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B1 English listening practice · Canadian English · Curated for intermediate learners
About this clip
A 1:38 video in English at B1 level, suitable for intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 190 words per minute, rated 4.2/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Transportation - Cars, trains, planes, and getting around.
- ▸Technology - Tech, gadgets, software, AI, and the digital world.
- ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
- ▸Politics - Politics, elections, government, and policy debates.
- ▸News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
From CBC News↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B1 English listening practice listening practice?
86.2%
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
79%
Top 1,000
86.2%
Top 2,000
96.2%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
85.9%
Top 1,000
94.5%
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.
cascading
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
flowing in stages
constables
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
police officers
loiter
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
linger aimlessly
loudspeakers
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
devices for sound amplification
in the eye of the beholder
1×
subjective perception varies for everyone
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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