Montreal Police Under Investigation for Racism Allegations
B1 English listening practice · Canadian English · Curated for intermediate learners
About this clip
A 2:18 video in English at B1 level, suitable for intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 170 words per minute, rated 3.8/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
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From CBC News↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B1 English listening practice listening practice?
89.1%
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
82.1%
Top 1,000
89.1%
Top 2,000
96.1%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
86.4%
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 B1 level.
spvm
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(acronym) SPVM — Montreal police service
clear example of systemic racism
1×
obvious case of widespread racial bias
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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