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Grand Corps Malade - Je suis Charlie

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Dans cette chanson très emouvante Fabien Marsaud, AKA Grand Corps Malade a souhaité rendre hommage à sa façon à Charlie Hebdo. Il a choisi de le faire dans un slam qu'il explique avoir écrit la nuit dernière, et dont la mise en musique a été faite le matin même par John Mamann. « J'écris pour eux parce que je ne sais pas dessiner. »

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Français avec Nelly - "Demain, dès l'aube" par Victor Hugo - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly completes her explication of Victor Hugo's heartbreaking "Demain, dès l'aube," emphasizing the poem's autobiographical aspect and the hardship the author faced.

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Caption 38 [fr]: Et le jour pour moi sera comme la nuit.
Caption 38 [en]: And the day for me will be like the night.

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Français avec Nelly - "Demain, dès l'aube" par Victor Hugo - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly recites and explains in great detail Victor Hugo's poem "Demain, dès l'aube" (Tomorrow, at Dawn). Though initially it might read like a love poem, it turns out to be much more tragic.

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Caption 65 [fr]: Triste, et le jour pour moi sera comme la nuit.
Caption 65 [en]: Sad, and the day for me will be like the night.

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Français avec Nelly - 12 Songs to Improve Your French - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly suggests some songs for more advanced French speakers: Charles Aznavour's "La bohème," Angèle's "Balance ton quoi," Stromae's "Formidable," Serge Gainsbourg's "La javanaise," and Orelsan's "Tout va bien."

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Caption 62 [fr]: qui a été écrite en une seule nuit par le génie Serge Gainsbourg,
Caption 62 [en]: that was written in a single night by the genius Serge Gainsbourg,

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Le saviez-vous? - La poésie de Victor Hugo

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Victor Hugo is best known for his novels The Hunchback of Notre-Dame and Les Misérables, but he also wrote numerous poems. In this video, Patricia reads an excerpt from his poem "À l'Arc de Triomphe," in which he pays tribute to the city of Paris.

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Caption 65 [fr]: C'est elle, hélas! qui, nuit et jour,
Caption 65 [en]: It is she, alas, who night and day,

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Lea & Lionel L - Bibliothèque François Mitterrand - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The François Mitterrand Library, part of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (National Library of France), is comprised of four large towers in the shape of open books. Lea notes that most of the library's visitors are specialists in art, science, and architecture rather than students.

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Caption 29 [fr]: qui accueillent assez souvent le monde de la nuit,
Caption 29 [en]: that quite often welcome the nightlife,

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Lea - La Cinémathèque française

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lea shows us one of the largest film libraries in the world, the Cinémathèque Française, which contains over forty thousand films. After the Cinémathèque's original home in the Palais de Chaillot burned down, it relocated to a brand-new facility in Paris's twelfth arrondissement.

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Caption 41 [fr]: Ils ont évacué en une nuit
Caption 41 [en]: They evacuated overnight

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Le saviez-vous? - "Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux" de Louis Aragon

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patricia recites Louis Aragon's heartbreaking poem "Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux" (There Is No Happy Love), which has been set to music by a number of famous singers. You can listen to Françoise Hardy's version here.

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Caption 25 [fr]: Que pleurent dans la nuit nos cœurs à l'unisson
Caption 25 [en]: Let our hearts cry out in unison in the night

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Lionel L - L'art éphémère à Paris

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel shows us some ephemeral art in Paris, including an anamorphic installation on the Louvre Pyramid and a large steel sculpture with a cardboard "cave" inside. Check them out before they're gone!

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Caption 19 [fr]: un quartier particulièrement animé la nuit.
Caption 19 [en]: a particularly animated neighborhood at night.

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Zoom sur l'opéra - "Je t'aime, un peu, beaucoup, aveuglément"

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

A theatrical spectacle called "Je t'aime, un peu, beaucoup, aveuglément" revisited the Oedipus myth, incorporating works on the same theme from twentieth-century French playwrights. The event took place in the Château du Grand-Pressigny, and the public was encouraged to wander around the castle as part of the show.

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Caption 3 [fr]: qui se tient actuellement au château du Grand Pressigny à la tombée de la nuit.
Caption 3 [en]: that is currently being held at the Grand Pressigny castle at nightfall.

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TV Vendée - Galettes des rois: une trentaine de boulangers en concours

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Over thirty French bakeries from the Vendée region show off their skills in a galette des rois (Kings' cake) contest. The lucky judges, whose onerous task is to taste those delicious galettes, go to great lengths to explain their choices and make our mouths water. The galette des rois is traditionally served at Epiphany and is notoriously difficult to make. It comes in two varieties, flaky or brioche, and is available at French bakeries throughout the month of January.

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Caption 16 [fr]: qui aille bien reposer, euh... toute la nuit et... cuit à point.
Caption 16 [en]: that goes to rest nicely, uh... overnight and... baked properly.

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TV8 Mont Blanc - Un réveillon en montagne (Savoie)

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

For New Year's Eve, come join the mountain people of the Savoie region at the O’Communailles restaurant where good local food is being served with a twist in a convivial atmosphere. Then watch the happy locals dance the night away.

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Caption 30 [fr]: Alors que dans la station voisine, on a dansé jusqu'au bout de la nuit,
Caption 30 [en]: While in the neighboring resort, they danced until the end of the night,

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Salon Eco Habitat - Terres cuites de Courboissy

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

At the Eco Habitat salon, Olivier Brunet from the "Terres Cuites de Courboissy" (Courboissy Terracotta) tile factory explains how they make floor tiles that are both eco-friendly and pleasing to the eye. One of their clients even had his floor tiles made to look three dimensional!

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Caption 44 [fr]: et elle a de l'inertie. Donc vous pouvez très bien, par exemple, la nuit couper le chauffage.
Caption 44 [en]: and it has inertia. So you can very well, for example, turn off the heat at night.

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Il était une fois: les Explorateurs - 10. Amerigo Vespucci - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Amerigo Vespucci sails for the New World to explore new territories discovered by Columbus, draw accurate maps, and find the true route to the Indies. As his ship approaches "Little Venice," or Venezuela, the crew comes into contact with some local natives.

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Caption 20 [fr]: Cette nuit, je vais aller à terre. Comme ça je prendrai la latitude.
Caption 20 [en]: Tonight I'll go on land. That way I'll measure the latitude.

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Suzy Le Blanc - Romancière, poète

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Suzy Le Blanc is a poet, novelist, and short story writer who sets much of her work in the French region of Lorraine. In this video, she talks to us about some of her books and her passion for storytelling.

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Caption 3 [fr]: [Mais quand viennent l'hiver et la nuit / Elle se fane et on l'oublie]
Caption 3 [en]: [But when the winter and the night come / It withers and we forget it]

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