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Le Monde - SUV à Paris: faut-il en finir avec les grosses voitures? - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

The 2009 transport regulations failed to achieve their objectives. Large vehicles are still popular and polluting the atmosphere. Learn more about the cause of this failure and what can be done about it.

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Caption 57 [fr]: pourraient bien nous compliquer la tâche.
Caption 57 [en]: could very well complicate the task for us.

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Sophie et Patrice - Terrasse

Difficulty: Advanced

France Parisian

Patrice et Sophie enjoy their small balcony. Even though they live in Paris, they have their little haven of peace where they can grow plants and even small trees, and it's also a great place to sit outside to relax.

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Caption 26 [fr]: J'aime bien. -C'est marrant comme ça tombe. -Ça tombe en... en guirlandes.
Caption 26 [en]: I like it. -It's funny how it falls. -It falls in... in garlands [it drapes down].

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Le Monde - Sauver les animaux sauvages ? C'est la mission de cette clinique - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In part two of this video on wildlife rescue, you will watch birds being released back into the wild, a cause for celebration among locals and an opportunity for the public to be educated about protecting these animals.

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Caption 50 [fr]: Mais elle... Mais y a bien du monde.
Caption 50 [en]: But she... But there are a lot of people.

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Sophie et Patrice - COP28

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In this very interesting video, Patrice and Sophie talk about the problems and resolutions discussed during the COP28 climate conference. Sophie notes that participating countries not only failed to reach their goals, but are actually going backwards.

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Caption 40 [fr]: ah oui, ce serait bien
Caption 40 [en]: oh yes, it would be nice

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Le Monde - Sauver les animaux sauvages ? C'est la mission de cette clinique - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

A wildlife hospital near Montpellier in the south of France treats injured birds and other animals. Unfortunately, a lot of those injuries are caused by human actions.

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Caption 25 [fr]: ou bien s'emmêlent
Caption 25 [en]: or else get tangled up

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Sophie et Patrice - La pollution

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Sophie and Patrice discuss the pollution problem in Paris. Although efforts have been made to keep cars out of the city center, there's still much to improve. Cars still clog the freeways outside Paris.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Ah, moi j'aime bien Paris,
Caption 1 [en]: Ah, I like Paris,

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Le Monde - Incendies : peut-on empêcher les feux de forêt ? - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In 2022, France experienced an unprecedented number of forest fires. This video explores whether we can really prevent them.

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Caption 74 [fr]: sur un territoire bien aménagé,
Caption 74 [en]: on a well-developed territory,

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David - Les animaux

Difficulty: Beginner

Martinique

In this video, David talks to us about the animals that are on the beautiful island of Martinique: hens, pelicans, frigate birds, and more.

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Caption 24 [fr]: les chiens que tout le monde affectionne bien aussi dans ce village.
Caption 24 [en]: the dogs that everyone is very fond of too in this village.

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France 24 - Incendies en Gironde

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

As a heatwave scorches Western Europe, some 38,500 people have been evacuated away from forest fires raging in France’s southwestern Gironde region. The firefighters are trying everything to prevent the fires from starting again.

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Caption 17 [fr]: mais c'est bien à l'intérieur
Caption 17 [en]: but it's actually inside

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Le Huffington Post - Canicule ou vague de chaleur, comment faire la différence ?

Difficulty: Advanced

France

In French there are two very similar expressions for extremely hot weather: une vague de chaleur (heatwave), and la canicule (oppressive heat). There are some technical differences between the two, as you will discover in this video.

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Caption 18 [fr]: Eh bien, parce que vos habitudes et votre rapport à la chaleur
Caption 18 [en]: Well, because your habits and your relationship to heat

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Nader Fakhry - Les tortues dans vos assiettes, c'est fini ! - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Côte d'Ivoire, France

The Ivory Coast government decided to create the country's first marine protected area in December 2020. The sea turtle population is starting to flourish now that they're no longer a food source for the locals, but a drawing card for tourists who come to watch them hatch.

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Caption 83 [fr]: Bonjour, est-ce que je suis bien à Tabaoulé?
Caption 83 [en]: Hello, am I in Tabaoulé?

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Nader Fakhry - À la recherche des derniers éléphants - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Côte d'Ivoire, France

Nader finally managed to find an elephant in Côte d'Ivoire, but not where he'd hoped. Along the way, he stopped at the "chimpanzee island," which sadly only has one inhabitant.

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Caption 36 [fr]: ça nous appartient à chacun. -Bien sûr.
Caption 36 [en]: it belongs to each of us. -Of course.

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Sophie et Patrice - La maison verte

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Sophie loves plants so much that she isn't averse to snipping a cutting or two from a public garden. Her interest in plants comes from her grandmother, who spent endless hours tending to her plants and even climbed trees at 95 years old!

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Caption 24 [fr]: plutôt que les choses qui sont... -Oui, trop bien... -Ouais.
Caption 24 [en]: rather than things that are... -Yes, too proper... -Yeah.

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Le Monde - Quelle est cette « Montagne d’or » qui fait polémique ?

Difficulty: Intermediate

France, French Guiana

French Guiana is currently debating a controversial topic: the Montagne d'Or (Gold Mountain), in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. The environmental impact is a major concern, and many people and organizations are opposing the project.

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Caption 28 [fr]: Eh bien il y a deux raisons essentielles.
Caption 28 [en]: Well, there are two main reasons.

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