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Banlieues françaises - jeunes et policiers, l'impossible réconciliation? - Part 5

Difficulty: Advanced

France

La journaliste Rokhaya Diallo se penche sur les problèmes entre les jeunes noirs, dont beaucoup de Maghrébins dans les banlieues parisiennes surtout et la police. Elle compare dans son documentaire l'affaire Théo à l'affaire Michael Brown à Ferguson. En effet, comme aux États-Unis, il y a des problèmes de violence et de racisme.

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France 3 Hauts-de-France - Découvrir le Zoo de Maubeuge pendant les vacances de la Toussaint

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Young children can go to the Maubeuge Zoo in northern France to celebrate Halloween during the All Saints' Day holidays. The zoo is small, friendly, and offers a lot of fun activities like pumpkin carving for the little ones.

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Caption 57 [fr]: À la [même] fois tous les ans elle me dit, maman, je veux aller, euh...
Caption 57 [en]: At the [same] time every year she tells me, Mom, I want to go, uh...

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Le Journal - La violence à l'école

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

High school teacher Karen Montet-Toutain was the victim of one of the worst recent cases of school-related violence when she was stabbed by a student in her classroom. She has written a book about her struggles, and hopes for rehabilitation of her attacker.

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Caption 13 [fr]: Elle a écrit un livre; elle dit ne pas en vouloir à son agresseur.
Caption 13 [en]: She has written a book, and she says she is not mad at her attacker.

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Le Journal - Sarkozy en Afrique du Sud - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

A first look at French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s visit to South Africa. He proposes a new axis in the capital’s “Francafrican” politics and shores up relations with English-speaking Africa.

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Caption 14 [fr]: Dans un autre quartier du Cap, elle s'est intéressée au commerce équitable.
Caption 14 [en]: In another Cape Town neighborhood, she expressed interest in fair trade.

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Le Monde - Pourquoi le service à la cuillère au tennis fascine ou exaspère

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Is the underhand serve a legitimate tactic in tennis? First introduced by Michael Chang in the 1989 French Open, this shot is still controversial today. Find out why in this video.

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Caption 134 [fr]: elle avait dit, euh... voilà, elle avait dit que Graf, c'est...
Caption 134 [en]: she had said, uh... right, she had said that Graf, she's...

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Le Journal - La traite humaine

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

Immigrants who travel clandestinely from Turkey to Great Britain often pay a far steeper price than the five hundred euros demanded by traffickers.

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Caption 18 [fr]: Elle est morte quelques heures après son arrivée en Angleterre.
Caption 18 [en]: She died a few hours after her arrival in England.

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France 3 Grand Est - Lire autrement : le boom des livres d'occasion

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Used books, anyone? Aude owns an amazing secondhand bookstore brimming with books on all topics imaginable. If you can't make it to her 90-year-old shop in Reims, you can order online!

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Caption 13 [fr]: Impossible pour elle de chiffrer
Caption 13 [en]: It's impossible for her to quantify

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TF1 Info - Fiers de nos Bleus

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

What a tough final for the Bleus (French national soccer team) during the 2022 World Cup. Watch this video to find out what happened, and how the French people responded to it.

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Caption 4 [fr]: Eh ben elle est un petit peu dans le même esprit
Caption 4 [en]: Well, it's a little bit in the same spirit

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TF1 Info - Réélection d'E. Macron : la réaction des Français

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Listen to people's reaction to Emmanuel Macron's reelection for a second term. Some newspaper headlines show a lack of enthusiasm, yet there is also a sense of relief.

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Caption 49 [fr]: Elle correspond beaucoup à la tonalité de l'ensemble des unes de vos quotidiens régionaux.
Caption 49 [en]: It very much reflects the tone of all the front pages of your regional dailies.

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Le Figaro - À quoi ressemble le déconfinement dans le métro parisien

Difficulty: Advanced

France

This video shows us what the Paris metro system looked like the day after the lockdown ended. Social distancing in a crowded train is proving to be quite difficult...

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Caption 28 [fr]: elle s'annonce très, très, très compliquée.
Caption 28 [en]: promises to be very, very, very complicated.

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TV Tours - Apiculture: Des ruches sur le toit d'un supermarché (Vendée)

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

A beekeeper in La Roche-sur-Yon has found the perfect place for his apiary: the rooftop of a supermarket. It's a win-win situation: the store manager helps the beekeeper with his production in return for a steady supply of local honey.

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Caption 22 [fr]: Celle-là elle est... elle est bien, là, hein.
Caption 22 [en]: This one is... it's good, there, huh.

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Banlieues françaises - jeunes et policiers, l'impossible réconciliation? - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Journalists spent a week in Aulnay-sous-Bois interviewing young people about ongoing issues and clashes with the police. In the Cité des Trois Mille district, which includes 3,000 public housing units, cultural and sporting organizations are stepping in to make up for the lack of public services.

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Caption 3 [fr]: Elle affirme que le viol n'est pas établi.
Caption 3 [en]: It affirms that no rape was established.

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Micro-Trottoirs - Brexit

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In this episode of Micro-Trottoirs, people are asked what they think of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union. Their opinions run the gamut: some of them agree with the UK's decision, while others believe it will have catastrophic consequences.

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Caption 62 [fr]: La question de l'Europe, de toute façon, elle passera
Caption 62 [en]: The question of Europe will pass anyway,

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Manif du Mois - Le 1er mai des réfugiés tunisiens

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France, Tunisia

Young Tunisians take to the streets on May 1 to voice their discontent about Sarkozy's inflexible stance on refugee resettlement, which many see as racist.

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Caption 10 [fr]: elle veut pas accueillir les... la révolution tunisienne.
Caption 10 [en]: it doesn't want to welcome the... the Tunisian revolution.

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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 54 [fr]: Euh, est-ce que la liberté de chacun, elle s'arrête pas où commence la liberté de l'autre, par exemple?
Caption 54 [en]: Uh, doesn't someone's freedom end where another's freedom begins, for example?

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