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Sophie et Patrice - Les grèves contre la réforme des retraites

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patrice et Sophie ne sont pas d'accord à propos de la réforme de la retraite. Ecoutez-les bien discuter tous les deux.

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Nantes 7 - Un meilleur accueil pour les sourds

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Le CHU de Nantes a consacré tout un département à l’assurance que les patients sourds reçoivent la même assistance médicale que tous les autres. Bien sûr, les soignants sont tout à fait compétents en langue des signes française. Savez-vous que la plupart des langues du monde ont également leur propre langue des signes?

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Le Journal - La vie sous l'océan Antarctique

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Brr! C’est dur d’imaginer un seul organisme capable de survivre dans des eaux si froides de moins deux degrés. Mais de récentes expéditions de recherche dans l’océan Austral ont découvert des formes vivantes, telles le poisson des glaces qui réussit à fort bien vivre malgré les températures bien froides.

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Sophie et Patrice - Le 49.3

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Sophie and Patrice complain about the excessive use of Article 49.3, a law that allows the government to bypass parliament and push through many unpopular measures like the latest labor reform.

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Caption 44 [fr]: Ah ben oui, bien sûr. -Voilà. C'est ce que j'allais dire.
Caption 44 [en]: Ah well, yes, of course. -There you go. That's what I was going to say.

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Edmée et Fanny - Les présidentielles à 20 ans

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Edmée and Fanny discuss which presidential candidate they might vote for in the upcoming elections in April. One of them is considering giving Macron another chance as he wasn't able to accomplish everything during his term due to the health crisis and other unforeseen circumstances.

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Caption 27 [fr]: mais y en a pas un qui est vraiment bien.
Caption 27 [en]: but there isn't one who's really good.

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Sophie et Patrice - Les élections présidentielles

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patrice and Sophie discuss the various candidates in the 2022 French presidential election. Patrice predicts the second round could be between Macron and Pécresse. Time will tell!

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Caption 37 [fr]: Ouais. -Et pour un président, c'est pas bien.
Caption 37 [en]: Yeah. -And for a president, that's not good.

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Lionel L - Le couvre-feu

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Lionel describes the latest measures taken by the French government regarding the COVID pandemic. A curfew has been enforced in major cities in an effort to contain the virus.

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Caption 23 [fr]: bien évidemment toute l'Île-de-France,
Caption 23 [en]: obviously all of Île-de-France [Paris region],

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Lionel L - La pandémie

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Lionel talks about life under quarantine in France. All group activities are forbidden, and you can only go outside to walk your dog, go to the pharmacy, or shop for basic necessities.

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Caption 6 [fr]: aussi bien appelé Covid dix-neuf.
Caption 6 [en]: also called COVID nineteen.

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Lionel L - Nuit Debout - Journée internationale - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In part two of "Nuit Debout" (Up All Night), Lionel explains how protesters gather every night at Place de la République in Paris to think of alternative politics for a better world. The "Nuit Debout" movement has its own coded language and even its own calendar!

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Caption 16 [fr]: et il leur a dit tout simplement que c'était bien que la jeunesse puisse s'exprimer.
Caption 16 [en]: and he told them quite simply that it was good that young people could express themselves.

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Le Journal - Un petit prince japonais

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Le Journal reports on the birth of first male heir in the Japanese royal family in over forty years. Spoiler alert: His name is Hisahito, and he's doing quite well these days.

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Caption 5 [fr]: La maman, dont la dernière apparition publique remonte au seize août dernier, va bien.
Caption 5 [en]: The mom, whose last public appearance dates back to August sixteenth, is doing well.

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Le Journal - Falling Turbine Blade

Difficulty: Beginner

France

A blade fell off a wind turbine, causing a bit of alarm amongst nearby residents. Perhaps it’s time for an upgrade?

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Caption 5 [fr]: parce qu'on fait les réglages, euh... euh, régulièrement pour vérifier si tout va bien,
Caption 5 [en]: because we make adjustments, uh... uh, regularly to check if everything's fine,

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Télé Miroir - Adresse postale du Père Noël

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Do you know where Santa Claus lives? According to the post office, he lives on North Pole Street in the land of snow. And rest assured, if you send him a letter, it’ll get to where it needs to go.

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Caption 4 [fr]: et pourtant vous êtes encore bien peu nombreux à connaître sa véritable adresse.
Caption 4 [en]: and yet few among you know his real address.

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Le Journal - À la retraite en France

Difficulty: Beginner

France

The young and the old are always the most severely affected by crises – a fact illustrated by this demonstration, in which the elderly clamor for emergency measures so they can make ends meet.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Quand on fait un plein de caddie ou quand on pense aux vacances, eh bien on réduit.
Caption 8 [en]: When we fill up our carts or when we think about vacations, well, we cut back.

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Le Journal - Le libre-service en pharmacie?

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Those of us who live in the United States are used to being able to buy some medications right off the shelves. But in France, until very recently, you weren’t able to purchase painkillers without first speaking to a pharmacist. Now certain painkillers are available on a self-serve basis, but are pharmacists ready for this change?

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Caption 2 [fr]: les crampes, la fatigue, ou encore bien d'autres affections du quotidien.
Caption 2 [en]: cramps, fatigue, or still many other daily afflictions.

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Le Journal - L'île de Pâques

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Twenty-eight years ago, Frenchman Michel Garcia fell in love with Easter Island, home of clear blue water and the breathtaking moai. Since then he’s kept busy as a diving instructor and doting father, and he even found time to discover a new species of shellfish!

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Caption 18 [fr]: du moins de vivre bien,
Caption 18 [en]: at least to live well

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