How Gigantic Galactic Bubbles Formed Around Our Galaxy
C1 English listening practice · American English · Curated for advanced learners
About this clip
A 5:29 video in English at C1 level, suitable for advanced learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 145 words per minute, rated 4.3/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Science - Discoveries, experiments, and how the world works.
From TED-Ed↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this C1 English listening practice listening practice?
80.8%
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
69.2%
Top 1,000
80.8%
Top 2,000
93.1%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
80.8%
Top 1,000
91.9%
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 C1 level.
supermassive
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
very large mass
emanating
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
coming from
patreon
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
membership platform
shine a light into the darkest reaches
1×
reveal hidden knowledge or insights
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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