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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 9. Galilée - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Episode nine of this series focuses on Galileo, a prolific inventor and scientist. He discovered the principle of the simple pendulum motion, very useful in the measure of time and later in the making of clocks.

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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 9. Galilée - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this video, a young Galileo gets one of his first revolutionary ideas on how to measure time. Pretty impressive for a fourteen-year-old, huh?

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Le Monde - SUV à Paris: faut-il en finir avec les grosses voitures? - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the last thirty years, cars have become heavier and larger. This alarming trend has been addressed by European authorities, who have imposed new measures to curb pollution. But are these measures actually working?

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Caption 117 [fr]: La logique de cette mesure
Caption 117 [en]: The logic of this measure

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Le Monde - Incendies : peut-on empêcher les feux de forêt ? - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

France has made it mandatory to train more firefighters to deal with the increase in forest fires caused by climate change. Unfortunately, they're already overworked and understaffed.

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Caption 14 [fr]: adoptée en première lecture à l'Assemblée nationale
Caption 14 [en]: that passed its first reading in the National Assembly

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TV8 Mont Blanc - Découverte d'une piscine écologique aux Echelles

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In an effort to promote ecotourism, the town of Echelles has constructed one of the largest natural bathing areas in France. Its filtration system is 100% natural, powered by thousands of plant seedlings.

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Caption 29 [en]: and to ensure good water quality, we have to limit the number of bathers.
Caption 29 [fr]: et pour garantir une bonne qualité de l'eau, on est obligé de limiter le nombre de baigneurs.

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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 9. Galilée - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In part four of this episode on "The Discoverers," Galileo, now a reputable scholar at the University of Padua, proceeds to make a telescope out of lenses with the help of his instrument maker, Marc'Antonio. In this cartoon, an attempt is made to explain Galileo's discoveries.

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Caption 2 [en]: which will enable us to measure the acceleration of time.
Caption 2 [fr]: ce qui permettra de mesurer l'accélération du temps.

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Salon Eco Habitat - Boisdicy, l'isolation écologique

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this video, a representative at an ecology trade show presents some innovative building materials that are eco-friendly and will allow you to save some money on your energy bills. These materials are made out of gypsum cellulose and are used for insulation.

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Caption 14 [fr]: Si on prend une mesure de température, euh... par exemple à dix heures du soir,
Caption 14 [en]: If we take a temperature reading, uh... for example, at ten o'clock in the evening,

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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 9. Galilée - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Maestro explains how the revolutionary ideas of the early discoverers, which we now take for granted, were not always well received. Before Galileo, for example, everyone believed that the sun and all the other planets revolved around the earth!

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Caption 8 [en]: They sought to measure time that gives the hour
Caption 8 [fr]: Ils ont cherché à mesurer le temps qui donne l'heure

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Alsace 20 - Grand sapin de Strasbourg: tout un art pour le décorer!

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

It takes a lot to decorate the 31-meter high Christmas tree on Strasbourg's Place Kléber: ten technicians, two bucket lifts, 75 thousand lights. Luckily, the operation is being managed by Antoinette Pfimlin, who has 20 years of experience decorating giant trees in a hard hat.

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Caption 32 [fr]: Chaque élément de décor mesure entre un mètre et un mètre cinquante.
Caption 32 [en]: Each element of decor measures between one meter and one meter fifty [centimeters].

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JT - Douane: vigilance sur terre, en mer et dans les airs

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

French customs coast guards don't miss much, whether it's a freighter carrying drug traffickers or just a casual sailboat. But their main goal is to keep their country's waters pollution-free.

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Caption 15 [en]: At sea or in the air, the customs coast guards ensure a permanent presence,
Caption 15 [fr]: En mer ou dans les airs, les douaniers garde-côtes assurent une présence permanente,

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Le Journal - Marée verte en Bretagne

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Excessive algae blooms are causing what is known as “green tides” off the coast of Brittany, affecting ten percent of its coastline. Agriculture is the culprit, due to its extensive use of fertilizers and production of animal wastes, both of which make their way to the ocean and feed the algae.

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Caption 9 [fr]: On les mesure régulièrement; on sait que les algues vertes, en fait, passent la saison
Caption 9 [en]: We measure them regularly; we know that the green algae actually spend the season

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