Uber CEO Travis Kalanick on Late Show
B2 English listening practice · American English · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 5:54 video in English at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 229 words per minute, rated 4.5/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Interviews - Long-form conversations and Q&As.
- ▸Work & Career - Jobs, interviews, workplace culture, and money.
- ▸Technology - Tech, gadgets, software, AI, and the digital world.
- ▸Transportation - Cars, trains, planes, and getting around.
From The Late Show with Stephen Colbert↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 English listening practice listening practice?
91.3%
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
85.8%
Top 1,000
91.3%
Top 2,000
96.4%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
91.8%
Top 1,000
96.9%
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.
driverless
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
without a driver
teslas
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
cars by Tesla
casserole
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
oven-baked dish
outstrips
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
surpasses in speed or ability
resist the future
1×
oppose technological advancements and changes
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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