Debating e-bike bans, BTS tickets and baby-on-board
B2 English listening practice · South African English · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 6:19 video in English at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 223 words per minute, rated 4.8/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
- ▸Transportation - Cars, trains, planes, and getting around.
- ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
- ▸Relationships - Dating, friendship, marriage, and social life.
- ▸Parenting & Family - Family life, raising kids, and parenting advice.
- ▸Entertainment - TV shows, movies, music, books, and pop culture.
From 7NEWS Australia↗ on YouTube.Watch original→
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 English listening practice listening practice?
91.5%
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
84.9%
Top 1,000
91.5%
Top 2,000
97.2%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
91.8%
Top 1,000
98.4%
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.
classifying
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
sorting into categories
corporates
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
large businesses or companies
debrief
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
discuss after an event
doordashing
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
delivering food for pay
ebikes
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(brand) bike — electric bicycle
baby on board
1×
sign to offer seats to pregnant women
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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