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Uderzo et Goscinny - 1968

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Pour commémorer la mort du célèbre Uderzo, co-créateur d'Astérix. Dans un vieil interview, Uderzo and Goscinny expliquent comment la bande dessinée Astérix est née. Il paraît qu'Astérix était bien plus grand au début et qu'il a été réduit de moitié.

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Watt’s In - Zaz : On Ira Interview Exclu

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In her interview with "Watt's In," Zaz talks about her debut in the music industry and her very first concert in Germany. She expresses her genuine surprise concerning the recent success of her hit songs "Je veux" (I Want) and "On ira" (We'll Go) and is learning to deal with the demands and expectations of her fans.

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Lionel - En studio d'enregistrement - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Lionel introduces us to Norbert, a former mailman who always had an interest in music and, after retiring, finally got to pursue his passion by setting up his own recording studio.

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Caption 57 [fr]: nous sommes début décembre.
Caption 57 [en]: we are in early December.

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Micro-Trottoirs - Sacrée France Gall

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Following the recent passing of French singer France Gall, people share their reactions and thoughts about her songs and her life. She belonged to an older generation, but young people also enjoyed her songs.

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Caption 17 [fr]: C'était absolument pas du tout ma tasse de thé depuis le début.
Caption 17 [en]: It was absolutely not my cup of tea at all from the beginning.

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Micro-Trottoirs - Macron, fais pas l'autruche !

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

After one year in power, President Macron has lost some of his popularity. Opinions are divided as to his performance, but most agree that he is a very shrewd ruler, for better or worse.

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Caption 72 [fr]: [Je] crois qu'il a la stratégie qui consiste à aller très, très vite au début de son mandat
Caption 72 [en]: [I] think he has the strategy that consists in going very, very fast at the beginning of his term

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Lionel - Le club de foot de Nancy - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Lionel takes us to a highly regarded soccer club where the shadow of certain famous soccer players like Rouyer and Platini still hangs. The Nancy-Lorraine Soccer Club grooms high school boys into professional soccer players, endeavoring to strike a balance between academic and sporting achievements.

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Caption 43 [fr]: et en début de semaine, les après-midi aussi.
Caption 43 [en]: and early in the week, afternoons also.

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Le Figaro - Elle a banni le sucre pendant un an - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Danièle Gerkens, a journalist working for Elle magazine, decided to eliminate sugar from her diet for a year. She related her experience in her book Zéro Sucre, explaining that sugar is indeed an addiction, similar to a drug addiction. Are you ready to give up your sweet tooth?

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Caption 82 [fr]: Alors au début, d'abord c'est l'horreur.
Caption 82 [en]: So in the beginning, at first, it's a nightmare.

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Watt’s In - Maître Gims : J'me Tire Interview Exclu

Difficulty: Advanced

France

The twenty-seven-year-old rapper Maître Gims talks about a change of direction in his career path. He decided to leave his rap group Sexion d'Assaut to sing solo for a while. He assures us that it's an amicable agreement and that he is looking forward to spreading his wings.

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Caption 104 [fr]: Pour le public de base, pour le début, pour, euh... c'était vraiment une coutume,
Caption 104 [en]: For the fan base, for the beginning, for, uh... it was really a tradition,

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Télévision Bretagne Ouest - Les 20ans du festival Astropolis: Interview de Manu Le Malin

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Hardcore techno musician Manu le Malin [Wild Manu] is one of the oldest regulars at the Astropolis Festival in Brittany, which just celebrated its twenty-year anniversary. Its attendance has swelled from two thousand to ten thousand participants, but the rave-like spirit of the festival remains the same, and it keeps drawing big crowds every year.

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Caption 6 [fr]: Et euh... c'est... ouais, c'est sentimental. Au début c'était, euh... oui...
Caption 6 [en]: And uh... it's... yeah, it's sentimental. In the beginning it was, uh... yes...

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Watt’s In - Stromae : Papaoutai Interview Exclu - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Belgium

Singer-songwriter Stromae walks us through his personal creative process and the many choices he has to make to create his beautiful songs, such as the one you will hear in the background called "Papaoutai" (Dad, Where Are You?). Knowing what goes into the complex process of making music only deepens our appreciation of his work.

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Caption 26 [fr]: et donc tu fais des mauvais calculs au... dans la... au début de la reprise.
Caption 26 [en]: and so you make bad decisions at... in the... at the start of picking it up again.

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Watt’s In - Corneille: Les Sommets de nos Vies Interview Exclu

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada, France

Corneille reflects on his fifteen-year career as a hip hop variety singer. Born in Germany but raised in Rwanda and now residing in Canada, Corneille absorbed various musical influences, which resulted in an eclectic and interesting mix of genres that he will explain in this video. You will also hear short music clips, one of which is from his latest album Entre nord et sud [Between North and South].

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Caption 48 [fr]: Moi, moi je pense, je dis toujours je suis encore au début de ma carrière.
Caption 48 [en]: Me, I think, I always say that I am still at the beginning of my career.

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Actus Quartier - Fête de quartier Python-Duvernois - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France, Morocco, West Africa

In this next installment of Télé Bocal's coverage of the Python-Duvernois block party, we hear from a group of kids who've made a courageous trip down an enormous slide, and from a municipal advisor who shares with us her inspiring message of solidarity.

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Caption 21 [fr]: Est-ce que ça fait peur? -Au début, quand tu vois... quand ça c'est en haut...
Caption 21 [en]: Is it scary? -At first, when you see... when that's at the top...

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Rosalinde - S'aimer et aimer l'autre

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Let's talk about love! People share their insights on what love really is. Is it infatuation, self-sacrifice, an adventure, or a journey?

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Caption 47 [fr]: comme ça allait au début, quoi,
Caption 47 [en]: like it was in the beginning, you know,

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Sports Shop - La mécanique d'un vélo

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

Need a tutorial on how to fix up a bike? Master mechanic Yassin from D’un sport à l’autre shows us just where to put the wrench.

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Caption 4 [fr]: Et puis ça fait au moins depuis le début, euh...
Caption 4 [en]: And it's been at least since the beginning, uh...

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Hugo Bonneville - Gagner sa vie

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

Hugo Bonneville talks about the relationship between music and money, the success of his first album, and offers us all the sound advice to take a good long look at ourselves.

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Caption 16 [fr]: J'ai vendu plusieurs milliers de disques par moi-même depuis le début de ma carrière, euh...
Caption 16 [en]: I have been able to sell several thousand records on my own since the beginning of my career, uh...

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