do.
39
Thank you.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Kevin Ordered Hotel Plaza Scene - Home Alone 2”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: hotel, reservation, credit, card, Mcallister. This video has 39 sentences and 250 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:07. The speaker talks at a steady 118 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 78% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 7 of its 39 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 12 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
reservation noun/ˌɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.
refrigerator noun/ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/A household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).
confused adjective/kənˈfjuːzd/unable to think clearly or understand
whoever/huˈɛvɚ/Who ever: an emphatic form of who.
lobby noun/ˈlɑ.bi/An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.
bore verb/boɹ/To inspire boredom in somebody.
plaza noun/ˈplɑːzə/A town's public square.
howdy noun/ˈhaʊdi/A wife.
mischief noun/ˈmɪsˌt͡ʃiːf/Conduct that playfully causes petty annoyance.
counter noun/ˈkaʊn.tɚ/One who counts.
hardly adverb/ˈhɑɹdli/Barely, only just, almost not.
barely adverb/ˈbeɹ.li/By a small margin.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
look over verbTo check quickly; to make a brief or cursory visual inspection of.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • You'll need a major credit card upon checking.
  • Can I help you?
  • I'm barely able to look over this counter.
  • How can I make a reservation for a hotel room?
  • I'm traveling with my dad.

Bu videodaki dil bilgisi

Konuşmacının en çok kullandığı yapılar, videodaki sözcüklerin aynısıyla:

YapıVideoda
“will” ile gelecek will + fiil — bir karar, söz ya da tahminYou'll need · won't get
Zorunluluk: must / have to / need to bir şeyin gerekli olduğunu söylemekhave to open

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 9 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, I'd, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • Long words — get the stress right: reservation /ˌɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/, refrigerator /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like reservation, refrigerator, confused.

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Gölgeleme, başlangıçta profesyonel tercüman eğitimi için geliştirilen ve çok dilli Dr. Alexander Arguelles tarafından popüler hale getirilen, bilim destekli bir dil öğrenme tekniğidir. Yöntem basit ama güçlüdür: ana dili İngilizce olan bir sesi dinler ve hemen yüksek sesle tekrar edersiniz — konuşmacıyı 1-2 saniye gecikmeyle takip eden bir gölge gibi. Pasif dinleme veya dilbilgisi alıştırmalarının aksine, gölgeleme beyninizi ve ağız kaslarınızı gerçek konuşma kalıplarını eşzamanlı olarak işlemeye ve yeniden üretmeye zorlar. Araştırmalar, telaffuz doğruluğu, tonlama, ritim, bağlı konuşma, dinleme anlama ve konuşma akıcılığını önemli ölçüde geliştirdiğini göstermektedir — bu da onu IELTS Konuşma hazırlığı ve gerçek dünya İngilizce iletişimi için en etkili yöntemlerden biri yapar.

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