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Français avec Nelly - 10 livres faciles à lire en français - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly concludes her excellent reading recommendations with some very useful tips. Why not watch the movie adaptation of your novel of choice, or if you're short on time, read a poem or two?

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Caption 91 [en]: Read it in English.
Caption 91 [fr]: Lis-le en anglais.

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Français avec Nelly - 10 livres faciles à lire en français - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this video, Nelly gives some advice about reading books in a foreign language and recommends some books for French learners. One of her recommendations is The Braid by Laetitia Colombani.

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Caption 36 [en]: Me, I've tried to read in English
Caption 36 [fr]: Moi, j'ai essayé de lire en anglais

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Sophie et Patrice - Les homonymes

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patrice and Sophie discuss homonyms, words that sound the same but have totally different meanings, something of a nightmare for French learners. Learn the difference between the same-sounding words verre, vers, ver, vert, and vair.

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Caption 32 [en]: But for an English person, a German, right,
Caption 32 [fr]: Mais pour un Anglais, un Allemand, voilà,

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Automne et Soline - Les temps libres

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Junior high students Automne and Soline discuss what they like to do in their free time and what they would change to make school more interesting. How about shortening the school day, for example?

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Caption 44 [en]: You can do English,
Caption 44 [fr]: [On] peut faire de l'anglais,

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Sophie et Patrice - Le noble art

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patrice tells Sophie about the "noble art" of boxing and why it received that name. Then Sophie shares her opinions about the sport.

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Caption 2 [en]: twenty years of boxing... -Wow! -of bo'... of English boxing.
Caption 2 [fr]: vingt ans de boxe... -Waouh ! -de bo'... de boxe anglaise.

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Simon et Marion - Tsuki : avoir un chien à Paris - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Simon and his mother continue their chat about dogs. They get annoyed with irresponsible dog owners and are pleased with the fact that dogs are now allowed in some stores.

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Caption 56 [en]: what... what do the English say? Dog friendly.
Caption 56 [fr]: comment... comment disent les Anglais ? « Dog friendly ».

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Audrey et Nadjma - Le créole réunionnais

Difficulty: Beginner

Réunion

Audrey and Nadjma talk about the Creole languages in the overseas territories of Réunion, Martinique, and Guadeloupe, and why they all differ from one another.

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Caption 21 [en]: of English, of other origins, in fact.
Caption 21 [fr]: d'anglais, de d'autres origines en fait.

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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 80 [en]: in English you say "ribs,"
Caption 80 [fr]: en anglais, on dit "ribs",

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Sophie et Patrice - Le handicap

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Sophie and Patrice discuss the evolution of the word "handicap," from its origins as a horce racing term to its current usage in French. Rather than les handicapés (the handicapped), the French now say les personnes en situation de handicap (persons with disabilities).

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Caption 3 [en]: It comes from an English term, uh...
Caption 3 [fr]: Ça vient d'un terme anglais, euh...

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Elisa et sa maman - Comment vas-tu?

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Elisa meets with her mom. They catch up about her projects, her new theater teacher, and her search for a new apartment.

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Caption 67 [en]: but there I'm doing theater in English.
Caption 67 [fr]: mais là je fais théâtre en anglais.

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Elisa et Mashal - Les fringues

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Elisa has just gone clothes shopping and is showing off her purchases to Mashal, who helps her put some outfits together.

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Caption 23 [en]: Yes, I'm putting on an English accent.
Caption 23 [fr]: Oui, je me donne l'accent anglais.

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Le saviez-vous? - Karine Rougier présente son art - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

France

The Espace à Vendre (Space for Sale) gallery in Nice recently presented Karine Rougier's exhibition "Les sables mouvants" (Quicksand). Rougier is an artist who works with various media, including ancient engravings, postcards, and even rocks.

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Caption 21 [en]: since there are English people coming from Manchester;
Caption 21 [fr]: puisque y a des Anglais qui viennent de Manchester;

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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 58 [en]: That my English accent resembled an Eton accent.
Caption 58 [fr]: Que mon accent anglais ressemblait à l'accent d'Eton.

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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 46 [en]: French, English, mathematics? -So...
Caption 46 [fr]: Le français, l'anglais, les mathématiques? -Alors...

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TV Vendée - Vendée : Pierre Zucchi, 104 ans, raconte ses mémoires

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

TV Vendée interviews 104-year-old Pierre Zucchi, an architect and musician who helped build Queen Elizabeth's private hospital. So far, he's written five autobiographical books that he plans to share with his children.

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Caption 19 [en]: he starts school without speaking English.
Caption 19 [fr]: il entre à l'école sans parler l'anglais.

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