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Télésonne - Micro-trottoir : Les revendications des femmes

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

When asked about their demands as French citizens, most of the women interviewed in this video call for more gender equality in the workplace and in everyday life. One of the women also stresses the importance of going beyond symbolic celebrations of women's rights (like International Women's Day) toward more concrete political activism.

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Alsace 20 - Femmes d'exception: Christine Ott

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Discover a unique instrument called the ondes Martenot, a precursor to the synthesizer named after its inventor, Maurice Martenot. This electronic piano-like instrument, once a musical sensation in the 1930's, quickly fell into disuse, but is experiencing a revival thanks to Christine Ott, a talented pianist who adopted this unusual instrument and has worked alongside such musical greats as Radiohead and Yann Tiersen.

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Manif du Mois - Sages-femmes en colère!

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Les sages-femmes sont en colère! C'est à leur tour de manifester. Tout en souriant, elles revendiquent de meilleures conditions de travail, notamment, une sage-femme par femme enceinte.

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Vauréal - Manon Saenko, En Mille Morceaux

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Un docteur pour les objets? Oui, c'est bien cela. Découvrez avec Yabla cette jeune femme qui restaure des objets pour le Conservatoire du Patrimoine.

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Nouveaux Talents? - Sarkozy au revoir!

Difficulty: Newbie

France

Écoutez cette petite ritournelle sur le Président Nicolas Sarkozy que chante cette jeune femme au cours de la manifestation à Paris des sans-papiers, sans-logement, sans-école.

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Vauréal - Denis Lagarde, coutelier - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

After thirty years as a graphic designer, Denis Lagarde decided to switch gears and work in the "completely crazy world" of artisan cutlery, fulfilling a childhood dream.

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Caption 45 [fr]: femme de ménage, stagiaire...
Caption 45 [en]: housekeeper, intern...

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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 99 [fr]: c'est une jeune femme
Caption 99 [en]: is a young woman

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Micro-Trottoirs - Compliments, à pile ou face

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In this video, people on the street are asked about the best compliments they ever received... and the worst.

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Caption 52 [fr]: [Tu es vraiment une femme forte et droite]
Caption 52 [en]: [You're very strong and forward]

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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 66 [fr]: Euh... elle ét'... C'était une femme, enfin,
Caption 66 [en]: Uh... she was... She was a woman, well,

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Micro-Trottoirs - Rêves d’enfants

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In this Micro-Trottoirs episode, people on the street reveal what they wanted to be when they grow up. From fireman to fairy, find out who actually fullfilled their childhood dream.

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Caption 75 [fr]: J'ai été prof d'anglais pendant huit ans. -Vous êtes une femme comblée quelque part, vous êtes...
Caption 75 [en]: I was an English teacher for eight years. -You are a fulfilled woman in many ways, you are...

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Manif de la semaine - Anti pub, Anti écran

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In a convivial atmosphere, complete with brass bands and good humor, Parisians gather in the streets to have fun and raise awareness about the proliferation of electronic adverstising in the subways. A new citizen movement is spreading throughout France: anyone can join the ranks of "Les Reposeurs" [Redecorators], a group of protesters armed with kraft paper, markers, and whiteboard paint to write anti-advertising messages on posters and billboards.

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Caption 24 [fr]: Aussi qu'on utilise... euh... des images, par exemple, l'image de la femme,
Caption 24 [en]: Also that they use, uh... images, for example, images of women,

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Actu Vingtième - La burqa

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Interviewees on the streets of Paris protest the banning of the burqa in public places in France and offer their perspectives on this controversial issue.

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Caption 83 [fr]: Mais aujourd'hui y a aucune femme voilée intégrale ici... -Non, non, non. Oui.
Caption 83 [en]: But today, there aren't any fully-veiled women here... -No, no, no. Yes.

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Alsace 20 - Arlette Grosskost et la burqa

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Arlette Grosskost, UMP (Union for a Popular Movement) representative and member of the Parliamentary task force on the burqa in France, advocates a law aiming to ban the wearing of the full-body veil in public. What’s your take on this controversial issue? Is it a question of women’s rights? Of religious freedom? Are arguments against the burqa perhaps another type of veil—to cover up underlying racism?

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Caption 28 [fr]: Une femme ne peut pas se cacher derrière son voile intégralement,
Caption 28 [en]: A woman cannot hide completely behind her veil,

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Lionel L - Les genres

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Tired of stuffy old grammar exercises in text books? Come along with Lionel and learn something about the use of gender in French. This one’s fun, we promise — and no boring rules to memorize!

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Caption 5 [fr]: C'est comme le... le... la chaise, par exemple. La... la chaise est une femme.
Caption 5 [en]: It's like the... the... the chair, for instance. The... the chair is a woman.

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