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Alphabétisation - des filles au Sénégal

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The actress Aïssa Maïga talks about her work for UNESCO, which has partnered with Always to promote literacy among women and girls in Senegal and other countries.

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Thomas - Thomas et sa maison

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Thomas is enjoying a new challenge: building his own home. He is making good progress after several months of work on his new project.

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Vauréal - Coryn Wolk, Vitraux

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Coryn Wolk makes exquisite creations out of stained glass. She uses several techniques, such as the lead and Tiffany methods, as well as oven fusion.

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Télésonne - Micro-trottoir : Les revendications des femmes

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Dans cette vidéo "micro-trottoir" les femmes sont interviewées dans la rue pour parler de leur revendications. En général, ces femmes réclament plus d’égalité entre hommes et femmes. Écoutez ce qu'elles ont à dire et jugez vous-même!

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Les Nubians - Présentation

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Meet Les Nubians, two singer-songwriter sisters who grew up in both Paris and Chad and whose music has been nominated for several awards, including a Grammy (and not just in the World Music category, thank you very much). We know we’re big fans!

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Pep's - Réparation de parapluies

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Thierry Millet is an umbrella repairer in Paris, and one of last remaining ones in France. He shares his wealth of knowledge and some interesting umbrella facts. Did you know that the first umbrella dates from 6500 B.C.?

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Caption 56 [en]: you can count several hundred million years
Caption 56 [fr]: vous comptez plusieurs centaines de millions d'années

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SongJa Flûtes - Spécialiste de la flûte traversière

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Sophie-SongJa Lévy takes us into her music workshop, SongJa Flûtes. She is a transverse flute (concert flute) specialist who will show you the different parts of the instrument and teach you a few technical terms.

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Caption 30 [en]: are general adjustments,
Caption 30 [fr]: sont des réglages générals [sic: généraux]

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François - Livres conseillés

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

François selected three books to show us that are suitable for teens, adults, and French-language learners alike: Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, La petite-fille de Monsieur Linh by Philippe Claudel, and Les Demeurées by Jeanne Benameur.

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Caption 14 [en]: but there, Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt did several of them on those themes.
Caption 14 [fr]: mais voilà, Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt en a fait plusieurs sur ces thèmes-là.

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Lionel L - Jacques Guillaume

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Meet Jacques Guillaume, electric razor repairman extraordinaire. He's been fixing razors since 1962 in his tiny Paris workshop, and quite successfully at that. He's had many famous customers over the years, from interim president Alain Poher to actor Eddie Constantine.

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Caption 33 [en]: who was on several occasions interim president,
Caption 33 [fr]: qui fut à plusieurs reprises intérim,

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Lionel L - Le Canard enchaîné

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

According to Lionel, we hear far too much about Charlie Hebdo and not enough about Le Canard Enchaîné, which is about to celebrate its centenary in 2016. This quality satirical newspaper is in a similar vein to Charlie Hebdo. Both papers even shared the same cartoonist, Cabu, who sadly did not survive the January attack on Charlie Hebdo. Le Canard Enchaîné was no stranger to extremist threats either.

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Caption 2 [en]: that saw several journalists and members of the Charlie Hebdo newspaper
Caption 2 [fr]: qui a vu quelques journalistes et des membres du journal Charlie Hebdo

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Watt’s In - Indila : Dernière Danse Interview Exlu

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Indila, a French singer whose first single "Dernière Danse" (Last Dance) topped the chart in 2013, talks about her debut as a singer. She felt more comfortable as a writer and composer of melodies and only recently started singing onstage.

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Caption 18 [en]: it's true that... so I've... I've worn several hats;
Caption 18 [fr]: il est vrai que... donc j'ai... j'ai eu plusieurs casquettes;

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Ultimate frisbee - KYM, le tournoi - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The town of Sélestat hosts an ultimate frisbee tournament called the "Keep Your Mustache Tournament" (prizes include "Spirit of the Game" and "Handsomest Mustache"). It's also a good excuse for a party, where ladies can wear fake mustaches and join in the fun if they wish!

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Caption 30 [en]: There are several things to win in a tournament.
Caption 30 [fr]: Y a plusieurs choses à gagner dans un tournoi.

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B-Girl Frak - La "B-Girl Frak"

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lucile talks about how her incredible flexibility and break-dancing skills led to her being known as “B-Girl Frak.” Find out what your true hip-hop name is here.

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Caption 27 [fr]: Et c'est en général pas un nom que tu choisis. C'est un nom que l'on te donne.
Caption 27 [en]: And it's generally not a name that you pick. It's a name that's given to you.

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