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Le Journal - Contrôle des prix alimentaires - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The second video on rising food prices in France takes a look at dairy products, in particular yogurt, which has been especially affected by this general trend of skyrocketing prices. So who is responsible? The milk producers? The product manufacturers? The supermarkets?

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Sophie et Patrice - Les viennoiseries parisiennes

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Sophie and Patrice sample some delicious pastries for breakfast: pain au chocolat, chausson aux pommes, pain au lait, and more. Warning: this video may give you some serious cravings!

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Caption 50 [fr]: En général, c'est des mini-viennoiseries.
Caption 50 [en]: In general, it's mini-pastries.

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France 3 - Les conséquences de la crise du beurre

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Faced with a butter shortage in France, this bakery is among the few that are choosing to wait in hopes that the price of butter will drop. Apparently, customers are too fond of the bakery's delicious pastries to let a price increase deter them. After all, pastries are one of life's essentials in France...

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Caption 3 [en]: Each day, Jean-Michel Thomassin produces several hundreds of them.
Caption 3 [fr]: Chaque jour, Jean-Michel Thomassin en produit plusieurs centaines.

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Lionel - L'usine de madeleines de Liverdun - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel meets with Steven, who works in the madeleine factory. Without giving away too much of the secret family recipe, he shows us how these delicious specialties are made. The first step is to crack over three liters of eggs!

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Caption 7 [en]: the commercial side with Jean-Claude several days ago.
Caption 7 [fr]: la partie commerciale avec Jean-Claude il y a quelques jours.

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Lionel - La boutique de madeleines de Liverdun - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Meet Jean-Claude and Rachelle, who own a specialty store full of delicious goodies. They talk to Lionel about the madeleine, a specialty of the Lorraine region that was supposedly invented by a cook named (you guessed it!) Madeleine.

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Caption 56 [en]: And we have several packagings,
Caption 56 [fr]: Et on a plusieurs conditionnements,

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France 24 - Réchauffement climatique : un danger pour le vin français - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

How will climate change affect wine growing in France? Is the French wine reputation at stake? What can be done about it? Find out in this extensive news report.

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Caption 52 [fr]: on modifie un petit peu l'assemblage général de...
Caption 52 [en]: we modify a little bit the general workings of...

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Alsace 20 - Mangez bien, mangez alsacien!

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Armande has turned an old farm near Strasbourg into a mouth-watering country store complete with live rabbits and ducks. According to Armande, it’s also one of the few places to get food in her village, so chances are business is booming!

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Caption 26 [en]: who has avoided mass produced goods for several years.
Caption 26 [fr]: elle qui évite la grande distribution depuis plusieurs années.

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Le Journal - Les vignobles

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Two women – one French, one American – speak of their new careers as vineyard owners. With the increasing popularity of New World wines, land in the Bordeaux region of France is becoming cheaper.

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Caption 29 [en]: but even so, for a few hectares, expect to pay several hundred thousand euros.
Caption 29 [fr]: mais pour quelques hectares, comptez tout de même plusieurs centaines de milliers d'euros.

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Le Journal - Champagne

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

What’s in a name? Quite a lot, as it turns out! Thanks to changes in what land is covered by the Champagne Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée (or AOC, the French method of labeling foods and wines according to region), some farmers will soon be able to start cultivating official champagne. But not everyone is a winner—some farmers will lose this prestigious appellation.

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Caption 1 [en]: On this land, grapes should be replacing beets several years from now.
Caption 1 [fr]: Sur cette terre, le raisin devrait dans quelques années remplacer la betterave.

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