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Souleymane et Maxence - Les vagues

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France, Martinique

Come to Cocoa Beach to surf great waves and enjoy the white sandy beaches of Martinique. Souleymane and Maxence can't believe how lucky they are to live in such an idyllic spot.

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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? - Le duo d'artistes contemporains "We Are the Painters"

Difficulty: Advanced

France

We Are The Painters is a duo of artists, Nicolas Beaumelle and Aurélien Porte, who rework classical subjects such as landscapes and the Madonna in their experimental approach to painting. Their recent exhibit in Nice was spread over three locations.

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Caption 52 [en]: from school and who live in Paris...
Caption 52 [fr]: de l'école et qui vivent à Paris...

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Le saviez-vous? - Henri Matisse et le Vieux Nice

Difficulty: Beginner

France

The artist Henri Matisse lived in a beautiful building, the Palais Caïs de Pierlas, in the Old Nice neighborhood. He captured the neighborhood's colorful atmosphere in many of his paintings.

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Caption 41 [en]: People live there a bit like people used to live there in the olden days.
Caption 41 [fr]: On y vit un peu comme on y vivait jadis.

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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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Patrice Zana - L'artiste et ses inspirations - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Patrice Zana's Dada-inspired artwork relies heavily on wordplay. In this video he discusses his pieces Caisse à dire ("Talking Box," a pun on qu'est-ce à dire [what does it mean]), Boîte à choses sûres ("Box of Sure Things," a pun on boîte à chaussures [shoe box]), and more.

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Caption 2 [en]: I live in Paris.
Caption 2 [fr]: Je vis à Paris.

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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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Le saviez-vous? - La Cigale et la fourmi - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Patricia recites one of Jean de La Fontaine's most famous fables, "La Cigale et la Fourmi" (The Cicada and the Ant). After spending the entire summer singing instead of storing food, the cicada is starving come winter. She hopes her neighbor the ant can help her....

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Caption 33 [en]: A few grains to live on
Caption 33 [fr]: Quelques grains pour subsister

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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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