New Cockpit Barriers Close 9/11 Security Gap
B2 English listening practice · American English · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 51s video in English at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 174 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.
- ▸Politics - Politics, elections, government, and policy debates.
- ▸Transportation - Cars, trains, planes, and getting around.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 English listening practice listening practice?
83.3%
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
74.3%
Top 1,000
83.3%
Top 2,000
91.7%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
83.3%
Top 1,000
95%
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.
restroom
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
public washroom
eleventh
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
number 11th
cockpit
4×
Rare / outside top 5,000
pilot's control area
here is the catch
1×
there's an important drawback or limitation
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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