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Français avec Nelly - 10 livres faciles à lire en français - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly continue de donner ses conseils de lecture. Pourquoi pas regarder le film adapté d'un roman avant de le lire ou même temps? Deux recommendations parmi d'autres : Le Petit Prince de Saint-Exupéry et la Gloire de mon père de Marcel Pagnol.

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Français avec Nelly - 10 livres faciles à lire en français - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly recommends some more easy books in French by Amélie Nothomb, Guillaume Musso, and Albert Camus. She also discusses the passé simple or simple past tense, which is primarily used in written French.

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Caption 22 [fr]: la lecture est plutôt facile.
Caption 22 [en]: reading is rather easy.

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Français avec Nelly - 10 livres faciles à lire en français - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this video, Nelly gives some advice about reading books in a foreign language and recommends some books for French learners. One of her recommendations is The Braid by Laetitia Colombani.

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Caption 44 [fr]: de lecture pour les débutants,
Caption 44 [en]: for reading for beginners,

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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 39 [fr]: Tu verras pendant la lecture,
Caption 39 [en]: You'll see during the reading,

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Français avec Nelly - Learning French with Literature: "The Stranger" by Albert Camus - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly concludes her reading of Albert Camus's The Stranger, accompanied with some very useful comments.

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Caption 50 [fr]: Voilà pour la lecture de l'incipit de « L'Étranger » d'Albert Camus.
Caption 50 [en]: That's it for the reading of the incipit of "The Stranger" by Albert Camus.

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Français avec Nelly - Learning French with Literature: "The Stranger" by Albert Camus - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly reads and explains an excerpt from the classic novel The Stranger by Albert Camus, who was a proponent of the philosophy of the absurd.

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Caption 27 [fr]: à me demander une petite lecture et analyse
Caption 27 [en]: asking me for a little reading and analysis

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Le Monde - Pourquoi Molière est devenu aussi célèbre - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Molière wasn't afraid of his plays causing a scandal—in fact, he often orchestrated scandals in order to drum up publicity. Find out more about his marketing genius in this video.

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Caption 48 [fr]: La censure contribue directement à la notoriété de sa pièce.
Caption 48 [en]: The censorship contributes directly to the notoriety of his play.

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Lionel - Marsal - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Did you know that parts of France and Germany were underwater millions of years ago? Learn more about this and other surprising facts at the Marsal Salt Museum.

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Caption 42 [fr]: Il y a un rapport dans la mesure
Caption 42 [en]: There is a relationship to the extent

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Gaëlle - Librairie "Livres in Room"

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Gaëlle and François are the proud owners of a bookstore that houses nineteen thousand books. With the stiff competition of chain stores and the internet, a personal touch is essential. Gaëlle is happy to offer advice and comments on her favorite reads.

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Caption 32 [fr]: Et puis bien sûr la lecture.
Caption 32 [en]: And then, of course, reading.

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Voyage en France - Poissy - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol takes us to the town of Poissy, about twenty kilometers from Paris. The town name is derived from the word poisson (fish) due to its once important fishing industry.

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Caption 43 [fr]: Et puis au fur et à mesure, la halle s'est adaptée
Caption 43 [en]: And then over time, the market hall was adapted

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Lionel L - Le "Canard" a 100 ans

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Canard Enchaîné (Chained Duck) recently celebrated its 100-year anniversary. The independent satirical newspaper, known for its shocking headlines, survived many controversies and even censorship. It still has an avid fanbase today.

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Caption 32 [fr]: la censure étant telle que le journal se permettait le luxe
Caption 32 [en]: censorship being such that the newspaper allowed itself the luxury

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Le saviez-vous? - La Cigale et la fourmi - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patricia sheds a new light on the renowned fable by Jean de La Fontaine, "The Cicada and the Ant." Maybe the cicada isn't such a bad character after all....

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Caption 15 [fr]: le mérite, la mesure et l'économie.
Caption 15 [en]: merit, moderation, and frugality.

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Voyage en France - Conflans-Sainte-Honorine - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel concludes his tour of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine by taking us along the quays to see some of the barges that are docked there. Among them, you will find a houseboat that doubles as a chapel and the last tug boat ever built in France!

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Caption 15 [fr]: Elle mesure près de soixante-dix mètres de long.
Caption 15 [en]: It measures nearly seventy meters long.

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Voyage en France - Conflans-Sainte-Honorine - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the second part of his tour of the town of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, Daniel shows us the Montjoie Tower, a Romanesque dungeon whose walls are still standing today. He also takes us to a beautiful garden filled with rare plants.

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Caption 24 [fr]: La tour mesure environ quinze mètres de hauteur
Caption 24 [en]: The tower measures around fifteen meters high,

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Exposition - Balzac, architecte d'intérieurs

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

At the Balzac Museum in the Château de Saché, exclusive period furniture was brought in to illustrate Honoré de Balzac's famous collection of novels, La Comédie Humaine (The Human Comedy). Balzac was famous for his lengthy, detailed descriptions of interiors in his novels.

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Caption 6 [fr]: Objectif: offrir des clés de lecture aux visiteurs en leur présentant des équivalents,
Caption 6 [en]: The goal: to offer visitors some keys to reading by presenting them with equivalents,

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