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Professeur Joseph Melone - L'origine du mot France

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

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Professor Joseph Melone explains to us how countries got their name. He shares some very interesting insights on the origin of the name "France," coming from the word franc.

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Le Figaro - Les cinq scènes historiquement fausses du «Napoléon» de Ridley Scott - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

France

In part 2 of this review of Ridley Scott's Napoleon, we learn why Napoleon really left the island of Elba and how he dealt with the death of his wife Josephine.

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Caption 35 [en]: We really like the images of the Egyptian campaign,
Caption 35 [fr]: On aime beaucoup les images de la campagne d'Égypte,

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Le Figaro - Les cinq scènes historiquement fausses du «Napoléon» de Ridley Scott - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Director Ridley Scott's recently released movie Napoleon was never intended to be historically accurate. Find out where the movie departs from the facts.

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Caption 39 [en]: where General Bonaparte leads a military campaign
Caption 39 [fr]: où le général Bonaparte mène une campagne militaire

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Le Monde - Comment la Marche des Beurs a révélé la crise des banlieues - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In 1983, the murder of an Algerian immigrant on a train galvanized a massive anti-racism protest that led to significant government reforms. But racism remains a serious problem in France to this day.

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Caption 39 [en]: This was incidentally a campaign promise
Caption 39 [fr]: C'était d'ailleurs une promesse de campagne

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Télévision Bretagne Ouest - Abbaye du Relec : Immersion dans un potager du Moyen Âge

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Have you ever eaten an orache or a cardoon? Though popular in the Middle Ages, these vegetables are rarely harvested nowadays. But you'll find them in the garden of the Abbaye du Relec (Relec Abbey) in Brittany, which contains vegetables from many different time periods and countries.

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Caption 53 [en]: the... new ones... We see small zucchinis that are coming out.
Caption 53 [fr]: les... arrivées... On voit des petites courgettes qui arrivent.

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De nouvelles découvertes avec Marion - Le canal Saint-Martin

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Marion takes us along Paris's Canal Saint Martin, which is part of a waterway network that measures one hundred thirty kilometers long. In their heyday, the Parisian canals were the main means of transportation of goods and materials, and even drinking water! Nowadays, historic buildings, restaurants, and concert halls are the main attractions along the canals.

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Caption 26 [en]: causing a drop in traffic on the Parisian canals
Caption 26 [fr]: causant une chute du trafic des canaux parisiens

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Le Journal - Saint-Exupéry - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

A Lockheed P-38 Lightning, last piloted by noted writer Saint-Exupéry, who presumably went down with it on July 31, 1944, has been found and identified off the coast of Marseille. This gives credence to a local fisherman who, six years ago, claimed to have netted the author’s ID bracelet.

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Caption 9 [en]: They tease me, calling me "little bouillabaisse fisherman," "little sardine fisherman,"
Caption 9 [fr]: On me traite de petit pêcheur de bouillabaisse, de petit pêcheur de sardines,

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