Perché tornare sulla Luna è così difficile
B2 Italian listening practice · Standard Italian · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 1:31 video in Italian at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 169 words per minute, rated 4.1/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Science - Discoveries, experiments, and how the world works.
- ▸History - Historical events, eras, and the people who shaped the world.
From Massimo Polidoro↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 Italian listening practice listening practice?
87.6%
of words are in the top 2,000 most common Italian words
Based on this reel’s transcript, most of the vocabulary is high-frequency, everyday Italian.
General Italian frequency
79.1%
Top 1,000
87.6%
Top 2,000
92.4%
Top 5,000
Spoken Italian frequency
85.5%
Top 1,000
97%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
👄 Conversational vocabulary
This reel’s words appear more often in subtitle-based spoken-Italian 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.
mhmm
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
affirmation sound
ritenuto che fosse imprudente
1×
considered it unwise or risky
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · OpenSubtitles 2018 (HermitDave) (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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