Karl Stefanovic’s job on the line after podcast

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B2 English listening practice · Australian English · Curated for upper-intermediate learners

About this clip

A 3:29 video in English at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 170 words per minute, rated 4.1/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • ▸News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
  • ▸Politics - Politics, elections, government, and policy debates.

Vocabulary frequency

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

84.4%
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

77.3%
Top 1,000
84.4%
Top 2,000
95.5%
Top 5,000

Spoken English frequency

84.9%
Top 1,000
94.6%
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.

arn
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(acronym) Australian Radio Network — radio group
backpackers
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
travellers with backpacks
clouds gathering over
1×
trouble or problems are approaching

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

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