Australians Eating Discarded Food Amid Cost Of Living Crisis

WhatsAppGmailTelegramEmail

B2 English listening practice · South African English · Curated for upper-intermediate learners

About this clip

A 28s video in English at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 177 words per minute, rated 4.4/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • ▸News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
  • ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
  • ▸Food & Cooking - Recipes, restaurant reviews, street food, and kitchen vocabulary.

Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this B2 English listening practice listening practice?

85.5%
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

79.5%
Top 1,000
85.5%
Top 2,000
95.2%
Top 5,000

Spoken English frequency

86.1%
Top 1,000
95.8%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
👄 Conversational vocabulary
This reel’s words appear more often in subtitle-based spoken-English data than in general usage, so it may feel closer to everyday conversation.

Words above this video’s level

Quick glosses for vocabulary that goes beyond this video’s B2 level.

rubbish
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
garbage or waste
salvation
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
rescue or relief
sixty
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
number 60
expired
1×
Top 5,000
no longer valid
going to school hungry
1×
attending school without enough food

Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.

Explore South African English Comprehensible Input on Reelang

Open English hub