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

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Dans ce dernier épisode sur Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, vous découvrirez le musée national de la batellerie avec de nombreuses maquettes de bateaux. Assez surprenant aussi, la péniche chapelle "Je Sers" et l’Île aux cormorans qui se trouve au confluent de la Seine et de l'Oise.

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

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Dans la deuxième partie du poème de Victor Hugo, Nelly nous expliques les aspects autobiographiques du poème et la souffrance personnelle du poète qui a perdu sa fille Léopoldine qui s'est noyée dans la Seine à l'âge de 19 ans.

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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 85 [fr]: Elle s'est noyée dans la Seine.
Caption 85 [en]: She drowned in the Seine.

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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 27 [fr]: Alors ce qui est intéressant c'est que nous sommes à deux pas de la Seine,
Caption 27 [en]: So what is interesting is that we're two steps [a step away] from the Seine,

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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 4 [fr]: La ville au confluent de l'Oise et de la Seine
Caption 4 [en]: The city at the confluence of the Oise and the Seine [rivers]

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Mathilde - La Comédie-Française

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Right in the heart of Paris, the Comédie-Française is a major institution. It's a theater where the famous playwright Molière performed his plays over three centuries ago. To this day, the Comédie-Française still captures the imagination of French people.

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Caption 18 [fr]: qui est Rive Gauche de l'autre côté de la Seine,
Caption 18 [en]: which is on the Left Bank on the other side of the Seine,

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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 5 [fr]: et ici nous sommes au confluent de deux fleuves: la Seine et l'Oise.
Caption 5 [en]: and here we are at the confluence of two rivers: the Seine and the Oise.

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Le saviez-vous? - Le romantisme français

Difficulty: Beginner

France

It's been said that Paris is the most romantic city in the world. In this video, you will discover the origin of the word "romantic" and learn about the romanticism movement, which originated not from France as one might expect, but from England and Germany and later took hold in France.

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Caption 44 [fr]: Et on peut aussi bien naviguer sur la Seine en bateau-mouche
Caption 44 [en]: And one can just as well sail over the Seine by "bateau-mouche" [tourist boat, literally "fly-boat"]

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Voyage en France - île de Chatou

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

A few kilometers from Paris, on Chatou Island (also known as Impressionists' Island), Daniel Benchimol has a nice surprise for you.... Watch this video to find out what it is!

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Caption 35 [fr]: Autre option, si vous souhaitez découvrir la Seine, ce sont ces bateaux de croisière
Caption 35 [en]: Another option, if you wish to discover the Seine, are these cruise ships

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Musée du quai Branly - Quelques informations sur le musée

Difficulty: Beginner

France

The Quai Branly Museum in Paris is devoted to the indigenous art of Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. The building is surrounded by a massive plant wall and features a gorgeous anthropology library. Make sure to check it out during your next visit!

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Caption 4 [fr]: Ce musée est situé à quelques pas de la Seine et de la tour Eiffel.
Caption 4 [en]: This museum is located a few steps away from the Seine and from the Eiffel Tower.

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