Sydney shark scares and survivor’s emotional hospital reunion
B2 English listening practice · Australian English · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 3:00 video in English at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 161 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.
- ▸Health & Wellness - Fitness, mental health, nutrition, sleep, and self-care.
From 7NEWS Australia↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 English listening practice listening practice?
83.4%
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
76%
Top 1,000
83.4%
Top 2,000
94.4%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
87.7%
Top 1,000
92.7%
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.
agonizing
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
causing extreme pain
amputated
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
removed by surgery
fight of her life
1×
struggle for survival or recovery
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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