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Lionel - Marsal - Part 13

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nous terminons notre visite du Musée du sel à Marsal où nous allons encore découvrir quelques trésors, dont une pierre collossalle pour célébrer le passage d'un empereur romain à Marsal au premier siècle après Jésus Christ. Et Lionel a quelques blagues salées à partager...

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Français avec Nelly - Learning French with Literature: "The Stranger" by Albert Camus - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly lit un autre passage du roman l'Étranger d'Albert Camus. Elle va aussi vous donner quelques explications.

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Voyage en France - Poissy - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol nous fait visiter la ville de Poissy qui se trouve non loin de Paris, environ vingt kilomètres. Vous découvrirez l'ancien emplacement des Halles, la porte de Paris qui contrôlait le passage des marchandises et les ruines d'un ancien pont ainsi qu'un joli petit parc.

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Le saviez-vous? - La poésie française: Baudelaire - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Patricia récite un poème de Baudelaire intitulé "L'horloge." Baudelaire aime méditer sur le passage du temps et "chaque instant" qui nous "dévore un morceau du délice..." J'espère que vous allez apprécier ce poème!

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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 3

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada

The situation of the French language in Quebec is controversial and complex. Montreal was an English-speaking city until 1920, and it wasn't until the passage of Law 101 in 1977 that French became the official language of Quebec. According to some of the interviewees in this video, Québécois French is in a precarious position once again, with municipal signage and corporate names in Montreal reverting to English, as well as shopkeepers who refuse to speak French.

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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 28 [fr]: d'un passage du texte.
Caption 28 [en]: of a passage from the text.

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Lionel - Marsal - Part 12

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Michel guides us back to the time of Louis XIV, who took the town of Marsal in 1663. Find out why.

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Caption 21 [fr]: Et il lui faut un passage pour aller vers [l'est]...
Caption 21 [en]: And he needs a passageway to go toward [the east]...

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Amal et Caroline - La Pyramide du Louvre

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Amal and Caroline are sitting in front the Louvre Museum and its famous glass pyramid. Once controversial, the pyramid is now considered one of the museum's finest works of art.

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Caption 81 [fr]: qui soient... à la hauteur de... de... de ce lieu de passage qui est énorme.
Caption 81 [en]: that were... fitting... for... for this bustling place, which is enormous.

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Lea - Bercy

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this video, Lea takes us to the Parc de Bercy with its large stadium and interesting surroundings. This new renovated neighborhood now offers numerous concerts and cultural events. You might even be able to see Katy Perry there in 2018!

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Caption 53 [fr]: si vous avez envie, si vous êtes de passage sur Paris.
Caption 53 [en]: if you want, if you are passing through Paris.

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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 48 [fr]: Alors si vous êtes de passage dans le quartier,
Caption 48 [en]: So if you're passing through the neighborhood,

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Voyage en France - Compiègne - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the third installment of Daniel's tour of Compiègne, he shows us the magnificent Saint Jacques Church, which happens to be a stop along the Way of St. James. He also takes us to some former salt warehouses and to a beautiful garden surrounded by medieval walls.

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Caption 12 [fr]: Rue des Lombards, un petit passage, une indication pizza-stromboli.
Caption 12 [en]: On Rue des Lombards, a small passageway, a pizza-stromboli sign.

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Voyage dans Paris - Le 10ème Arrondissement - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol concludes his tour of Paris's tenth arrondissement by taking us through the "Nouvelle Athènes" (New Athens) neighborhood, home of some of the great figures of nineteenth-century romanticism. The tenth is also home to the smallest house in Paris, at less than five meters (sixteen feet) high!

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Caption 7 [fr]: au numéro cinq bis du passage de l'Agent Bailly.
Caption 7 [en]: at number five "bis" [numbering akin to 5A] of the "Passage de l'Agent Bailly" [Agent Bailly Passage].

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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada

In the first episode of this documentary on Quebec, a young Frenchman shares his impressions on Canada. As the interviewees in the film demonstrate, the Quebecois have conflicting attitudes toward the French—some see them as "snobs," while others see them as just "polite."

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Caption 55 [fr]: Vous êtes de passage. Il faut absolument que vous alliez au Saguenay.
Caption 55 [en]: You are visiting. You absolutely must go to Saguenay.

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Grand Lille TV - Un piano dans le métro!

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Lille Piano Festival is taking place in a subway station, where pianists bring music to the train commuters for their enjoyment and perhaps a gentle introduction to jazz and classical music.

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Caption 8 [fr]: C'est amusant parce qu'il y a du passage, donc c'est une accroche qui est un peu...
Caption 8 [en]: It's enjoyable because there is traffic, so it's an attention-getter that is a bit...

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TV8 Mont Blanc - Le Parc archéologique des Lozes à Aussois

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In an archaeological park in Aussois, you can find some fascinating, mysterious rock engravings dating from sometime between the Neolithic Period and the Iron Age. Do the "armed dances" carved in the rocks represent a battle or a ritual? The tour guide in this video speculates on their possible meanings.

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Caption 12 [fr]: elles témoignent d'une occupation humaine liée aux voies de passage vers l'Italie
Caption 12 [en]: they testify to a human occupation connected to the passageways toward Italy

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