Vancouver tourism hit by street disorder concerns
B2 English listening practice · Canadian English · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 2:08 video in English at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 153 words per minute, rated 3.4/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Travel - Travel vlogs, tips, cultural experiences, and life abroad.
- ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
- ▸Politics - Politics, elections, government, and policy debates.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 English listening practice listening practice?
81.2%
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
74.7%
Top 1,000
81.2%
Top 2,000
96.6%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
82.5%
Top 1,000
90.2%
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.
eastside
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
eastern part of a city
vpd
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(acronym) Vancouver Police Department — police service
snapshot
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
quick view or overview
sounding the alarm
1×
warning about a serious situation
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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