Runners Preview Burlington’s New Champlain Parkway
B1 English listening practice · American English · Curated for intermediate learners
About this clip
A 1:00 video in English at B1 level, suitable for intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 218 words per minute, rated 4.5/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B1 English listening practice listening practice?
91.4%
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
87.2%
Top 1,000
91.4%
Top 2,000
95.2%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
89%
Top 1,000
96.5%
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.
cots
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
sleeping beds for children
bouncy
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
springy or lively
parkway
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
scenic road
one last race
1×
final opportunity to participate or compete
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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