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Le saviez-vous? - Paris, capitale de France

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Dans cette épisode "Le saviez-vous"? nous découvrons l'histoire de la capitale. En effet, Paris ne s'est pas faite en un jour, comme l'expression nous l'indique. Il a fallu des siècles pour en faire la capitale non seulement administrative mais culturelle de la France. En fait, Paris se fait tous les jours et écrit encore son histoire.

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Lionel - La maison de Jeanne d'Arc - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this tour of Joan of Arc's childhood home in Domrémy, you'll get to see the room where the iconic figure was born.

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Caption 15 [fr]: où je crois Jeanne d'Arc a vu le jour.
Caption 15 [en]: where I believe Joan of Arc was born.

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Voyage en France - Nogent-sur-Marne - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In addition to housing the second largest port in the Paris region, Nogent-sur-Marne also includes a promenade dedicated to the "accordion queen" Yvette Horner and a square named after the famous Corsican singer Tino Rossi. The latter is located on the Marne River's "Île de Beauté" (Island of Beauty), which is also a nickname for Corsica.

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Caption 22 [fr]: eh bien ce n'est plus tout à fait le cas car elle a été comblée.
Caption 22 [en]: well, that's no longer exactly the case because it was filled in.

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Mathilde - Le métro parisien

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Parisians can thank Fulgence Bienvenüe for their metro system, which is so efficient that many people use the names of the metro stations in favor of street names when giving directions. Some of the most interesting stations are Bir-Hakeim, overlooking the Eiffel Tower, and Arts et Métiers, with its old-fashioned industrial design. Some metro stations are a destination in themselves!

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Caption 22 [fr]: Le métro à Paris a vu le jour au début du vingtième siècle grâce à un homme
Caption 22 [en]: The metro in Paris saw the [light of] day at the beginning of the twentieth century thanks to one man

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Le Monde - Pourquoi Molière est devenu aussi célèbre - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

How did Molière become so successful? The French playwright, whose plays are still being performed today, did not just rely on his talent as a writer—he knew how to drum up publicity for himself as well.

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Caption 63 [fr]: Grâce à tout ça,« Les Précieuses ridicules » font le buzz.
Caption 63 [en]: Thanks to all this, "The Absurd Précieuses" creates a buzz.

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Voyage en France - Rambouillet - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this last video on Rambouillet, Daniel shows us around the beautiful and enchanting Espace Rambouillet nature preserve, a large forest filled with deer, birds of prey, and other free-roaming animals. It's a perfect spot for nature lovers and animal lovers alike!

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Caption 34 [fr]: Dans la Forêt des aigles, il y a cet endroit où plusieurs fois par jour
Caption 34 [en]: In the Eagle Forest, there is this place, where several times a day

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Le Journal - Le mur de Berlin s'écroule

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

On the 9th of November, 1989, the wall that divided the German city of Berlin began to fall along with the East German state that built it. Claudia Rusch, a young Francophile, was one of the first to scramble over what remained of the divide, meeting up with a French friend on the western side. She’s recently recounted her story in a book, which is a best-seller in her native Germany.

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Caption 13 [fr]: Tout le monde est venu ici, et c'était la folie.
Caption 13 [en]: Everyone came here, and it was a madhouse.

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Lionel - Vaucouleurs - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nathalie explains how Joan of Arc's persistence paid off. She passed through the France Gate in Vaucouleurs to meet her destiny defending her country.

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Caption 44 [fr]: Et donc, effectivement, tout ça, elle va le trouver ici.
Caption 44 [en]: And so, indeed, she's going to find all that here.

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Voyage en France - Poissy - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Don't miss this rendezvous with Daniel Benchimol in the town of Poissy near Paris. Enjoy a visit to a twelfth-century Romanesque church called the Collégiale de Poissy. You can also visit its priory, which now houses a toy museum to the delight of the little ones.

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Caption 28 [fr]: À l'époque, le Prieuré Royal pouvait accueillir
Caption 28 [en]: At the time, the Royal Priory could house

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Le Monde - Comment Napoléon a conquis (et perdu) l’Europe - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

At its peak, under Napoleon, the French territory was three times as large as it is today thanks to the emperor's very successful military campaigns. What was his secret?

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Caption 32 [fr]: à toute allure par le nord.
Caption 32 [en]: at full speed through the north.

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Il était une fois: les Explorateurs - 15. Bruce et les sources du Nil - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

After curing the queen mother's grandchildren of smallpox, James Bruce meets with the Ethiopian emperor, Tekle Haymanot, to tell him of his plans to discover the source of the Nile. But he soon finds out that he'll have to demonstrate his warrior skills if he wants to reach Lake Tana.

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Caption 27 [fr]: Si vous me le permettez, demain au jour,
Caption 27 [en]: If you will allow me, at daybreak tomorrow,

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Il était une fois: les Explorateurs - 10. Amerigo Vespucci - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

It's back to the past, with the Once Upon a Time series. How did America get its name? Take a trip back to Renaissance Italy in this first episode of The Explorers to find out.

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Caption 39 [fr]: Tout le monde sait maintenant qu'on peut aller en Asie en contournant l'Afrique.
Caption 39 [en]: Everybody knows by now that we can get to Asia by going around Africa.

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Jamy Epicurieux - La drôle d'histoire des JO (Jeux Olympiques) - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Jamy will share some interesting and surprising facts about the history of the Olympic Games. Did you know that a Frenchman named Pierre de Coubertin started the modern Olympics in 1896?

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Caption 6 [fr]: et j'ai bien cru qu'ils ne verraient jamais le jour.
Caption 6 [en]: and I really thought that they'd never see the light of day.

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Voyage en France - Dourdan - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the last episode on the town of Dourdan, Daniel shows us the Abbaye de L'Ouÿe (literally, "Hearing Abbey"). Legend has it that King Louis VII commissioned it in honor of his friends and loved ones who heard his cries when he was lost in the forest one day.

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Caption 48 [fr]: un jour où il était perdu dans cette forêt.
Caption 48 [en]: one day when he was lost in this forest.

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Il était une fois: Notre Terre - 25. Technologies - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The home of the future includes a talking refrigerator that gives you chocolate bars for breakfast! Unfortunately, it also includes some pesky robots....

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Caption 11 [fr]: une promenade en ville ou que je vous communique la météo du jour!
Caption 11 [en]: a walk in town or that I communicate today's weather forecast to you!

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