Alphonso Davies’ Journey From Refugee Camp To Champion
B1 English listening practice · Canadian English · Curated for intermediate learners
About this clip
A 2:01 video in English at B1 level, suitable for intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 189 words per minute, rated 4.2/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Sports - Soccer, basketball, tennis, the Olympics, and athletes.
From CBC News: The National↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B1 English listening practice listening practice?
89.6%
of words are in the top 2,000 most common English words
Based on this reel’s transcript, most of the vocabulary is high-frequency, everyday English.
General English frequency
83.5%
Top 1,000
89.6%
Top 2,000
94.5%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
87.4%
Top 1,000
92.8%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
Words above this video’s level
Quick glosses for vocabulary that goes beyond this video’s B1 level.
dribbling
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
moving ball skillfully
whitecaps
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
soccer team
crown kings of Europe
1×
top champions in European soccer
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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