Fourth graders experience 1800s life at county fairgrounds
B1 English listening practice · American English · Curated for intermediate learners
About this clip
A 1:11 video in English at B1 level, suitable for intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 190 words per minute, rated 4.2/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸History - Historical events, eras, and the people who shaped the world.
From MyNBC5-WPTZ↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B1 English listening practice listening practice?
88.6%
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
83.6%
Top 1,000
88.6%
Top 2,000
93.5%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
88.5%
Top 1,000
95.1%
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 B1 level.
blacksmithing
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
making tools from metal
fairgrounds
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
open area for events
schoolhouse
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
building for education
disconnect a little bit from technology
1×
reduce reliance on modern technology
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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