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Marie et Sandra - Atelier d'art - Part 27

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Sandra has to end her painting lessons with Marie because she has to go back to Switzerland. But the ladies have developed a great friendship and are planning to see each other again.

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Caption 41 [en]: Ah, but that's not very far from where I live.
Caption 41 [fr]: Ah mais c'est pas très loin de chez moi.

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Lionel - Le Musée du Calendrier de la Paix - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We end our visit to the museum where Josef Pyrz's beautiful wooden statues are displayed. Find out why some heads are represented upside down and a few are not.

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Caption 32 [en]: And he sculpted that in our house. We live a little farther up.
Caption 32 [fr]: Et il a sculpté ça chez nous. On habite un peu plus haut.

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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 61 [en]: It builds in the century in which we live,
Caption 61 [fr]: Il bâtit au siècle où nous sommes,

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Sarah - Maison Victor Hugo

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Sarah presents the Victor Hugo House on the Rue des Vosges in Paris. This prolific writer, playwright, and poet spent time there before being exiled to the Channel Island of Guernsey.

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Caption 20 [en]: of all the rooms where Victor Hugo was able to live, was able to write,
Caption 20 [fr]: de toutes les pièces où Victor Hugo a pu vivre, a pu écrire,

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Lionel L - La Pyramide du Louvre

Difficulty: Intermediate

France Parisian

Lionel goes to the Louvre Pyramid, which was commissioned by former President François Mitterrand and designed by the architect I.M. Pei. Located in the Cour Napoléon (Napoleon Courtyard), the pyramid is one of the most famous selfie sites in the world.

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Caption 2 [en]: Today we're live from the Louvre Pyramid
Caption 2 [fr]: Aujourd'hui nous sommes en direct de la Pyramide du Louvre

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Voyage en France - Montfort-l'Amaury - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol continues his tour of the small medieval town of Montfort-l'Amaury, an hour west of Paris. He takes us to an unusual cemetery building that has a human skull in every corner. On a less spooky note, Daniel tells us about famous figures who have lived in Montfort, such as the composer Maurice Ravel and the singer Charles Aznavour.

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Caption 9 [en]: and present-day figures live here.
Caption 9 [fr]: et des personnalités du présent vivent ici.

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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 24 [en]: The time to learn how to live, it's already too late
Caption 24 [fr]: Le temps d'apprendre à vivre, il est déjà trop tard

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Lionel L - La réforme du français

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel discusses the French Academy's latest spelling reform, which includes such modifications as removing the i in oignon (onion) and the circumflex in coût (cost). There's been a fair amount of backlash against the reform, though the changes are only recommended, not mandatory.

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Caption 7 [en]: Why are we live today from the French Academy?
Caption 7 [fr]: Pourquoi est-ce que nous sommes aujourd'hui en direct de l'Académie française?

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Festival du cinéma chinois - Coup d'envoi à Richelieu

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The town of Richelieu, named for the famous cardinal, organized a Chinese film festival. Already twinned with the Chinese town of Wuzhen, the town took an opportunity to celebrate both classic and newly released films from that country. The famous French director Claude Lelouch was the "godfather" of this initiative.

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Caption 37 [en]: I find that women have better understood the world in which we live.
Caption 37 [fr]: Je trouve que les femmes ont mieux compris le monde dans lequel on vit.

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Voyage en France - Conflans-Sainte-Honorine - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel takes us to the town of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, located around thirty kilometers from Paris, which is known as the capital of canal transportation. You'll see some beautiful barges and cruise boats, as well as a public toilet that Daniel calls an "aesthetic success"!

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Caption 9 [en]: We just witnessed, live, the docking of these two magnificent barges:
Caption 9 [fr]: Nous venons d'assister en direct à l'accostage de ces deux magnifiques péniches:

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Grand Corps Malade - Je suis Charlie

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In "Je suis Charlie" (I Am Charlie), Fabien Marsaud a.k.a. Grand Corps Malade commemorates the victims of the devastating attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. As the slam poet notes, "I prefer to pick up a pen because tonight I am Charlie."

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Caption 8 [en]: That their talent and their courage don't just live in our memories
Caption 8 [fr]: Que leur talent et leur courage ne vivent pas que dans nos mémoires

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TV8 Mont Blanc - Vide-greniers à Scionzier

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

A group of high school friends from the Haute-Savoie town of Scionzier are trying to stop the destruction of a small farm building they discovered and restored. One of their efforts is the organization of a community yard sale for the town.

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Caption 25 [en]: Uh... it's a good experience to live, I think. It taught us lots of things
Caption 25 [fr]: Euh... c'est une bonne expérience à vivre, je pense. Ça nous a appris plein de choses

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L'auteur - Bernard Colin

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Bernard Colin, an author and publisher, shows us two books from his publishing house, Rebelyne Press: a work of autofiction that takes place in the 1970s and a collection of humorous short stories.

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Caption 12 [en]: in the era when you could live without restrictions.
Caption 12 [fr]: à l'époque où l'on pouvait vivre sans interdiction.

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B-Girl Frak - La Danse

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lucile, aka “B-Girl Frak,” has been dancing most of her life. But it wasn’t until she discovered hip-hop that she realized what dancing as an art form really meant to her.

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Caption 19 [en]: And that's what I live for, it's... Today I'm a professional dancer,
Caption 19 [fr]: Et c'est ce qui me fait vivre, c'est... Moi aujourd'hui je suis danseuse professionnelle,

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Canal 32 - Mesnil-Saint-Loup : moines artisans

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nowadays, even monks need to make a living. These five pious men, from the parish of Mesnil-Saint-Loup, make theirs by selling beautiful handmade pottery and ceramics for anywhere between five and two-hundred euros. They even maintain a website.

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Caption 1 [en]: At the foot of the church of Mesnil-Saint-Loup live five monks.
Caption 1 [fr]: Au pied de l'église de Mesnil-Saint-Loup résident cinq moines.

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